Mark This!

We are on the cusp of summer and looking ahead to recreation in the sun and surf. Robert Knowlton, District Manager for Aramark, and Jerod Viers, General Manager for Water Operation Services are here to talk to us about the fun times to be had at the Lake, with some special attention paid to an attraction that you might not know about but won’t be able to get out of your mind – houseboat rentals.

In honor of Second Chances month this April, this special edition of Mark This! breaks with our traditional format in to speak with graduates of Aramark’s program, IN2WORK – an educational pathway to post-incarceration success. Some of our guests are now working, post-release, with Aramark and some are still awaiting release. We thought it was important that our graduates’ voices are heard – Aramark is dedicated to and proud of our program, but it is the impact on its graduates that truly matters. Welcome Michelle, Emil, Chris, Anntionetta, Gene, and Jason.

March is Women’s History Month and Mark This! is celebrating by sitting down with leadership in Aramark’s Employee Resource Group (ERG), EMPOWER. EMPOWER’s mission is to empower and grow diverse leadership among women that drives results by promoting development, networking, and mentoring.  

In this episode, we explore a technology service agreement in Healthcare+ to remotely connect its highly skilled clinical dietitians with hospital patients through cloud-based technologies.   

We are headed into playoff season in the NFL and thought that our listeners might be interested in how stadium foods, menus, and treats are developed. Chef Richard Grab, Director of Culinary Innovation for Sports + Entertainment, and Chef James Hennessey, Executive Chef for Lincoln Financial Field, are going to explain how our teams gear up for the season and then surprise and delight for playoffs. 

On the latest Mark This! Podcast, we spoke with Diane Pancoski, Vice President for Marketing and Innovation for Aramark Workplace Experience, and Betsy Rapport, Vice President of Marketing for Aramark Refreshments.  

Listen now, as they share their expertise on how Aramark Workplace Experience Group is using insights and analysis to understand and engage with consumers heading back to the office.

Aramark Collegiate Hospitality has a brand-new program—Eat to Excel. Eat to Excel is a performance-based dining platform designed to help student athletes reach for their potential on and off the field. Created with Division II and III athletes in mind, Eat to ExcelTM provides an educational, menu and nutrition tracking solution on campuses that do not have dedicated training tables for student athletes. 

Aramark serves people the world-over – it’s what we do well and we are committed to providing meals to folks from all walks of life. But if you’ve ever eaten at a professional sports stadium and a campus dining hall and a workplace cafeteria or in a number of other places, you know that the food that is served varies greatly. What you may not know is that each industry has standards and regulations that govern what can be served. In this episode, we speak with two of our lines of business that provide food in highly regulated industries: Aramark Student Nutrition and Aramark Correctional Services. 

Allergen solutions: this ever-growing need is a key focus for Aramark’s lines of business. Because we prioritize safety, we continue to develop and deploy new ways to strengthen allergen awareness and management in our kitchens. Our approach is designed to give our people the information and tools they need to deliver safe food while also affirming that our allergen solutions stations meet the highest industry standards. 

Fenimore Fisher, Vice President for DEI, started at Aramark in 2021 and has had immediate and significant impact on not just the company, but also each Aramark community member he has interacted with. This episode explores not only why DEI is important to Aramark but also why it should be important to all.