Scholarships: Ignatius & Magis

staceyglow
Sat, 19 Dec 2009 23:00:12 +0000

eadad, I started at Marquette the year after they booted out Saga – we had ARA, which apparently became part of Sodexho (which used to be Marriott). Our sales guys were told that Sodexho had been in there for 25 years - which would be about when ARA took over.

As far as why Marquette doesn’t have same options as Purdue, for example, I think the fact that Sodexho has been in there for so long is as good of a reason as any. It is quite possible that they have become complacent, and that the school has not put much pressure on them to innovate and improve. I would also guess that their contract with the school does not require them to do any more than they are doing right now. With a long term contract, Sodexho does not have much of an incentive to improve the status qyo unless the school leans on them. I do know that in the past year, my company has won contracts with customers that Sodexho had previously held for 30+ years – so they better get their act in gear!