Aramark – What’s the Problem with Corporate Food On Campus?
Corporate food systems prioritize profit over students – here’s how that shows up on campus.
🍽️ Food Quality & Pricing
Corporate food systems are designed for efficiency and profit, which can result in:
- Standardized, pre-prepared meals with limited freshness
- Fewer culturally diverse and student-relevant options
- Prices that are often high relative to student budgets
⚖️ Labour Conditions
Large food service corporations like Aramark have faced criticism related to:
- Low wages and limited benefits for food service workers
- High-pressure, efficiency-driven work environments
- Limited worker input in decision-making
🚨 Ethical Concerns (ICE Ties)
- Aramark has previously held contracts with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facilities.
- These contracts have been criticized by advocacy groups due to:
- Conditions in detention centres
- Broader concerns about profiting from incarceration and migration control systems
- This raises ethical questions about institutional partnerships with corporations involved in such systems.
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CONCORDIA FOOD
COALITION
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Our office is located in the Z Annex, along with Sustainable Concordia and the Sustainability Action Fund @ 2090 Mackay (Montreal, Quebec, H3G 2J1). Please note our offices are not wheelchair accessible. We are located on the second floor of the Z-Annex up two flights of stairs. If you would like to set-up a meeting with us in a wheelchair accessible location please reach out to us at: [email protected] The Z-Annex is equipped with two gender neutral bathrooms, and is a shared space with other student groups and the Multi-Faith Spiritual Centre.
Concordia University is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory.
CONCORDIA FOOD
COALITION
[email protected]
Our office is located in the Z Annex, along with Sustainable Concordia and the Sustainability Action Fund @ 2090 Mackay (Montreal, Quebec, H3G 2J1). Please note our offices are not wheelchair accessible. We are located on the second floor of the Z-Annex up two flights of stairs. If you would like to set-up a meeting with us in a wheelchair accessible location please reach out to us at: [email protected] The Z-Annex is equipped with two gender neutral bathrooms, and is a shared space with other student groups and the Multi-Faith Spiritual Centre.
Concordia University is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory.