Something new is on the menu for students. The Vermont State College system is changing food providers.
For the past two decades Aramark has been contracted with the state college system. But next Fall Sodexo will take over. The deal will save the VSC system a 250-thousand dollars each year and officials expect the food to be better. More then 6-thousand students use the on campus dining halls.
"The contractor will be expected to prioritize the purchase of local food starting with the Vermont Technical College farm. We have a functioning dairy farm on that campus and they are expanding into produce as well and the contract creates that expectation. Produce from that farm will be provided to the colleges," said Dan Smith, a VSC Spokesman.
Terms of the deal will require Sodexo to interview current Aramark employees for jobs and VSC officials say the change should not have a dramatic impact on current employment numbers.
