ARAMARK will not bid to renew Duke contract
Source: Rob Copeland, Duke Chronicle, 3/28/06
Campus food provider ARAMARK Corp. has turned down the opportunity to rebid on its contract at the University, company officials and Duke dining administrators confirmed Monday. ....... Several student leaders said they are pleased with the week's turn-of-events. "I'm surprised that ARAMARK would give up without more of a fight, but after three DUSDAC votes of no confidence.... I can't say I didn't expect it," said senior Andrew Wallace, co-chair of the Duke University Student Dining Advisory Committee. He noted that the conglomerate also claimed to have never made a profit at Duke in the past five years, which may have been a contributing factor in ARAMARK's decision to rebid for the job.