Should UL get rid of Sodexo?

[ZoomZoom]

You guys have any idea the beast Sodexo is? Don’t think they GAF unless someone tries to break a contract.

Sodexo (formerly Sodexho Alliance) is a French food services and facilities management company headquartered in the Paris suburb of Issy-les-Moulineaux.[3] It has 522,000 employees as of 2023,[4] operates in 55 countries and serves 100 million customers on a daily basis.[5] It is Europe’s second largest company of its type by both number of employees and revenue after Compass Group.

[DannyP]

All true, and so depressing. Feels like there’s no way out and we’re headed for the final “deadly nosedive”

[R1Letterman]

You guys have any idea the beast Sodexo is? Don’t think they GAF unless someone tries to break a contract.

Sodexo (formerly Sodexho Alliance) is a French food services and facilities management company headquartered in the Paris suburb of Issy-les-Moulineaux.[3] It has 522,000 employees as of 2023,[4] operates in 55 countries and serves 100 million customers on a daily basis.[5] It is Europe’s second largest company of its type by both number of employees and revenue after Compass Group.

Wow, all the way back to the original cULture

[R1Letterman]

Not to mention the price of bottled water (when available). I think UL charges $4.50 or $5.00 per bottle! For reference, I buy a case of 40 bottles at Costco for $3.99! You can't tell me that Sodexo or UL can't sell it for half that price and still make plenty of money. After all, the concession stands are usually staffed by volunteers from local high school organizations, thus eliminating the need to pay staff.

Let student groups sell the water...

[CajunNation]

Let student groups sell the water...

There should be little to no concessions sold at football games by the university. My Gameday Experience idea solves this. Your ticket gets you on the grounds of Cajun Field Park. Nobody would ever have need for another 5$ water bottle. People would come and go as they please to the Tailgating area for drinks/food. Food Trucks welcome wherever.

[CAJUNSby90]

There should be little to no concessions sold at football games by the university. My Gameday Experience idea solves this. Your ticket gets you on the grounds of Cajun Field Park. Nobody would ever have need for another 5$ water bottle. People would come and go as they please to the Tailgating area for drinks/food. Food Trucks welcome wherever.

Sounds cool, but also sounds like a disaster at the same time.

[Ragin9221]

What really needs to happen is that something must be put in place to allow vendors at sporting events, even if Sodexo remains.

I understand the reasoning behind not allowing people to have tents and BBQ pits without paying, but if you remove one option, you need to create an avenue for another.

We need a designated area where local vendors, food trucks, tents, tables, and chairs can be set up all day, creating that special atmosphere we all miss and crave at football games. The same goes for baseball and softball; the entire experience needs to be revamped to make it the best available for fans, encouraging them to keep coming back.

This is the only way to grow the fanbase without relying solely on winning, and it’s essential for staying relevant and bringing in more revenue.

Exploiting the fans who actually come to the game by offering subpar food options at outrageous prices is a disaster in the long run!


Maggard and company need to get out of there comfort zone and go to get out on Sunday, and go to Church Point, Mamou, Eunice, Broussard, Scott and all these small town parades. Just think of it like a study, on what the people of acadiana are looking for!! Show up and see how many vendors are walking up and down the streets, and all these people just sitting around in there lawn chairs just hanging out and talking!

Do not sit in your little box an hour before the parade starts go out and talk to people!!

[jcstewart]

I just want my $2 beer back. Don't care about the food as I never bought it.

[SlickRick]

$2 Nattys!

[Turbine]

Huge missed sponsor opportunity with the removal of the "$2 Nattys!"

"$2 Nattys brought to you by ..."

Sponsors would have lined up to be a part of a proven concept that happens to be the most popular national publicity garnering "in-venue" concept ever dropped at The Swamp.

[ecajuns]

Sodexo gets a % of outside vendor sales....this is why some vendors have pulled out. they simply were not making enough to justify being in the venue. This is a sodexo contract issue, not a UL issue. Sodexo has a monopoly on venue concessions. if it were as easy as just let any restaurant into the venue to sell, it would happen, but its not that simple.

[ZoomZoom]

They’re entrenched.

https://www.sodexolive.us/what-we-do/stadiums-arenas