Have any state universities sold their food services to independent
corporations? And if so which ones?

Hello glenayd-ga,

There is a growing trend toward outsourcing university auxiliary
services and outsourcing food services is the leader in this movement
to privatization. I’ve collected some articles for you to get an
overview of what is happening. As you requested, I’ve also identified
some state universities who are already outsourcing their food
services. Good luck with your project.

czh

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OUTSOURCING UNIVERSITY SERVICES
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http://nacasportal.meisoft.com/library/UserDocuments/mei/14.pdf
The Perils of Outsourcing Campus Food Services
***** This is a three page article addressing the most frequently used
justifications for outsourcing campus food services and cautioning
against it.

http://www.unicco.com/Survey.pdf
College and University Outsourcing Survey (NACUBO 2002)
Food service heads the list of services currently outsourced in 2002.
***** This is a six page report giving you a comprehensive overview of
university outsourcing. It includes several graphs to help you
visualize the current trends.

http://www.nacufs.org/
National Association of College & University Foodservices
***** This is a portal site for people in the industry and offers a
wealth of resources including news and journal articles that you might
find helpful for further research.

http://nacasportal.meisoft.com/library/UserDocuments/mei/FSRatios.pdf
NACUFS Case Study: The Use of Operating Ratios by Campus Food
Services.
***** This is a 16 page paper on the financial aspects of university
food services.

http://nacasportal.meisoft.com/outsidelibrary/
National Association of College Auxiliary Services
***** This site offers a searchable library of articles available for
download. The section on Articles on Privatization will be of special
interest to you. When you search on “food service” you get a list of
29 articles – some of them dealing with outsourcing and privatization.

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STATE UNIVERSITIES OUTSOURCING FOOD SERVICES
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http://www6.semo.edu/busfin/budget/glossary.asp
Southeast Missouri State University 
The Budget Forum
Outsourcing -- The process of purchasing services from outside
suppliers rather than performing them internally. Outsourcing is used
when internally there is a lack of expertise or physical space, and/or
when outsourcing is more economical. An example of outsourcing at the
University is the hiring of Chartwells to provide food services.

http://comm.astate.edu/herald/archive/newsF99/0921food.html 
Changes could improve Food Services 
Arkansas State University will outsource its Food Services department
to a national company, in hopes to improve service and quality for
students and decrease expenses for the university. … Haynes said he
has already met with three national firms interested in developing a
proposal with ASU. They are: Sodexho-Marriott, Chartwells Inc., and
Aramark Inc.

http://www.ulm.edu/publicaffairs/july02/food.html 
ULM BEGINS MAJOR RENOVATIONS OF UNIVERSITY FOOD SERVICES
The University of Louisiana at Monroe and ARAMARK are forming a
partnership called the ULM Dining Services. The ULM Dining Services is
outsourcing all food service operations to ARAMARK.

http://www.okhighered.org/whatsnew/archives/privatization-study.html 
Oklahoma Higher Education Considers Efforts to Privatize Services
To maximize the use of public funds, Oklahoma colleges and
universities are continuing to evaluate the benefits of using private
businesses to manage or operate university programs, provide services
or conduct public projects, the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher
Education recently announced. ….
The study shows that outsourcing has increased from an average of 4
activities in 1998 to an average of 29 activities in 2000.
Additionally, every public college, university and higher education
center is outsourcing at least one business affairs or auxiliary
enterprise activity. Among the 32 institutions, the University of
Central Oklahoma, Langston University, Oklahoma City Community College
and Rogers State University reportedly outsource the largest number of
activities. ….
The most commonly outsourced activities in colleges and universities
are food services, laundry, construction projects, vending, janitorial
services, elevator and vehicle maintenance, bookstores, and office
equipment repair and maintenance.

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SEARCH STRATEGY
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outsourcing university food services
outsourcing state university "food services"

So many private colleges have given up to privatization, I wanted to
know if many state universities were doing the same.  Keep up the good
flow of accurate information!