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Welcome to the Future: Next-Generation Retail Dining on Campus 

Technology can be a powerful tool in retail dining, one that creates exciting new options and experiences. A successful retail strategy must be built on innovative offers and robust technology. 

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Retail Dining that Perfectly Blends Flavor and Convenience

Convenience is paramount for today’s students. Sodexo’s Student Lifestyle Survey found that 62% of students rank 24/7 access to food as the most important element of dining on campus. For students on meal plans, convenience and time saving are even more essential, with nearly 80% citing these as the most important benefits of a meal plan. 

The right technology enables campuses to expand dining hours, provide more options and improve access to food. Sodexo is committed to providing creative retail dining solutions through an omni-channel consumer experience that blends the hottest culinary trends with cutting-edge technology to create seamless, flexible, convenient retail dining on campus. 

Unique Retail Dining Experiences 

Keep your students engaged with unique dining experiences that seamlessly blend technology with delicious food for the ultimate in convenience and fun. 

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Ghost Kitchen & Virtual Dining 

Offering a wide variety of retail dining options on campus is essential to ensuring student satisfaction. Innovative new approaches, such as ghost kitchens and virtual dining concepts, make it easy to expand menus and substantially increase variety, even with limited operating space. 
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Delivery Robots 

Sodexo partners with two leading companies to offer a unique self-driving delivery robot program that provides high-tech contactless delivery. Small, zero-emission autonomous robotic pods deliver food all over campus, enhancing convenience and adding a dash of fun to the retail dining experience. 
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Autonomous Restaurants 

Through partnerships with innovative industry leaders, Sodexo is pioneering autonomous retail dining on college campuses. These high-tech systems combine the latest in robotics, machine learning, artificial intelligence and culinary arts to offer a novel new way to dine anywhere and at any time. 
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Award-Winning Retail Dining 

Sodexo was recently recognized by the Interactive Customer Experience Association (ICXA) for its many innovations in retail dining. The company received a 2022 Elevate Award in the Best Interactive Restaurant Customer Experience category, which recognizes uniquely engaging retail dining experiences 
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Higher Education Services Tailored to Your Needs

  • Resident Dining Services  

    Diverse menus evolve with trends while always featuring delicious food that meets every need and preference, helping students and faculty feel at home on campus. 
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  • Athletic Performance Solutions 

    Sodexo’s comprehensive athletic performance solutions help students achieve peak performance through a science-based, clinical approach to nutrition. 
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  • Digital Solutions 

    Mobile apps, kiosks, delivery robots and other high-tech tools provide convenient food and drink options for students and faculty anywhere at any time.   
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  • Facilities Management 

    Elevate your campus spaces with comprehensive facilities management services that create a clean, safe, comfortable, welcoming environment.  
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Are you ready to explore a partnership that improves student and institutional performance through comprehensive, data-driven and fully customizable campus services? Click below to start the conversation. 

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