So as of June 30, Sodexo is out at the concessionaire for dining services and the University will operate it in-house. I'm curious how this will work out. The University has a chance to up their game here or allow this to become another bureaucratic cash grab (see TAPS and UC Davis Stores). I worked for Sodexo for a year and they weren't so bad for a student job. Having since experienced other college dining halls, they were better than most but the menu started to all taste the same after a while. Key changes:

• Dining plans for resident halls will be charged on a 5-day or 7-day per week plan, with unlimited access on those days. No more swipes. On one hand, you don't have to feel like you are "wasting" a swipe on just a bowl of cereal. On the other, the freshman 15 could become the freshman 40 if you are waltzing in there 5 times a day. Also seems to shut down the practice of trading DC swipes for beer with those of age.
• Taco Bell, Carl's Jr, and Pizza Hut are out at the Silo, to be replaced with an expanded LeCrepe, a generic burger joint, and third party food trucks.
• Gunrock Pub will no longer serve alcohol because Sodexo owned the liquor license. The new management may consider a liquor license in the future.

Sports venue concessions were not mentioned in the article. The menu offerings improved the last year with Sodexo (I think with some nudging from Blue). Hopefully new management can fix the speed of service challenges so it doesn't take half the quarter to get a Pepsi.