Sodexo awarded new seven year contract with Abingdon School
Independents by Sodexo marks its 15-year partnership with Abingdon School, a leading independent day and boarding school located near Oxford with the award of a new seven year contract.
Sodexo has been Abingdon School’s catering partner since 2007. The new seven year contract starts in September 2022 and will see the enhancement of the prep school kitchen servery and a new dining facility added to the current catering facilities.
Sodexo provides breakfast, lunch and supper for both the senior school which has 1,000 students and the 250 pupils at the prep school located a few miles away. The Sodexo team also provides hospitality for all events including sports teas.
Sodexo has rolled out its evidence-based Powering Performance programme for independent schools which earlier this year was enhanced through the Healthy Futures Partnership, a collaboration between Sodexo and the British Nutrition Foundation.
The new improved programme uses the results of research undertaken by the British Nutrition Foundation with seven schools and frames the programme under four pillars: sustain, focus, strength and replenish. The pillars help to frame and communicate healthy eating messages. Each of the pillars has their own ‘hero’ ingredients that provide essential nutrients which support young people’s health and wellbeing.