FAMU drops Sodexo, awards dining services contract to Metz

Jeff Metz, president and CEO of Metz Culinary Management

FAMU has parted ways with Sodexo, its longtime dining services provider. Effective January 2, 2014, Metz Culinary Management will begin running the food operations on FAMU’s campus.

“We are looking forward to a long-term partnership with FAMU that will transform the university’s dining services into one of the nation’s premier foodservice programs,” said Jeff Metz, President and CEO of Metz Culinary Management. “Students and faculty will start to see changes in the coming months as we upgrade services and facilities. We also have business relationships with many well-known national brands that we are excited to introduce to FAMU in the near future.”

Under the five-year agreement, Metz Culinary Management will employ 150 food service employees and initiate a number of facility enhancements and capital improvements. The dining locations that Metz will manage include the Residential Dining Facility (Café), Rattler’s Nest, Presidential Dining Room at the main campus as well as the eateries at the FAMU/FSU College of Engineering and College of Law.