Aramark Refreshments

Aramark Refreshments partners with businesses to provide convenient refreshment solutions, including coffee services and micro-markets, enhancing workplace environments with quality food and beverage options.

CCI Score

-34.97

0.02% April 18

Latest Event

Aramark Workers Strike for Better Wages and Healthcare in 2024

Hundreds of Aramark workers protested at major Philadelphia sports venues, demanding better wages and healthcare amid claims of flawed labor practices such as segregated work-hour accounting that prevents many from qualifying for benefits. The ongoing strike, which has drawn significant union support, underscores deep-seated labor rights issues within the company.

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Aramark Refreshments is currently rated as a Toadie.

-30 to -44 CCI Score

Companies scoring in this range actively seek to please authoritarian regimes. They offer proactive support and assistance in exchange for preferential treatment, compromising ethical standards for business gains and political favor.

Latest Events

SEP

23

2024

Aramark Workers Strike for Better Wages and Healthcare in 2024
-66.13

Hundreds of Aramark workers protested at major Philadelphia sports venues, demanding better wages and healthcare amid claims of flawed labor practices such as segregated work-hour accounting that prevents many from qualifying for benefits. The ongoing strike, which has drawn significant union support, underscores deep-seated labor rights issues within the company.
-70

Labor Relations and Human Rights Practices

March 20

Aramark Refreshments has faced a significant worker strike over long-standing labor issues. Workers have protested the company's practice of isolating hours at different venues, which restricts their access to adequate healthcare and fair wages. Despite negotiation efforts, the use of non-union labor to keep services running further undermines their commitment to fair labor practices. This behavior represents a serious issue in labor relations and human rights practices, values critical from an anti-fascist perspective.

Aramark Workers Strike for Better Wages and Healthcare in 2024
MAY

01

2024

Aramark Prison Food Controversy
-68.60

Investigations reveal that Aramark Refreshments, through its prison food service division, has repeatedly been implicated in providing substandard meals, exploitative labor practices involving incarcerated workers, and unsanitary conditions, raising serious human rights concerns and economic complicity in the prison industrial complex.
-70

Economic Collaboration

March 20

Aramark's lucrative contracts with correctional departments, often marked by significant cost-cutting at the expense of quality and safety, demonstrate economic collaboration with the prison-industrial complex. This financial engagement supports a system that profits from the exploitation of vulnerable incarcerated populations.

Aramark: Prison Food for Thought
-80

Labor Relations and Human Rights Practices

March 20

Aramark has faced multiple lawsuits and public outcry over its treatment of incarcerated workers, including allegations of utilizing captive labor under deplorable conditions, serving nutritionally insufficient and contaminated meals, and neglecting basic sanitation and dietary needs. This pattern of behavior reflects a severe violation of labor rights and human dignity, underscoring its complicity in oppressive systems.

Aramark: Prison Food for Thought
AUG

16

2023

Aramark Refreshments Expands Commitment to Minority-Owned Businesses
71.89

Aramark Refreshments has signed a multiyear agreement with BLK & Bold, a Black-owned coffee brand, to expand its portfolio of diverse suppliers. This move reinforces its long-standing commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and represents a positive ethical business practice that supports underrepresented communities.
+85

Business Practices and Ethical Responsibility

March 20

Aramark Refreshments' multiyear agreement with BLK & Bold exemplifies a proactive commitment to ethical business practices by promoting supplier diversity and supporting minority-owned enterprises. This initiative not only strengthens community ties but also positions the company as a positive force countering systemic inequities.

Aramark Expands Minority-Owned Business Commitment
MAR

25

2023

Aramark’s Exploitative Labor Practices Under Fire
-65.04

An opinion piece from The Hoya details serious allegations that Aramark has been exploiting incarcerated workers by using unpaid prison labor along with substandard and unsafe working conditions, prompting calls from activists to sever ties with the company.
-80

Labor Relations and Human Rights Practices

March 20

Aramark is accused of contributing to a broader oppressive system by exploiting incarcerated workers under its In2Work program, classifying them as 'students' and denying them proper employee rights and fair compensation. These labor practices not only violate fundamental human rights but also support the prison-industrial complex, aligning with trends that exacerbate authoritarian control over vulnerable populations.

VIEWPOINT: Protect Workers, Sever Ties with Aramark
MAY

11

2021

Allegations of Labor Exploitation at Aramark Refreshments
-53.94

A school cook alleges that Aramark Refreshments forced employees to work off the clock and paid them inadequately, highlighting serious breaches in labor rights and human dignity.
-80

Labor Relations and Human Rights Practices

March 20

The article details a claim by a school cook that Aramark Refreshments forced employees to work off the clock and underpaid them, indicating a significant violation of labor rights. Such practices not only harm workers but also reflect broader corporate behaviors that can support authoritarian and exploitative systems.

Aramark Stiffed Workers Of Pay, School Cook Says
OCT

23

2014

Whistleblower Exposes Dangerous Food Safety Practices at Aramark Correctional Facilities
-28.01

A whistleblower complaint revealed that Aramark falsified records and ignored mandated food safety protocols in prison kitchens, leading to unsanitary conditions and potential health hazards for inmates, along with retaliatory treatment of employees who reported the issues.
-80

Labor Relations and Human Rights Practices

March 20

The whistleblower complaint details systemic ethical failures at Aramark, including falsifying critical food safety records, ignoring temperature control measures, and retaliating against employees who raised concerns. This pattern of behavior, particularly in vulnerable settings such as prison facilities, underscores a severe disregard for labor rights and human safety, aspects integral to ethical business practices. Such exploitation contributes to authoritarian neglect and deepens structural inequalities.

Whistle-blower: Aramark falsified records, served filthy food