Sodexho Marriott CEO Michel Landel says that the company is “deeply committed to making a significant impact in ending hunger.” Do they make a significant impact?
It depends what you consider significant. Since Sodexho Marriott is the largest food service provider in North America, it would be nice to see them meet 2-3% of the need, but since we know they’re mostly in it for the money, we’d settle for 1%. According to the SMS’ estimates, 12.2 million children go without nutritious lunches during the summer. If we assume that the summer is about 90 days, then the total need is 1.098 billion meals. Sodexho Marriott claims to provide either 80,000 or 120,000 meals, which amounts to just about one hundredth of one percent of the need. You be the judge.
