University of Alberta
OP-7: Food and Beverage Purchasing

ARAMARK PURCHASING POLICY The university's dining services contractor Aramark is committed to providing foods that are produced and procured in an ecologically and socially responsible manner. To that end, Aramark partners with many different growers, suppliers and distributors to increase the availability of such foods. Some of the key points of Aramark's purchasing policy include: • Chain of custody certification with the Marine Stewardship Council. • Commitment to only purchase coffee and tea certified as either organic & Fairtrade, or Rainforest Alliance. • Commitment to only use cage-free eggs by 2025. • Commitment to choose seasonal produce sold by local distributors supporting smaller, community-based growers. • Promotion of local produce, dairy and proteins with "locally grown" identifiers. AUGUSTANA CAMPUS SUSTAINABLE FOOD POLICY https://www.ualberta.ca/augustana/services/residence-and-dining/dining Augustana Campus' dining services has adopted a sustainable food policy, prioritizing the purchase of food produced within 200 km of the City of Camrose.

The inventory reports direct purchases made by the university's primary dining contractor, Aramark, and by the institutional unit, Augustana Campus Dining Services. TIMEFRAME The inventory review process included all food purchases from Jan. 1, 2016 through Dec. 31, 2016. The uploaded inventory file includes purchases within that time frame that were deemed sustainable. Each item type is reported once, but represents all purchases made of that item. DATA COLLECTION NOTES (1) Data sources Aramark Higher Education provided the data for Aramark's purchases. Augustana Campus Dining Services provided the data for Augustana's purchases. These raw data were analysed by the sustainability coordinator in charge of this credit in collaboration with the two primary data sources. (2) Treatment of data for franchises Aramark manages a number of franchises as part of their contract with the university. The majority of the purchases made for Aramark-managed franchises flow through Aramark. However, in most cases, franchises stipulate specific products that must be purchased, and these dollar amounts were excluded from this inventory. In a small number of cases, a franchise will give Aramark the ability to choose products for that company. Where Aramark has this decision-making ability, the purchases were included in this inventory. (3) Determining if purchases met STARS Criteria (a) Aramark maintains an ever-expanding database of source information for the food products they purchase. By collecting data directly from suppliers, they are able to ensure accuracy with respect to both the region the ingredients were grown or raised as well as the location of any further processing. Third-party certifications, such as organic, Fairtrade, MSC, etc. are also regularly tracked. (b) Augustana Campus' Supervisor of Food Services receives information from their primary distributor's list of local products and combines this with information she collects about directly sourced products from smaller distributors, and for third-party certified products. (c) Since many products in both inventories only had one or two criteria clearly identified, the sustainability coordinator worked with Aramark and Augustana Campus Dining Services to collect additional information about the ingredients and companies. This was done by both directly contacting suppliers and by researching companies online. (4) Seasonal Variations in Produce For most fresh produce, the primary distributor uses different suppliers depending on the time of year. To account for this, only 10% of these purchases were counted as local and community based.

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBLE PARTIES Lorraine Huntley Support Services Coordinator Hospitality Services Troy Bender, Shilpi Gupta, and Michael Yarymowich Aramark Higher Education Lilas Bielopotocky Supervisor of Food Services Augustana Campus Dining Services NOTES One convenience store operated by the primary dining contractor was included. Convenience stores run by other entities were not included.