Sodexo wins £5m food contract at new Sports Village

Sodexo has won a £5m, 10-year catering contract at the University of Nottingham’s new David Ross Sports Village, which opens next month.

The caterer will run the Clubhouse, a sports café, in the new £40m sports complex at Nottingham’s University Park campus.

Sodexo currently operates five outlets at the university’s Sutton Bonington campus and will employ 12 people at the Clubhouse.

Jonathan Keitch, Sodexo Universities account director, said: “In the Clubhouse we’ve put together a really high quality, stylish eating environment and a fantastic food offer to meet the needs of the students, athletes and general public who will use the sports village.”

Nicola Penn, commercial business manager, Nottingham University, added: “The David Ross Sports Village is an exciting development for us and will help deliver the university’s ambition to significantly increase participation in sports at all levels – from encouraging students to experience a range of new sporting pastimes, through to the enhancement of elite performance at a national and international level.

“We are pleased to have Sodexo on board with an innovative and exciting concept to support sports nutrition at the village.”

Work started on the sports village in March 2015 and is being supported by Nottingham Law alumnus and Carphone Warehouse founder David Ross.