Sodexo starts its cooperation with KAMAZ Inc.

According to the results of the tender, Sodexo will be managing over 40 sites with hot meals, including over 20 canteens. Currently, Sodexo will provide food for over 10 000 employees of KAMAZ and will expand the volume of the catering service up to 20 000 meals per day in future. This makes KAMAZ the largest Sodexo's client in the world by the number of meals per day. Sodexo will be also responsible for professional cleaning services of a number of premises.

KAMAZ has welcomed the emergence of a global leader in food and facilities management.
 “People have always been our key success factor and a reason of company development, - said Kirill Puzyrkov, Deputy General Director of Human Resources - Their well being and health are the core of our success. That's why high quality of catering for KAMAZ employees has always been in the center of our attention. To turn KAMAZ into one of the true leaders of world automobile industry it is necessary to change not only technology and equipment but also our consciousness and perception of the world.”

“The trust of such client as KAMAZ is a great honour for us and we will do our best to bring out the quality of catering on this site to its new level using Sodexo's global best practices,” - said Edi Perisic, General Manager, Sodexo. - “I am convinced that modernization of catering function in line with Sodexo's quality standards will not only provide stability of our service on this site but will also promote trustworthy relations between our company and KAMAZ  as a client, and between Sodexo and KAMAZ' employees as well. This will help us to improve proactively the quality of daily life of our new customers.”

Modernization of catering function on KAMAZ will not only affect technology of service, but will also include a large amount of extensive work with the staff involved, such as training and integration programs. “We believe that the high standard of quality of services provided by Sodexo is largely supported by professional level of our operational management on sites as well as in central office. That is why we pay special attention to development of our team at KAMAZ,” - added Edi Perisic.

The two companies found their common interest also in the field of corporate social responsibility. “The Emerald City”, KAMAZ' program, and Sodexo's STOP Hunger activity share a common focus on children with difficult life circumstances. Sodexo expect to cooperate with KAMAZ in this sphere by developing joint charity activities.