UPJ Greek Alumni
  • Home
  • About
    • Purpose
    • Philanthropy
    • By Laws
    • History Timeline >
      • UPJ 1927 - 1959
      • UPJ 1960 - 1970
      • UPJ 1970 - 1980
      • UPJ 1980 - 1990
      • UPJ 1990 - 2000
      • UPJ 2000 - 2010
      • UPJ 2010 - Present
    • The Owl
  • Fraternities
    • Acacia
    • Delta Chi
    • Delta Sigma Chi
    • Kappa Delta Rho
    • Lambda Sigma Rho
    • Phi Delta Psi
    • Sigma Tau Gamma
  • Sororities
    • Alpha Kappa Pi
    • Alpha Gamma Delta
    • Alpha Sigma Alpha
    • Alpha Xi Delta
    • Chi Epsilon Nu
    • Delta Zeta
    • Kappa Zeta
    • Omega Alpha Tau
    • Phi Sigma Sigma
    • Zeta Sigma Tau
  • Reunions
    • Events
    • All Greek Reunion 2013
    • All Greek Reunion 2010
  • News
  • Contact

Food Service Company Sues Pitt for Breach of Contract Amid Pandemic

12/24/2021

1 Comment

 
Picture
MICK STINELLI
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette DEC 24, 2021

A food service company this week sued the University of Pittsburgh, alleging the school owed the organization $7 million because sending students home amid the pandemic deprived them of revenue.

After telling the Sodexo company to continue stocking Pitt’s Oakland and Johnstown campuses with food and other inventory despite students leaving campus for the semester in March 2020, the company believed Pitt would compensate them for labor and materials costs of over $5.5 million.
Instead, those costs were incurred without any revenue from the on-campus food service to offset the charges, the lawsuit states.

They are suing Pitt for three counts of breach of contract, plus one count of unjust enrichment. A spokesman from the university declined to comment since the litigation is still pending.
According to the complaint, which was filed in the U.S. District Court on Thursday, Sodexo also signed a 2017 contract with Pitt to contribute to a renovation fund to improve the dining areas in the Oakland campus. Their contributions would total more than $4.8 million paid in three installments over three years.

But those efforts were halted after Pitt students shifted to online class in the spring of 2020, just as Sodexo was collecting funds for its final payment for the renovation effort.

“Sodexo’s revenue stream and its ability to accrue funds for improvements to UPitt’s dining services was almost entirely dependent on students residing on campus,” the lawsuit reads.

Initially, the university told the company to prepare for the student population to shelter in place. But when everyone was sent away from campus, the agreement between Sodexo and Pitt “was effectively discontinued and fundamentally altered.”

The company also claims the university owes it money for other expenses, such as $75,000 for an equipment fund, $23,186 in catering deposits and $106,198 in maintenance billing.

Sodexo and Pitt have been engaged in a contract since July 2007. The contract expired on June 30, 2020, after Pitt declined to extend the agreement, the suit says.
​
Mick Stinelli: mstinelli@post-gazette.com; 412-263-1869; and on Twitter: @MickStinelli
First Published December 24, 2021, 3:37pmMICK STINELLI
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
1 Comment
Edward Sanchez link
11/16/2022 03:49:04

A spokesman from the university declined to comment since the litigation is still pending. Thank you for taking the time to write a great post!

Reply



Leave a Reply.

    RSS Feed

    UPJ Greek News Today

    Find the latest breaking news about UPJ. You can search by your organization name of by a date below.

    You can also take look back into time so you can remember what happened while you where at UPJ

    Click the Social Media links below for even more current info...

    Categories

    All
    Acacia
    Alpha Gamma Delta
    Alpha Kappa Psi
    Alpha Sigma Alpha
    Alpha Xi Delta
    Delta Chi
    Delta Sigma Chi
    Delta Zeta
    Farewell & Parting
    Fundraising
    Go Greek
    Homecoming
    Housing
    Intramurals
    Kappa Delta Rho
    Kappa Zeta
    Lambda Sigma Rho
    Omega Alpha Tau
    Phi Delta Psi
    Philanthropy
    Phi Sigma Sigma
    Reunion
    Rush
    SGA
    Sigma Tau Gamma
    Student Senate
    UPJ
    Zeta Sigma Tau
    Zeta Tau Alpha

    Archives

    January 2022
    December 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    April 2020
    November 2019
    October 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    October 2018
    April 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    January 2017
    November 2016
    September 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    June 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    October 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    December 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013
    April 2013
    March 2013
    February 2013
    January 2013
    December 2012
    November 2012
    October 2012
    September 2012
    August 2012
    July 2012
    June 2012
    April 2012
    March 2012
    February 2012
    January 2012
    November 2011
    September 2011
    July 2011
    June 2011
    April 2011
    March 2011
    January 2011
    November 2010
    September 2010
    July 2010
    March 2010
    December 2009
    September 2009
    April 2009
    March 2009
    January 2009
    September 2008
    July 2008
    June 2008
    March 2008
    January 2008
    November 2007
    September 2007
    June 2007
    May 2007
    April 2007
    March 2007
    February 2007
    January 2007
    November 2006
    September 2006
    June 2006
    May 2006
    March 2006
    December 2005
    November 2005
    October 2005
    September 2005
    September 2004
    August 2003
    May 2003
    March 2003
    January 2003
    November 2002
    October 2002
    August 2002
    July 2002
    June 2002
    May 2002
    March 2002
    October 2001
    August 2001
    June 2001
    April 2001
    March 2001
    December 2000
    May 2000
    April 2000
    March 2000
    February 2000
    October 1999
    July 1999
    May 1999
    April 1999
    March 1999
    February 1999
    June 1998
    February 1995
    July 1988
    January 1968

    RSS Feed

Creative Commons License
UPJ Greek Alumni is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
©2023 UPJ Greek Alumni Council
site design by Rapid Production Marketing