Healthcare Services Group announced it has acquired NEXDINE Hospitality, adding dining and hospitality capabilities across healthcare, senior living and other markets. The deal adds to consolidation among contract providers.
Why it matters for directors: Consolidation changes who sits across the table when your contract comes up. Self-op leaders and clients should benchmark service and cost now.
Avride and Sodexo Campus signed an agreement meant to move partner colleges from interest to robot delivery in weeks rather than months. Sodexo Campus serves about 425 U.S. institutions, and Avride already runs at Ohio State, Indiana, Arizona and Salisbury.
Why it matters for directors: Autonomous delivery is becoming a standard campus amenity. Expect students and administrators to ask about it in your next contract review.
Toast's new AI team includes a Scheduling Agent that builds schedules from availability, forecast sales and overtime risk. Toast says beta users averaged 41% fewer overtime hours per employee; pricing starts at $60 a month plus $9 per employee per month.
Why it matters for directors: AI scheduling is reaching mainstream POS platforms; ask your own vendors for verified overtime results before paying for add-ons.