Nearly 1,000 laid off as food service company loses USF contract

Food service provider Aramark will lay off 949 employees at the University of South Florida later this year after losing its contract with the school.

The company announced the job cuts in a letter to state officials posted on Florida’s Worker Adjustment Retraining and Notification website Wednesday.

According to the letter, the job cuts will begin June 18 and that hourly employees scheduled for summer layoff after the spring semester or on seasonal leave will not be recalled to work.