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Catering services

Catering services

The UvA outsourced its catering services to Cirfood, which is responsible for food and beverages across the campuses.

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After ten years, UvA and HvA will continue without a main caterer

14 januari 2026 - 17:00

The canteen at Science Park in 2017, shortly after Cirfood started as the main caterer.

The UvA and HvA are taking control of catering back into their own hands. On 1 January 2027, the contract with caterer Cirfood will expire and the Uva and HvA will start managing the local businesses that will provide catering services themselves. This is evident from Facility Services’ new Fo...

Cafés at UvA see nine hundred euros worth of cups disappear

17 december 2025 - 08:00

Cafés at UvA see nine hundred euros worth of cups disappear

In recent weeks, at least two hundred mugs have disappeared from two cafés at the UvA, resulting in damages of more than nine hundred euros. It is suspected that customers are taking the cups with them.

Afro-Surinamese restaurant opens at Science Park: “Everyone knows roti, but not moksi alesi”

5 september 2025 - 16:10

Afro-Surinamese restaurant opens at Science Park: “Everyone knows roti, but not moksi alesi”

This week, Diana Gambier (61) opened the second branch of her Afro-Surinamese vegan restaurant The Old Soul in Lab42. This is an attempt by the UvA to make catering more sustainable and affordable. “We already lowered the price last week, because people were shocked when they got to the till.”

Cheap, vegan lunch, how feasible is that at the UvA?

4 december 2024 - 11:55

The New Mensa hands out free portions of curry in REC H.

Yesterday afternoon, UvA students from De Nieuwe Mensa are handing out free servings of sweet potato curry on Roeterseilandcampus. From 15 January 2025, the student initiative wants to offer affordable, vegan food at the UvA. How feasible is that plan?

Six months to bring your own cup to UvA: Sales of coffee have dropped

6 maart 2024 - 15:34

Six months to bring your own cup to UvA: Sales of coffee have dropped

Anyone who wants to get coffee at the UvA has had to bring their own cup since September. Have students and staff gotten used to the new policy? “I just drink less coffee.”

There’s still meat in UvA canteens, though the majority now eat plant-based

4 maart 2024 - 15:07

There’s still meat in UvA canteens, though the majority now eat plant-based

It’s Meat & Dairy-free Week again. In five years, meat consumption in UvA canteens has decreased significantly. Still, the sale of animal products has not been completely renounced, although catering is also increasingly focusing on plant-based products. “Our goal now is 70 percent vegetable and...

18 december 2023 - 13:20

7 maart 2023 - 14:04

UvA and caterer Cirfood extend catering contract

4 januari 2021 - 08:43

UvA and caterer Cirfood extend catering contract

Caterer Cirfood will continue to provide catering services to the UvA in the coming years. This is the outcome of negotiations between the Facility Services department and Cirfood over the past few months. The current contract expires at the end of 2021.

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