Sodexo Can_Bottle Sales_20260311.xlsx

This is a beverage sales data file associated with South Dakota State University's Request for Proposal for pouring rights and vending services, with data compiled by Sodexo, the university's food service contractor. The file documents actual beverage product sales and quantities from May 16, 2024, through December 31, 2025, across SDSU's campus operations. The data encompasses approximately 300 distinct beverage products across multiple categories including carbonated soft drinks, bottled water, sports drinks, iced teas, energy drinks, and ready-to-drink coffee beverages. Top-selling items include Dasani bottled water (totaling over 68,000 units across various packaging formats), Mountain Dew (approximately 10,200 units), Coke products (approximately 17,100 units), Body Armor sports drinks (approximately 5,500 units), and Powerade (approximately 17,200 units). The sales data reflects actual consumption patterns and product preferences at a mid-sized university with approximately 12,139 students and 2,002 employees across 46 buildings with 113 vending machines, plus food service locations and athletic concession stands.

The file serves as a critical baseline for prospective vendors responding to SDSU's RFP, enabling bidders to understand historical demand, product mix preferences, and sales velocity for each beverage category when developing proposals for pouring rights (Package A), vending rights (Package B), isotonic beverage rights (Package C), and athletic sponsorship rights (Package D). This historical sales data allows vendors to project revenue potential, establish appropriate pricing structures for their financial contribution bids, and determine inventory management and stocking requirements for the five or ten-year contract term with renewal options. The data indicates strong demand for hydration products (water and sports drinks), mainstream carbonated beverages, and specialty drinks, providing vendors with empirical evidence to support financial proposals due May 29, 2026, with an anticipated award decision on June 15, 2026.