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Sodexo Live! is the catering partner for The ACC Liverpool Group, providing retail catering and hospitality services for the venue all-year round. The ACC Liverpool Group consists of the M&S Bank Arena, an award-winning Convention Centre, and the Exhibition Centre Liverpool.
The Sodexo Live! team at The ACC Liverpool Group operates in multiple areas across the complex including 13 retail outlets - with seven units providing food offerings - 22 hospitality boxes, a 120-seater Sodexo Live! Lounge, 24 conference and dinner spaces, two coffee shops and an 8,100m2 exhibition hall with four purpose-built in-hall cafes.
In a typical year, it serves around 425,000 people at the M&S Bank Arena, with 290,000 people attending the conference and exhibition centre. Sodexo Live! provides dinners for up to 2,000 people per event - with a capacity to serve up to 5,000 - and 15,000 exhibition covers.
Over the past 12 months, the Sodexo Live! team has hosted 190 events across the complex, including Eurovision 2023 and the annual Labour Party conference.