Bon Appetit Management Company
Bon Appetit Management Co. is an onsite restaurant company offering full food service management to corporations, universities and specialty venues. Bon Appetit is committed to sourcing local, sustainable food supplies for all cafes throughout the country. A pioneer in environmentally sound sourcing policies, Bon Appetit has developed programs with Environmental Defense, the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch, and other leading conservation organizations. Based in Palo Alto, CA. Bon Appetit has more than 400 cafes in 30 states, including Oracle Corporation, American University and the Getty Center.
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09-23-10
Foraging for Change in the Food System
/PRNewswire/ - Just as individuals set goals for themselves so that they may reach their full potential, so too must companies. Food service provider Bon Appetit Management Company has set an ambitious goal of partnering with 1,000 Farm to Fork vendors by next year. By 2011,...
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09-01-10
Bon Appetit Management Company Asks Everyone to Harvest Near Home
Eight years before the New Oxford American Dictionary added the word "locavore" to its pages, Bon Appétit Management Company committed to using local foods on its college, corporate and specialty café menus. In 1999, Bon Appétit launched its Farm to Fork program, a...
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08-18-10
Summer Produce Comes to Ohio Colleges During Winter Chill
As students head back to school in the coming weeks, Bon Appétit Management Company has found a new way for its chefs to include tasty summer produce in their menus throughout the fall and winter, and a means to further support local Ohio agriculture. For the first time ever...
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04-15-10
What's for Lunch on Earth Day? Low Carbon Eats
Bon Appétit Management is helping diners protect the planet this Earth Day one forkful at a time by hosting its third annual Low Carbon Diet Day (www.eatlowcarbon.org) on Thursday, April 22 (Earth Day). As the first ...
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09-15-09
Bon Appétit Management Company’s Healthcare Plan: Eat More Local Fruits and Vegetables
Bon Appétit Management Company's Eat Local Challenge aims to solve the healthcare crisis through flavor.
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08-10-09
Bon Appétit Management Company's Chef Preeti Mistry Competes on Bravo's "Top Chef"
PALO ALTO, CA August 10,/CSRwire/ "“ On August 19th Bravo will premiere the sixth season of its hit series "Top Chef" in which another cast of uber--talented kitchen characters will face off in pursuit of the culinary crown. Like past seasons, most of the contestants will em...
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06-09-09
Bon Appetit Management Company Leads Food Service Industry In Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Food Waste
Palo Alto, Calif. - June 9, 2009 - What began in 2005 as an experiment by the Bon Appétit Management Company general manager at St. Joseph’s College in Maine became a nationwide trayless dining craze by Earth Day 2009.
The Association for the A...
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04-29-09
Putting an End to Tomatoes Tinged with the Bitter Taste of Exploitation
- April 29, 2009 - Bon Appétit Management Company becomes the first food service company to establish game-changing fair labor requirements that integrate: minimum fair wage, worker empowerment stipulations, and incentives to growers who exceed minimum requirements of the...
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04-21-09
Cutting-edge Environmental Innovations in Food Service Recognized by Environmental Defense Fund
LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. - April 21, 2009 - Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) today highlighted environmental innovations that are helping companies cut costs, create business opportunities and carve out competitive advantage in a challenging economy. EDF unveiled "Innova...
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10-22-08
Eco-Savvy Chefs Swim Upstream for Sustainable Sushi
PALTO ALTO, CA. - October 22, 2008 - Sushi is in a class of its own for fish lovers "“ its meteoric popularity has inspired eaters from Connecticut, to Idaho, to Oregon to leap into uncharted culinary waters. But the dark side of this adventurous eating is even worse than a...
