In the first three months of 2024, Bon Appétit Management Company (BAMCO) cafes in California donated 65,596 pounds of food. As a food service provider for more than a thousand universities and corporate campuses across the US, BAMCO first began a food recovery program in 2015.
News
Latest News Clips
Chase Center’s first lady of flavors
Kristela Nazario-Mendoza is a proud Filipino-American. Her journey to becoming Chase Center’s culinary director began in the Philippines, in fact, and is both inspiring and aspirational.
New restaurant in Menlo Park pays homage to old Silicon Valley
A new restaurant called Sand Hill Sundeck has opened at 3000 Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park. The restaurant, which opened on July 7, is located within the Sand Hill Collection, a 48-acre indoor-outdoor workspace poised at the top of Sand Hill Road.
All Press Coverage
Top Stories About Bon Appétit Management Company
Fedele Bauccio in 7×7 Magazine
At Bon Appétit Management Company, we’ve been lucky enough to get some great press. Writing in the New York Times, Mark Bittman has called us “the most principled food services company in the country” and the “future of cafeteria food.” The Washington Post said that we’re “working to reshape American agriculture.” Our CEO Fedele Bauccio “often doesn’t get credit outside the industry for being a trailblazer. But let me tell you: His impact on the local-sustainable movement is big. Like 136.5-million-meals-served-just-last-year big,” according to a profile in 7×7.
More Greatest Hits
Latest Press Releases
What We’ve Learned in 25 Years of Supporting Local Food Communities
Redwood City, CA (September 16, 2024) – Bay Area-based food service innovator Bon Appétit Management Company has synthesized our insights and best practices for sourcing local food into a white paper, Sowing Success: Local Food Purchasing Insights from 25 Years of the Farm to Fork Program. The paper outlines key findings from our groundbreaking program, […]
New Dining Experience, Sand Hill Sundeck, Brings Elevated and Gourmet Offerings to Menlo Park
San Francisco-based DivcoWest, a DivCore Capital Company, in partnership with Bon Appétit Management Company, is proud to announce the opening of Sand Hill Sundeck, a new multi-faceted restaurant concept located in the heart of The Ranch campus within the Sand Hill Collection (“SHC”). Set high on the crest of Sand Hill Road, and unlike any other restaurant in the area, the Sand Hill Sundeck delivers a modern and sophisticated dining experience. Guests at Sand Hill Sundeck will experience a new menu that draws inspiration from the classic traditions of an East Coast delicatessen with San Francisco’s iconic Italian North Beach favorites.
Chico Marx, A Playful New Dining Concept Opens in South San Francisco
Where sun-drenched flavors of Latin America, Spain, and California meet for a lively take on lunch and happy hour.
All Press Releases
For the Media
Press Inquiries
Whether you’re a reporter for a student newspaper or the Wall Street Journal, we’re here to help you set up interviews, get hi-res images and logos, and more.
press contacts
Latest Blog Posts
Sowing Success: Our New White Paper Highlights Lessons Learned from 25 Years of Purchasing Local Food
In honor of the 25th anniversary of Farm to Fork, our groundbreaking local sourcing program, we’ve synthesized our many lessons learned into a white paper, Sowing Success: Local Food Purchasing Insights from 25 Years of the Farm to Fork Program.
Bravo is Back!
We’re thrilled to share the newest issue of Bravo – affectionately known as the “almost-quarterly newsletter of Bon Appetit Management Company,” which went on hiatus during the pandemic. Today, it’s back with a new format but the same commitment to celebrating our people and their accomplishments. Check it out!
Cooking from Toronto to LA: Celebrating Jeff Thurston, our 2024 Chef of the Year
Jeff Thurston has been at this for a while. Compass and Bon Appétit Management Company’s 2024 Chef of the Year has been working in restaurants since he was a teenager growing up in Toronto. It didn’t take long for the energy of restaurants to grab hold of Jeff. Over 30 years later, he still thrives off the action in the back of the house and the buzz of guests in the front of the house.
Go to the Blog
Latest Issue of Bravo, Our Company Magazine
Bravo is our “almost quarterly” internal company magazine. With 80 to 100 pages’ worth of fun and informative news about our Farm to Fork vendors, kitchen gardens, and special events held at Bon Appétit accounts around the country, it showcases our commitments in action — day in and day out.
Bravo Archive
Quarterly Sustainability Highlights e-Newsletter
Keep up to date on our latest programs, partnerships, news, and more with the Quarterly Sustainability Highlights email. Read the latest, or sign up here.