For Bon Appétit Management Company, facing food waste head-on meant the right solution needed to be created internally. The company rose to the challenge of fighting food waste with the launch of Waste Not, an app designed to change behavior in its kitchens.
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Bon Appétit Debuts an App Aimed at Slashing Food Waste
- News Food Service Director
With the platform, dubbed Waste Not, Bon Appétit employees can track waste using tablets in the back of house, and a color-coded system helps staff differentiate between food waste that is and isn’t preventable.
College Tackles Food Insecurity with On-Campus Food Pantry
- News The College of Idaho
The Bon Appétit team at the College of Idaho provides critical support to hunger-fighting mission on campus.
Butler U Launches Sustainable Food Grant Program
- News Inside Indiana Business
The Food Enterprises Achieving Sustainability Together Fund from Butler University and Bon Appétit Management Co. will strengthen local food systems
Healthy Kids Program Turns Corporate Kitchens into Classrooms
- News Food Management
Through the Healthy Kids in the Bon Appétit Kitchen Program, corporate accounts can partner with organizations like the Boys & Girls Club, YMCA, and local schools to host classes on healthy cooking.
Can The Low-Carbon Diet Cure Our Climate Crisis?
- News Refinery 29
In early 2007, Bon Appétit Management Company launched the Low Carbon Diet program, aimed to reduce the food service sector’s contribution to climate change.
Teaching Young Chefs at Cornell College
- News Cornell College News Center
Executive Chef David Smigo taught 15 students from Washington Elementary for a cooking class as part of the Healthy Kids in the Bon Appétit Kitchen program.
Butler Team Brings Healthy Kids Class to Atherton Union
- News The Butler Collegian
Butler University Executive Chef Brandon Canfield led a Healthy Kids in the Bon Appétit Kitchen class for children of Atherton Union faculty and staff, as well as the Boys and Girls Club.
How 11 Popular Diets Affect the Environment
- News Everyday Health
Find out how various popular diets affect the Earth (with insight from Bon Appétit’s Director of Nutrition and Wellness Terri Brownlee).
Tuition or Dinner? Nearly Half of College Students Surveyed in a New Report Are Going Hungry
- News New York Times
There’s a national movement to redirect unused food from campus dining halls. At George Fox University, dining hall operator Bon Appétit Management Co. donates unused food to several campus “hospitality tables.”