Bon Appétit Management Company
| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Catering |
| Founded | 1987 (Palo Alto, CA) |
| Headquarters | Palo Alto, CA |
| Key people | Fedele Bauccio, CEO Michael Bauccio, COO |
| Website | www.bamco.com |
The Bon Appétit Management Company is a Palo Alto, California-based on-site restaurant company, owned by Compass Group, that provides café and catering services to corporations, colleges and universities. The company operates over 400 cafes in 29 states.[1] Princeton Review has named Bon Appétit the "No. 1 College Food Service in the Country" for several years.[2]
[edit] Conservation program
Bon Appétit has developed programs with Environmental Defense, the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch, the Humane Society of the United States, and other conservation organizations.[3] It promotes the use of compostable materials.[4]
Bon Appétit buys at least 20% and often more of its meat, vegetables, and other products within a 150-mile (240 km) radius. Food waste is composted each week and distributed to area farms.[5] This is done using a Farm to Fork initiative, started in 1999.[6][7]
The company's conservation efforts have resulted in recognition from the Ecological Society of America in 2005,[8] The Humane Society of the United States in 2005,[9] and the Seafood Choices Alliance in 2007,.[10]
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.bamco.com/about-us
- ^ "Two Bon Appetit accounts lay claim to best college campus food". Nation's Restaurant News (FindArticles.com). 2001-09-17. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3190/is_38_35/ai_78547058. Retrieved 2007-12-31.
- ^ "Bon Appétit Management Company Press Room". Archived from the original on 2007-12-13. http://web.archive.org/web/20071213105016/http://www.bamco.com/PressRoom/about-co.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-31.
- ^ "Bon Appétit’s Waste Commitment". Circleofresponsibility.com. http://www.circleofresponsibility.com/page/73/bon-apptits-commitment.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-09.
- ^ "University of San Francisco, USF Magazine - Sustainable Campus". Usfca.edu. http://www.usfca.edu/usfmagazine/fall08/f1_green_sustainable.html. Retrieved 2008-12-09.
- ^ "Maisie Ganzler of an eco-friendly catering company answers Grist's questions | Grist | InterActivist | 23 Oct 2006". www.grist.org. http://www.grist.org/comments/interactivist/2006/10/23/ganzler/. Retrieved 2007-12-31.
- ^ "The Willow Glen Resident | America Fresh". Svcn.com. http://www.svcn.com/archives/wgresident/07.07.99/taste-9927.html. Retrieved 2008-12-09.
- ^ "Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America". pp. 212. http://www.esa.org/history/Awards/bulletin/corp2005.pdf. Retrieved 2007-12-31.
- ^ "Bon Appétit Management Co. Receives National Humane Award". 2006-04-10. http://www.hsus.org/farm/news/pressrel/bon_appetit_award.html. Retrieved 2007-12-31.
- ^ "Line Items". Seafood Business: pp. 10. March 2007. http://seafoodbusiness.texterity.com/seafoodbusiness/200703/?pg=12. Retrieved 2007-12-31.
