Food has moved up the agenda as a means of attracting people back to the office via IrishTimesBiz
Before Covid, office food was office food. Some companies took the time and trouble to do it well; for others it was a box-ticking exercise. As long as people were fed and there were no major objections to the food being served, catering contracts were often rolled over with little appetite for change.
“Now, the food is very much tied to specific back-to-the-office events. For example, if there’s a team meeting, it may be preceded by a breakfast buffet or coffee and pastries. Companies are also focusing more on events, so they went really big on pancake Tuesday this year to create a bit of a buzz.”
“Others, like high fat meals [think cheeseburgers and BLTs] provide more sustained energy, but require our digestive system to work harder, reducing oxygen levels in the brain and making us groggy. Most of us know much of this intuitively, yet we don’t always make smart decisions about our diet. In part, it’s because we’re at our lowest point in both energy and self-control when deciding what to eat.
“The pandemic ‘pause’ has created an opportunity for organisations to do a food review,” Kennedy adds. “There’s a big difference between mass catering and what small, local, artisan food producers can offer employers. We fall into this second category and find our food really strikes a chord with the tech companies in particular because they have a lot of young employees who have adventurous tastes and take an interest in food provenance and sustainability.
For those looking for science to back up the argument for better food options at work, the study, On Carrots and Curiosity, published by the, shows that few unhealthy foods are related to positive feelings of wellbeing.
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