Bon Appétit Management Company
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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 400 cafes in 28 states. Princeton Review has named Bon Appétit the "No. 1 College Food Service in the Country" for several years.
, the Monterey Bay Aquarium
's Seafood Watch
, the Humane Society of the United States
, and other conservation organizations. It promotes the use of compostable materials.
Bon Appétit buys at least 20% and often more of its meat, vegetables, and other products within a 150 miles (241.4 km) radius. Food waste is composted each week and distributed to area farms. This is done using a Farm to Fork initiative, started in 1999.
The company's conservation efforts have resulted in recognition from the Ecological Society of America
in 2005, The Humane Society of the United States in 2005, and the Seafood Choices Alliance
in 2007,.
Palo Alto, California
Palo Alto is a California charter city located in the northwest corner of Santa Clara County, in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, United States. The city shares its borders with East Palo Alto, Mountain View, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Stanford, Portola Valley, and Menlo Park. It is...
-based on-site restaurant company, owned by Compass Group
Compass Group
Compass Group plc is a global contract foodservice and support services company headquartered near London, United Kingdom. It is the largest contract foodservice company in the world and has operations in over 50 countries...
, that provides café and catering services to corporations, colleges and universities. The company operates 400 cafes in 28 states. Princeton Review has named Bon Appétit the "No. 1 College Food Service in the Country" for several years.
Conservation program
Bon Appétit has developed programs with Environmental DefenseEnvironmental Defense
Environmental Defense Fund or EDF is a United States–based nonprofit environmental advocacy group. The group is known for its work on issues including global warming, ecosystem restoration, oceans, and human health...
, the Monterey Bay Aquarium
Monterey Bay Aquarium
The Monterey Bay Aquarium is located on the former site of a sardine cannery on Cannery Row of the Pacific Ocean shoreline in Monterey, California. It has an annual attendance of 1.8 million visitors. It holds thousands of plants and animals, representing 623 separate named species on display...
's Seafood Watch
Seafood Watch
Seafood Watch is one of the best known sustainable seafood advisory lists, and has influenced similar programs around the world. It is a program designed to raise consumer awareness about the importance of buying seafood from sustainable sources...
, the Humane Society of the United States
Humane Society of the United States
The Humane Society of the United States , based in Washington, D.C., is the largest animal advocacy organization in the world. In 2009, HSUS reported assets of over US$160 million....
, and other conservation organizations. It promotes the use of compostable materials.
Bon Appétit buys at least 20% and often more of its meat, vegetables, and other products within a 150 miles (241.4 km) radius. Food waste is composted each week and distributed to area farms. This is done using a Farm to Fork initiative, started in 1999.
The company's conservation efforts have resulted in recognition from the Ecological Society of America
Ecological Society of America
The Ecological Society of America is a professional organization of ecological scientists. Based in the United States, ESA publishes a suite of publications, from peer-reviewed journals to newsletters, fact sheets and teaching resources. It holds an annual meeting at different locations in the...
in 2005, The Humane Society of the United States in 2005, and the Seafood Choices Alliance
Seafood Choices Alliance
The Seafood Choices Alliance is a program of the nonprofit ocean conservation organization, SeaWeb. It was established in 2001 to bring together the disparate elements and diverse approaches in a growing "seafood choices" movement in the United States and expanded into Europe in 2005...
in 2007,.