Plenty of research explores the financial and cultural implications of employees working from home, but a New York Times article from early 2023 explored an area rarely discussed: the impact of hybrid work and work-from-home arrangements on the traditional corporate...
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Practical DEI Efforts for Your Dining Facility
As experienced by many well-meaning organizations, DEI efforts don’t always turn out the way we expect them to. In fact, a 2023 report from WebMD uncovered that 72% of respondents want to work for a company that values DEI (diversity,...
Avoid These Common Dining Facility Renovation Mistakes
The decision to renovate a dining facility isn’t one taken lightly, and it usually takes a lot for an organization to finally take the plunge. In general, the current facility must have pretty substantial limitations that prevent it from meeting diner needs. Maybe the...
4 Ways On-site Cafeterias Can Attract & Retain Workforce Talent
Talent recruitment and retention are two topics regularly at the forefront of company planning and decision-making. Anyone in a hiring position has felt the pain of finding qualified talent over the last few years. On the other side of the coin, we’ve seen retention...
Boost Productivity with the Right Food to Fight Fatigue
Higher-ups across all kinds of organizations are tasked with driving operational excellence to accelerate growth. When looking at ways for teams to reach their professional potential—and for companies to exceed revenue targets or other growth goals—it’s necessary to...
Get the Most Out of Your New (or Refurbished!) Dining Facility
If there’s one thing that brings people together, it’s food. From individual dishes to beautiful dining halls, we’ve spent decades learning exactly what diners want in a dining experience. Chuck Melchiori, vice president and founding...
How to Accommodate the Needs of Diverse Diners
Offering a diverse menu isn’t just about the number of offerings you have, but about meeting specific diner needs. We interviewed Marjorie Shamp, the director of campus dining at The College of Wooster, and Johnny McCoy, a executive chef at a Creative Dining college...
The Latest “Farm to Table” Trend: Coffee
We know the importance of sourcing responsibly and sustainably. We’ve previously talked about how our executive chefs have the freedom to support local farmers and producers when sourcing, but our efforts to be more sustainable extend beyond food and into the drinks...
Ways to Boost Recruitment Beyond Boosting Wages
No matter the industry, you can probably relate to the strain on recruitment and retention. The Creative Dining team doesn’t pretend to have the magic potion for finding top talent and keeping them, but we can point to data that shows we're beating the industry...