Type Subsidiary Website www.bamco.com | Industry Catering Parent organization Compass Group | |
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Key people Fedele Bauccio, CEO
Michael Bauccio, COO Headquarters Palo Alto, California, United States Founded 1987, Palo Alto, California, United States Profiles | ||
Bon app tit management company
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 500 cafes in 32 states. Princeton Review has named Bon Appétit the "No. 1 College Food Service in the Country" for several years.
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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. 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-mile (240 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.
Girl Scout Cookie scandal
On February 18, 2013, Bon Appetit terminated an employee for selling Girl Scout Cookies while on the job. Tracy Lewis, the terminated employee, who had worked for a variety of food service companies at American University for the past 28 years, claimed that she had sold the cookies on behalf of her 12-year-old daughter for the past three years without incident. Bon Appetit claimed that she had committed gross misconduct and violated company policy by selling unauthorized goods.