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3 ideas to maintain company culture while working remotely
Office managers are often tasked with building and supporting company culture. However, during this unprecedented time of health and safety concerns, this can be challenging for office managers as companies work remotely. We’ve written about the importance of organizational culture in the past and the five essential parts that make a great culture. They were … Continue reading 3 ideas to maintain company culture while working remotely
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What Office Managers Do and Why They’re so Important
Rather than ask “what do office managers do”, the question should really be: “what don’t they do?” But, in the spirit of celebrating and acknowledging the work that office managers do every day and in a crisis, let’s discuss this dynamic role and its importance in the workplace. On a daily basis, they oversee a … Continue reading What Office Managers Do and Why They’re so Important
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Coronavirus and Workplace Food Health and Safety
Office managers have an important job in managing the day-to-day operations and procedures in the workplace. This isn’t easy, considering workforce health and safety is paramount during the current coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak. We’re sharing 6 essential food safety precautions that every office manager should know. In addition to the recommendations provided, we strongly advise staying up-to-date with relevant … Continue reading Coronavirus and Workplace Food Health and Safety
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Where to Get the Best Office Meals
You’re in charge of feeding your office and that’s no small feat. Monday’s office meal needs to lift everyone out of a mood. Tuesday and Wednesday’s office meals should be healthy, fun, fresh and new. Thursday gears the team up for the weekend and Friday is the crescendo, but neither can weigh on productivity. This … Continue reading Where to Get the Best Office Meals
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Top Catering Ideas for your Office Meals
As an office manager, your task list is never-ending and ever-expanding. You don’t have time for frivolous reading or perusing for inspiration. But, you still have to order corporate catering to your office—and your bosses and colleagues expect it to be varied, fresh, delicious, new, inspired, easy-to-eat and on time. Bookmark this post and refer … Continue reading Top Catering Ideas for your Office Meals
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What I’ve learned about startups, leadership and imposter syndrome
Leadership lessons from Foodee and Tacofino My first job was scooping ice cream at the local baseball stadium. I put myself through college as a caterer and server. Not so many years ago, I joined a startup called Foodee, which at the time was just five people. Since then, Foodee’s become a leading food-tech company, … Continue reading What I’ve learned about startups, leadership and imposter syndrome
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Food waste: Everything you and your office needs to know
In November 2019, Mother Jones published the article Tech Company Free Meals Beget a Lot of Leftovers. Meet the Man on a Mission to Rescue Them. This article, written by Marisa Endicott, accompanies Eating in Climate Chaos a special series podcast from Bite, called ‘The Leftovers.’ This collaboration piece is an excellent reminder of the … Continue reading Food waste: Everything you and your office needs to know
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The best of the Foodee blog in 2019
Just like the saying, “shut up and play the hits,” sometimes we need to be told what to read, watch, or listen to. We want the good stuff. The classics. The timeless hits. The best of the best. We get it. That’s why we’ve compiled a “best of” the Foodee blog based on the highest … Continue reading The best of the Foodee blog in 2019
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Career and business advice from top 10 CEOs
When Fast Company put out its list of top 100 CEOs of 2019 according to hundreds of real employee opinions, it got me thinking about what kind of career and business advice I could glean. Anyone can be a bad or mediocre boss. But to be a good or great boss, according to thousands of … Continue reading Career and business advice from top 10 CEOs
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13 deliciously Instagrammable desserts for delivery
We can all agree that dessert is delicious. But, it’s also beautiful and highly Instagrammable. This could feed into your brand’s Instagram, help build company culture and boost employee happiness. Let’s say your team has something to celebrate and decided to order dessert for office delivery. Wouldn’t it be a win-win for your company culture … Continue reading 13 deliciously Instagrammable desserts for delivery
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35 happy hour food ideas for your office
What if happy hour with your team came to your office? What if you could plan ahead and order appetizers, snacks and treats from your favourite local restaurants and have them delivered right to your office at happy hour on Friday at 4 pm? Sure, going out for the odd happy hour with your team … Continue reading 35 happy hour food ideas for your office
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8 catered lunch ideas your team will love
Ordering office catered lunch for your entire team can be very stressful—especially when it’s hard to tell if the meal will be a hit or a miss. Rather than put your job (or reputation) on the line for something as simple as ordering the wrong sandwich, here are a few fool-proof ideas to get on … Continue reading 8 catered lunch ideas your team will love
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Canada celebrates a growing community of innovative tech leaders
The entire team at Foodee is thrilled to be a third-time winner of the Deloitte Technology Fast 50™! This award recognizes the 50 fastest growing Canadian technology companies with the highest percentage of revenue growth from 2015 to 2018. We are excited to make this list again and could not have had such success without … Continue reading Canada celebrates a growing community of innovative tech leaders
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Fast food versus slow food: The dilemma of ordering in
Take this moment for yourself. Slow down. Relax. Breathe. Good. You’ve just learned the key step in the Slow Food Movement USA’s manifesto. “We are enslaved by speed and have all succumbed to the same insidious virus: Fast Life, which disrupts our habits, pervades the privacy of our homes and forces us to eat Fast … Continue reading Fast food versus slow food: The dilemma of ordering in
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18 Halloween food ideas for your spooky office party
Hunting for Halloween food ideas for your upcoming office party? Unless you’re anything like Victor Frankenstein who devotes countless evenings to create a monstrous masterpiece, you probably don’t have time to make spooky party favours or eerie Halloween office snacks. But that doesn’t mean that you’re off the hook for hosting the upcoming workplace Halloween … Continue reading 18 Halloween food ideas for your spooky office party
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Why choose Foodee for your food delivery service
Overwhelmed by choice when it comes to food delivery service? You’re not alone. The food delivery service market is now saturated with a plethora of delivery companies for your home and for your office—and delivered from everywhere from chain restaurants and grocery stores to local restaurants. In fact, the global food delivery service market stands … Continue reading Why choose Foodee for your food delivery service
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What to order from the best sushi restaurants near your office
Dreaming of sushi restaurants near your office? You’re not alone. Sushi is a practically fool-proof office catering idea that everyone will love. Pescatarian and meat-eating employees can literally go wild with every classic and signature roll, sushi burrito, bowl and bento box under the sun. Your vegetarian colleagues can sink their teeth into delicious yam … Continue reading What to order from the best sushi restaurants near your office
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Vegan lunch catering in the year of the vegan
While 7.3 million Americans are vegetarians and an additional 22.8 million follow a vegetarian-inclined diet, approximately 1 million of them are vegans. This may sound like a small number of people, but it’s growing. In 2015, 3.4% of the American population were vegetarian and 0.4% were vegan. But, according to The Economist, 2019 is the … Continue reading Vegan lunch catering in the year of the vegan
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Tacofino on local restaurants and modern chains
Kaeli Robinsong and Jason Sussman started Tacofino in 2009 as a west coast inspired-taco and burrito food truck in a surf shop parking lot in Tofino, Canada. Since then, it’s grown to eight restaurants and food truck locations in Vancouver, Victoria, and Tofino. Tacofino restaurants have become beloved staples and must-try joints for locals and … Continue reading Tacofino on local restaurants and modern chains
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What is farm to table (and why is it so rad)?
As the name implies, farm to table means that the ingredients went straight from a farmer’s field to a plate. Farm to table is a carrot, for example, that is pulled from the dirt, hand-delivered by the farmer to a restaurant, roasted and served to you. It isn’t buying a carrot from another country in … Continue reading What is farm to table (and why is it so rad)?
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Awesome vegetarian restaurants and what to order
As you know, Foodee partners with the best local, owner-operated restaurants in cities across North America to bring delicious meals to modern offices like yours. Here’s a list of nearly 50 awesome vegetarian restaurants that we love to support. Many of these restaurants serve protein for meat-eaters in your office too, but all of them … Continue reading Awesome vegetarian restaurants and what to order
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Tacos, tacos, tacos: The only way to celebrate Taco Day
Let’s give your office something to taco ‘bout, shall we? Friday, October 4th is the perfect opportunity. Why? It’s National Taco Day, folks, and it is just as its sounds: a day to celebrate and eat all of the tacos. Sure, Americans already eat over 4.5 billion tacos every year, but that doesn’t mean we … Continue reading Tacos, tacos, tacos: The only way to celebrate Taco Day
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Zero waste 101—and tips for you and your office
What does zero waste mean? Quite simply, zero waste is the elimination of garbage. Of course, this is easier said than done and would require us to rewrite our current system for how we deal with waste and consumption. For example, according to Going Zero Waste, the average American sends 4.4 pounds of trash to … Continue reading Zero waste 101—and tips for you and your office
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Ordering sharing-style vs. individual lunch catering
There’s a time and a place for everything, including when to order sharing-style versus individual lunch catering to your office. For example, would your international C-suite who are all in town for a few days want to share a family-style meal with your entire office? Probably not. They would more likely want their own individual … Continue reading Ordering sharing-style vs. individual lunch catering
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Delicious 9 to 5 office food delivery ideas
You’ve been tasked with planning office food delivery Monday to Friday for your team. Now what? You’re in luck. This blog post maps out a delicious meal plan for 9 to 5 corporate catering—and even gives suggestions in several major Foodee cities on where to order in from. Bon appetit! Yummy Monday to Friday office … Continue reading Delicious 9 to 5 office food delivery ideas