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Food for thought GOOGLE’S FREE LUNCH PROGRAM AIMS TO KEEP EMPLOYEES HAPPY, HEALTHY AND CREATIVE By Nick Veronin
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oogle’s food program is often cited as one of the company’s greatest perks. The search giant has 28 “cafes� in the Bay Area — most of them at the company’s Mountain View campus — serving just about any style of food imaginable. In addition to the cafes, there are snack stations stocked with prepackaged eats and bottled drinks, as well as open kitchens sporadically placed around campus, making it convenient for Googlers to grab a bite whenever they get the urge. To the cynical outsider, it might appear to be a ploy to
keep employees at work around the clock, but according to two of the company’s chiefs of chow, it is about much more. Through its food program, Google aims to help employees eat healthy and sustainable products, support local farmers, give back to the needy and foster innovation. Healthy choices “There’s not a day that goes by where you don’t hear someone on campus say that the biggest part of their day was lunch,� says Scott Giambastiani. As an executive chef at Google,
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Googlers gather for lunch at the Blaze Cafe on Google’s campus on April 20.
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