2008 Corporate Productivity Study – Impact on Dining Services

Corporate Dining, Inc., through its FoodMark® data sharing program, is excited to be conducting our third Productivity Study. The goal of the Study is to quantify the time and cost difference for employees to obtain their lunch in an on-site cafeteria vs. going to off-site retail locations. The Study provides you with a basis for subsidy justification or reduction, design and renovation, budgeting, review comparisons, and as a tool for Request For Proposals (RFPs).

The Society for Foodservice Management (SFM) has requested of Corporate Dining, Inc. that their client liaison members be invited to participate. As part of this request, you or a third party may fund participation by payment directly to SFM.

All participating companies will receive a copy of the Executive Summary, with an overview of their individual facilities that were included. Any company providing three or more facilities will receive an additional report comparing their company’s data by facility.

You may include as many of your sites as you desire. The Study funds all meals purchased by each participant. Five employees per site will be assigned to participate.

The cost of participation in the Study for non-FoodMark® members is $850 per facility. SFM will be offsetting the cost for their first 25 client liaison members who participate. The first 15 members will pay only $600 per facility and SFM will pay $250. The next 10 members will only pay $750 per facility and SFM will pay $100.

FoodMark® is a confidential clearinghouse for dining service data. We use the American Productivity and Quality Center (APQC) Benchmarking Code of Conduct and the American Society for Quality (ASQ) Ethics Guidelines for data sharing for professional members. All data will be expressed in aggregate form. Corporate Dining, Inc. has no business relationships with suppliers or manufacturers. Only owners are allowed to participate, but they may be funded by a third party payment to SFM.

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If you have any questions, please feel free to call:

Lori Murphy – Corporate Dining,Inc.
440-893-2677

Amy Williams – Society for Foodservice Management
856-439-0525

We look forward to assisting you in improving your dining services.

SFM 2008 Conference Photos

Over 250 foodservice professionals converged on the Lone Star state for SFM’s 2008 National Conference, Austin: Cool City, Hot Topics. Conference attendees were offered a wide variety of educational opportunities during the conferences. Concurrent sessions ranged from Sustainability, Health and Wellness and Flavors of Texas Cuisine. While not at the concurrent sessions, conference attendees attended several special events and optional tours. Here is a look at the pictures from the National Conference.

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