Bon Appétit Management Company is a

Palo Alto, California Palo Alto (; Spanish for "tall stick") is a charter city in the northwestern corner of Santa Clara County, California, United States, in the San Francisco Bay Area, named after a coastal redwood tree known as El Palo Alto. The city was es ...

-based on-site restaurant company, that provides café and catering services to corporations, colleges, and universities. The company is a subsidiary of the British multinational corporation

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since 2002, and operates over 1,000 cafes in 34 states. In May 2018, Bon Appétit became the first food service provider and major restaurant company to ban plastic straws in all of its locations, with an exception for people with disabilities.

Sustainability initiatives

Bon Appétit has developed programs with

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, the

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, the

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, and other conservation organizations. It promotes the use of

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materials.

References

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