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ezCater's 2024 "Feeding the Workplace" Report Reveals Businesses are Spending More on Food for Work

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, May 8, 2024

Today, food for work is expanding beyond traditional business catering, and more companies are using restaurants as a cafeteria alternative.

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  • Today, food for work is expanding beyond traditional business catering, and more companies are using restaurants as a cafeteria alternative.
  • In fact, the number of survey respondents reporting they order for daily and weekly recurring meals has increased 32% year-over-year.
  • They also reported interest in additional workplace offerings such as restaurant pop-ups, food trucks, grab-and-go, and special events.
  • From January 22, 2024, to February 2, 2024, ezCater surveyed more than 2,800 restaurant operators, corporate catering orderers, and employees, on the state of food for work.

Cater to Your Heroes With Perkins Restaurant & Bakery®

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Perkins Restaurant and Bakery ®, a leading family-dining restaurant brand known for quality homestyle meals and breakfast-all-day, is ready to help you honor your office heroes, nurses, and educators.

Key Points: 
  • Perkins Restaurant and Bakery ®, a leading family-dining restaurant brand known for quality homestyle meals and breakfast-all-day, is ready to help you honor your office heroes, nurses, and educators.
  • Host your next office party with crowd-pleasing favorites from the newly launched Perkins Catering Program across nearly 200 locations .
  • Let your work heroes sit back and relax while Perkins does the cooking for these upcoming observances: Administrative Professionals Week (April 23-29), National Nurses Week (May 6-12), and Teachers Week (May 6-10).
  • With Perkins Catering, teams can choose from a variety of homestyle favorites and popular bundles to create the perfect menu to celebrate the heroes around you.

RALLY UXR RAISES $8.8M SEED ROUND TO CONTINUE CONNECTING TEAMS WITH THEIR USERS IN MEANINGFUL WAYS THROUGH RESEARCH

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024

NEW YORK, April 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Rally raised $8.8 million in funding to connect teams with their users in more meaningful ways.

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  • NEW YORK, April 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Rally raised $8.8 million in funding to connect teams with their users in more meaningful ways.
  • This funding will bring Rally to a wider audience and further its mission to connect teams with their users in more meaningful ways.
  • Rally is a User Research CRM that gives teams access to their user base to run and manage the end-to-end research process.
  • Rally cuts out the tedious manual work of participant recruitment, allowing teams to dedicate more time to engaging in meaningful User Research.

PERKINS RESTAURANT & BAKERY® LAUNCHES EGG-CEPTIONAL CATERING PROGRAM NATIONWIDE WITH HOMESTYLE FAVORITES

Retrieved on: 
Thursday, March 21, 2024

ATLANTA, March 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Perkins Restaurant and Bakery®, a leading family dining brand, is springing into the Easter season, offering a delectable selection of homestyle favorites at over 40 locations. Perkins is bringing the brand's iconic breakfast, bakery, burgers, and more to help guests stress less with life's special moments. The Perkins catering menu features affordable homestyle favorites with generous portion sizes, all held to the highest freshness and quality standards.

Key Points: 
  • Perkins is bringing the brand's iconic breakfast, bakery, burgers, and more to help guests stress less with life's special moments.
  • The Perkins catering menu features affordable homestyle favorites with generous portion sizes, all held to the highest freshness and quality standards.
  • "At Perkins, we're excited to introduce our catering program, bringing our signature dishes to your special moments.
  • Why toil in the kitchen when you can revel in festivities stress-free, thanks to Perkins hassle-free catering service?

Cintas Adds Beverly K. Carmichael as Independent Director to Board

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Thursday, January 25, 2024

Cintas Corporation (Nasdaq: CTAS) today appointed Beverly K. Carmichael to its Board of Directors, effective immediately.

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  • Cintas Corporation (Nasdaq: CTAS) today appointed Beverly K. Carmichael to its Board of Directors, effective immediately.
  • This appointment expands Cintas’ Board to 11 Directors.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240125400096/en/
    Cintas adds Beverly K. Carmichael as Independent Director to Board (Photo: Business Wire)
    “Beverly brings valuable skills and experience in areas that are highly relevant for Cintas today, further enhancing the capabilities of our Board,” said Scott D. Farmer, Cintas Executive Chairman.
  • “Beverly’s outstanding track record building differentiated, high-performance workforce cultures will help us strengthen the experience and impact of Cintas’ dedicated employee-partners.

PlayOn! Sports Announces James Rosenstock as Chief Financial Officer

Retrieved on: 
Monday, January 29, 2024

ATLANTA, Jan. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- PlayOn! Sports, a leading high school media and technology company, today announced the appointment of James "Jay" Rosenstock as Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

Key Points: 
  • Seasoned financial, operational and strategic leader brings deep media and technology expertise to drive future growth and innovation in K-12 space.
  • Sports, a leading high school media and technology company, today announced the appointment of James "Jay" Rosenstock as Chief Financial Officer (CFO).
  • At PlayOn!, Rosenstock will oversee the Accounting, Finance, Tax, M&A, Information Technology and Security and Project Management Office (PMO) departments.
  • Earlier, Rosenstock was instrumental in architecting and operating Discovery's international businesses, where he oversaw Discovery Education International.

ezCater Unveils New Supplier Diversity Program to Uplift Small Businesses and Restaurants Owned by Underrepresented Groups

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, January 23, 2024

ezCater , the leading food for work technology company in the US, ​​today announced its new supplier diversity program designed to highlight and amplify small businesses and restaurants owned by members of an underrepresented group.

Key Points: 
  • ezCater , the leading food for work technology company in the US, ​​today announced its new supplier diversity program designed to highlight and amplify small businesses and restaurants owned by members of an underrepresented group.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240123506914/en/
    As part of its supplier diversity program, the company has launched two new filters to provide more search options on ezCater’s marketplace.
  • To participate in ezCater’s supplier diversity program, restaurants can provide demographic information about their ownership in their ezCater account.
  • “We choose to order from restaurants owned by underrepresented groups to reflect the diversity of our staff, celebrate different cultures, and support the local economy.

Scratch Financial Inc. Welcomes Trevor Hanly as Chief Marketing Officer

Retrieved on: 
Thursday, January 4, 2024

PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ --  Scratch Financial Inc., a leading innovator in the financial technology industry, is pleased to announce the appointment of Trevor Hanly as its new Chief Marketing Officer (CMO).

Key Points: 
  • PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ --  Scratch Financial Inc., a leading innovator in the financial technology industry, is pleased to announce the appointment of Trevor Hanly as its new Chief Marketing Officer (CMO).
  • Prior to joining Scratch Financial, Trevor held leadership roles at L.L.Bean, Covetrus, EZcater and Blue Rabbit; building and leading teams at moments of rapid scale-up and transformation.
  • In his role as CMO, Trevor will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of Scratch Financial's marketing strategy, including brand development, digital marketing, customer acquisition, and communication efforts.
  • Trevor Hanly expressed his excitement about joining Scratch, stating, "I am honored to be part of the Scratch team and contribute to the company's growth and success.

ezCater Named One of 2023’s Best Workplaces for Parents by Great Place to Work

Retrieved on: 
Friday, December 1, 2023

ezCater , the leading food for work technology company in the US, ​​announced it has been named one of 2023’s Best Workplaces for Parents by Great Place to Work.

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  • ezCater , the leading food for work technology company in the US, ​​announced it has been named one of 2023’s Best Workplaces for Parents by Great Place to Work.
  • This structure allows employees to work from wherever they’d like, whether from home, from ezCater’s Boston or Denver offices, or any combination of those.
  • I know what works for me.”
    Earlier this year, ezCater was recognized by Fortune and Great Places to Work as a Best Medium Workplace (ranked number 13) and Best Workplace for Women (ranked number 10).
  • ezCater is a seven-time winner of Boston Business Journal’s Best Places to Work award and just this month, was named a 2023 Top Place to Work and DEI Champion by The Boston Globe.

Lunch Breaks Are on the Decline, According to ezCater's Second Annual Lunch Report

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, November 8, 2023

The company’s second annual Lunch Report found that workers are 40% more likely to say they never take a lunch break than they were just a year ago.

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  • The company’s second annual Lunch Report found that workers are 40% more likely to say they never take a lunch break than they were just a year ago.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231108591575/en/
    ezCater's 2023 Lunch Report features insights from 5,000 full-time employees across the U.S. about their lunchtime habits and illustrates how employers can use lunch breaks to motivate teams.
  • (Photo: Business Wire)
    "Our data shows that lunch breaks improve job performance and reduce burnout," said Diane Swint, Chief Revenue Officer at ezCater.
  • Top findings from ezCater’s 2023 Lunch Report include:
    The lunch crunch is real: Nearly half of workers surveyed (48%) skip lunch at least once a week.