From increased employee satisfaction to productivity boosts, there are plenty of benefits to implementing workplace food programs. Workplace food delivery offers unique advantages in its convenience, scalability, and ease of operation.
Each employee orders their own meal. No more anxiety over impossible-to-predict attendance numbers. No more extra “just in case” trays that leave you with leftovers sitting in the fridge untouched for a week. No one has to run around busy downtown streets looking for a restaurant that doesn’t have a line stretching out the door.
But not all lunch delivery services are created equal. Inconsistent, ever-changing fees, scattered delivery times, and limited options can all decrease a program’s successfulness. The appeal wears out quickly when employees are dissatisfied with the same three restaurant choices or deliveries require babysitting.
Fooda has considered all the potential pitfalls of these programs. Our approach is designed to eliminate these obstacles. From streamlined delivery to diverse, high-quality meal options, here are 5 reasons Fooda Office Delivery stands out:
Leveraging local cuisine allows you to get the best from the hard working restaurant owners and chefs in your neighborhood. Every city has a unique culinary fingerprint, and utilizing that in your workplace food program mirrors the way employees want to eat outside of work.
Fooda has a network of over 4,500 restaurant partners. And because over 70% of them are independently owned, your employees can indulge in familiar favorites while discovering new ones.
But managing relationships with that many restaurants without a food service partner quickly becomes taxing on administrative teams of any size. Thankfully, Fooda handles the logistics and connections for you.
The pros of keeping it local go beyond the food. Supporting local restaurants pours money back into the local economy. Business owners get more exposure and more sales. When they partner with us, they gain a new audience they couldn’t otherwise reach and secure a new source of revenue, allowing them to build their businesses further.
By working with these restaurants, you’re not just supporting them, you’re supporting the entire community. You build relationships within the neighborhood your office sits in. You establish your company as a positive influence, and everyone benefits.
This impact isn’t just theory, either. Fooda provides monthly reporting on community impact. Allowing you to see your local influence first hand.
Fooda’s unique focus on our local restaurant partners offers multiple perks that can improve the employee experience, strengthen your community ties, and give back to the local economy. It’s a win-win-win.
It’s rare to find someone who’s okay with eating the same food every single day. Without an ever-changing set of options , employees will abandon your workplace food delivery program and you’ll have to manage (and pay for) a system nobody wants to use.
But workplace food doesn’t have to be stagnant. Variety is one of Fooda’s top priorities. According to Fooda’s survey of over 100 companies, 83% of employees feel that variety in workplace food programs is important.
With Fooda, You can create customized menus each week, allowing you to select cuisines and restaurants your employees love. These options rotate, so each day offers new, exciting options. Workers can look forward to choosing what they want for lunch each day. Variety keeps participation and satisfaction high, maximizing the success of your program.
Fooda Delivery menus also feature multiple options each day. This creates a dynamic virtual food hall where everyone chooses exactly what they want and where they order from. No group consensus required. This system takes any potential conflict out of workplace food delivery, meaning your employee meal program helps build company culture, not break it down.
On top of that, individual ordering makes it easier to accommodate dietary preferences and restrictions. Having multiple restaurants available each day makes it easy to include vegan, gluten free, protein-heavy, allergy safe and religiously conscious choices in your menus. No one gets left out or forgotten, and everyone has something they’re happy to eat.
Especially in modern, increasingly flexible hybrid workspaces, the ability to scale workplace food operations with attendance is critical. Getting accurate headcounts with traditional food programs is nearly impossible when all of your teams keep different in-office schedules. Add last minute changes, and determining how many people you’ll need to feed becomes a fruitless task.
But planning isn’t just about counting office presence. You also have to estimate how many of the people present will actually eat something. Just because someone is there doesn’t necessarily mean they’ll want to partake.
Long story short, deciding how much food to order is difficult and frustrating. You’ll almost always end up with extra, or worse, not enough. The result? Leftovers and food waste, or frustrated, hungry employees. Neither option is ideal.
Under-ordering builds resentment amongst employees. Over-ordering can toss a significant portion of your annual budget into the trash right alongside the trays of untouched food. And as we’ve already established, ordering that magic “just right” amount is nearly impossible, so it’s a lose-lose situation.
Companies that implement food waste reduction programs see 20-60% reductions in food costs. Fooda’s Delivery is an easy, cost-effective solution to this problem. When everyone orders for themselves, you get the exact amount of food you want. There’s no administrative headache, and whole trays of food don’t go to waste.
Our software makes it easy for you to choose which days you want to offer delivery. If you have extremely low attendance on Fridays, you can choose to offer lower-cost alternatives like a pantry program. No matter how your office operates, Fooda can accommodate.
Workplace food delivery encourages employees to eat together, helps build routine, and provides unmatched convenience for employees. But all of that gets undermined if the delivery process itself is disruptive. Workplace food can’t help employees structure and plan their days if the program itself is unstructured.
Some workplace food delivery services drop things off in batches or in the wrong location, leading to employees taking their breaks at vastly different times. This discourages cross-team socialization and coworker bonding.
Others send different drivers each day. If they’re unfamiliar with the building, they may have trouble getting into the building in the first place. Security won’t be familiar with them, forcing them to check in each day and unnecessarily delaying the process.
With Fooda, everything is dropped off together, at the same time, every day. No individual drop offs for each restaurant. You’ll always have the same driver, and they’ll know how to get in and out of the building with minimal disruption.
Perhaps most importantly, it makes things easier on your employees. When they have delivery coordinated for them, they don’t lose time going off–site or handling the logistics of ordering from outside. They get to relax and enjoy their lunch breaks with minimal headache or interruption.
In addition to menu choices, participation numbers, and on-site logistics, you also need to consider the technological side of large-group delivery. You need to add new employees to the system, adjust subsidies, make sure everyone is able to order on time, and provide a user-friendly experience.
If operating the system is difficult, there will be significant delays in service, and administrators will grow frustrated. If employees struggle to get their orders in, using your lunch delivery service will feel irritating and inconvenient. Participation rates will inevitably drop, and your workplace food delivery program will fail.
Fooda’s app makes operating a workplace food program simple on all fronts. Our point of sale system allows employees to easily pay for their meals, use subsidies, and access our rewards program. Administrators can effortlessly add or remove employees and adjust funds when needed.
Because everything is coordinated and planned in advance, users can see their lunch options days ahead of time. If they want, they can order for the whole week the Sunday before. If they like to be more spontaneous, they can do it the morning of. Fooda is flexible, accommodating any pre-planning preference.
The app also allows employees to order from multiple restaurants simultaneously. They could order a rice bowl from a local Korean place, a smoothie from a juice bar, and a cookie from their favorite bakery. They can pay for everything in one simple transaction, their employer subsidy will be applied automatically, and it will all be processed by Fooda and delivered together. This level of flexibility is unmatched, creating a truly unique experience.
Our systems are always learning. Our AI powered predictive modeling takes data from sales and participation numbers to detect patterns. This information allows us to optimize our menu offerings to maximize participation. This means that the longer the program runs, the better it gets.
BenchPrep, an educational technology startup, launched their Fooda Delivery program in the hopes of creating a more vibrant workplace culture. Lunch being delivered on-site all at once encourages employees to eat together. They’ve managed to create strong relationships across teams, leading to improved communication and collaboration.
They also provide a $12.50 subsidy for each employee, every day. This has encouraged more employees to participate in the program, maximizing its effectiveness. With Fooda, they’ve been able to save each employee around 30 minutes each day, boosting their productivity and output. Even as BenchPrep’s growth accelerates, they plan to keep the program. It’s simply too valuable for them to give up.
Fooda makes office lunch delivery easy, beneficial, and delicious. When you work with Fooda, you get the most out of your workplace food program. Reach out to us to create your customized workplace food program today.
How much does a workplace food delivery program cost?
The cost can vary widely depending on multiple factors, though the largest differentiator is how much the employer chooses to subsidize. Some offices fully cover employee meal costs, while others choose to offer partial subsidies, or none at all. Fooda’s programs are highly flexible, meaning we can work within your budget.
How long does it take to launch a Fooda Delivery program?
Fooda delivery can often be launched in as little as two to three weeks. Our pre-existing restaurant partners and software can easily be fitted to your company. Fooda works with employers to set up delivery schedules, set employee subsidies, coordinate office deliveries, and adjust menus based on team preferences.
Can Fooda Delivery support multiple office locations?
Absolutely. Fooda can coordinate across many locations, handling orders in multiple cities simultaneously. All while maintaining centralized billing and administration.
