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mmm...mmm good? Quality Selection Price Decor In the office At the Desk I'll make it myself It's Free! Meet you in the cafeteria







A bag of potato chips from the local vending machine. A steaming tray of today's "chicken surprise" from the corporate cafeteria. A tasty McMeal from the local fast food eatery. Today's employees have numerous methods of breaking bread in the workplace.

How many employees have the luxury of free soda? How many of those employees actually like the food they eat every day? And how many have fallen prey to the perils of a spilled drink on the keyboard? Vault goes inside our nation's kitchens and cafeterias to bring you the real culinary story.

For other tasty dollops of reading, check out menus from top companies and their nutritional analysis, a look inside popular corporate cafeteria caterer Marriott, and learn how you can dine with Dilbert.


So you go to your company caf�. But is it any good? And are they charging you an arm and a leg? We get the inside scoop on the quality, price, selection -- and even d�cor - of corporate cafeterias.






What with increased workloads, a lot of us prefer to take our lunch at our desks. How often do employees say they do this - and is it hazardous to their keyboards?



Read the results





For the domestics (and frugal) among us, there's always making lunch. A company can go a long way to helping employees feed themselves - with kitchens, vending machines and the like.



Read the results


Does your company offer free food and drink?


Employers
Coffee
81.8%
Spring Water
58.7%
Soda
29.5%
Snacks
20.2%
Other
15.3%



1. Does your company have a corporate
    cafeteria?




2. How often do you visit the corporate cafeteria?


Frequency
Daily
47.7%
3-4 days a week
26.8%
1-2 days a week
14.1%
Less than 1 day a week
8.7%
Never
2.7%





Scott Adams: The guy who ate all the donuts
The author of The creator of Dilbert tells us about the character who lives in the office 24/7. As Adams says, he's the guy who ate all the donuts.
Real audio | Windows audio |
Read the transcript




What do you think about your corporate cafeteria?
Is the guy munching in the next cubicle bugging you? Tell us what you think about food in the office on our message board.

VAULT EXCLUSIVES


A Menu of Menus
Curious about what they're eating at other companies? View four corporate menus here.
Ameren Corp. | Conde Nast | Time, Inc, | Marshfields Elementary School



The Real Deal On Nutrition
But are these smorgasbords of workday cuisine any good? We asked a nutritionist to analyze corporate menus.



Crumbs On The Keyboard: Survey Analysis
A fast overview of what employees think of their workweek dining choices.



Munching with Marriott
The life and times of the corporate caf�, from one of the biggest names in the industry.



Snacking with Dilbert

What's the biggest complaint employees have about food in the office? Scott Adams knows. Listen to what Scott has to say about food thieves, drinking in the office and the Dilberito.





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