How Workplace Food Impacts Employee Satisfaction & Performance

  • Jun. 13, 2025

Brochure titled 'Food That Works: Powering Every Shift' featuring meal photos, people eating, and a Table of Contents.

Food That Works: Powering Every Shift

To understand how frontline employees really eat on the job, Kitchen Works, a Sodexo brand, dug into the habits, preferences and frustrations of today’s workforce. The findings are clear: people want food that works as hard as they do. Our research uncovered the five areas most important to frontline employees across the United States: variety, speed, nutrition, price and downtime. This report lays out what we learned — right from the real people doing the work — and how we build food programs to help employers drive satisfaction, performance and retention.

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