Consumers' views on major issues have shifted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A survey found that more people are concerned about public health (61%) and the economy (39%) compared to earlier in the year. Additionally, sustainability initiatives are equally or more important to employees since the pandemic began. Ensuring employee safety, supporting local diverse businesses, recycling, and composting are top priorities. Most respondents will support sustainable food options when available. As workplaces reopen, there is strong interest in reusable plates and cutlery, bringing own bottles and cutlery, and supporting composting programs. Aramark is committed to sustainability and total wellbeing through its new EverSafe safety platform focused on wellbeing, operations

1. CHANGING
BELIEFS AND
PRACTICES
MID-COVID-19
Workplace Dining Views on the
Wellbeing of People and the Planet

2. Consumers’ Views on
Major Issues have Shifted
Due to COVID-19
Source: Datassential COVID-19 Report 28: Temperature Check (July 24, 2020)
61%
of consumers are
more concerned about
a public health crisis
UP FROM 54% IN JUNE
are more concerned about
an economic crisis
39%

3. Workplace Dining
Views on Sustainability
70%
Strong sustainability
program impacts
long-term job
retention decision
30%
Left a company due
to lack of a corporate
sustainability agenda
11% Have left more than
one job due to lack of
corporate sustainability
Source: SWYTCH-X

4. How has COVID-19 affected
beliefs and practices when it
comes to personal wellbeing
and wellbeing of the planet?
Aramark’s June 2020 COVID-19
Sustainability Survey Finds Answers

5. • Sustainability initiatives are equally or
more important since COVID-19
• The most important sustainability
initiatives surround ensuring
employee safety and supporting
diverse, local businesses
• Recycling and composting also remain
top of mind, with recycling trending as
the most regular sustainability initiative
among respondents
• Most respondents will support sustainable
food offerings whenever available
Key Findings
on Workplace Dining
Views on Sustainability

6. Workplace Dining
Views are Shifting
Employees view the following issues
as much more important mid-COVID
Ensuring
wellbeing
of people
Ensuring safe
work environments
Supporting workplace
diversity & inclusion
Recycling
& composting
Reducing
food waste
Supporting small, local
and diverse suppliers

7. MID-COVID-19
Expectations for Reopening
Plates & Cutlery
Cutlery
Bottles
Sustainable Food
Composting
I will want reusable plates
& cutlery52% I will want disposable
plates and cutlery48%
I will bring my own
reusable cutlery70% Dining should ban
outside cutlery30%
I will bring my own
reusable bottle83%
I will try my best to support
sustainable food offerings56%
Should provide compostable disposables
if there is a composting program55%
I will eat whatever looks
best to me at the moment44%
Should always provide compostable
disposables even if there’s no program45%
Dining should ban outside
beverage bottles17%

8. Aramark’s
Commitment
to Sustainability
Be Well.
Do Well.
STRIVING
TO CREATE
A BETTER
WORLD
Make a positive impact
on people and the planet.
Amid so much change, consumer sentiment
is likely to rebound with strong interest
in sustainability.
To learn more about our commitment to the
wellbeing of people and the planet, click here:
www.aramark.com/sustainability

9. Our new EverSafe™ safety platform
reflects our commitment to the
safe reopening and sustainable
management of dining locations
Launched in May 2020, EverSafe focuses
on these four tenets:
• Strive for total wellbeing
• Commit to operational impact
• Power frictionless experiences
• Leverage collaborative expertise
CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE

10. To learn more about COVID-19 and sustainability
in business dining, contact us today!
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