Posts by Brett Thompson
Cauliflower Carnitas Tacos with Roasted Tomato and Pepita Salsa Recipe
Cauliflower. This simple and often overlooked vegetable is actually an incredible superfood ready to provide all kinds of fiber, vitamins, and other benefits to keep you feeling healthy and energized. Cauliflower supports heart health, fights inflammation, keeps your gut doing what it should, and is even known to combat cancer. Working this superfood into a meal…
Read MoreHow to Create a Safer Workplace
June is National Safety Month, and at Canteen, we pride ourselves on promising a safe workplace for our teams across America. The past year has set a whole new standard in safety. And we can all do our best to carry that into the future. And as important as safety is to us, we believe…
Read MoreHow Lavazza is a Sustainable Coffee Choice This Summer
Our fellow coffee experts and partners at Lavazza are absolute fanatics about sustainability on a global level. Lucky for you, that all trickles into your Canteen coffee plan. We love a good sustainability story, so we connected the pieces and decided to lay out the highlights for you here. Since the 1930s, Lavazza has…
Read MoreCanteen’s 2020 Sustainability Scorecard
Each year, we like to put together a list of sustainable efforts by the numbers. We can reflect on brand-wide initiatives to create a better break time for your team and the environment. Take a look at some of the highlights from 2020 and see how we did. Local Produce in support of American Family…
Read MoreFamily and Healthy Treats with Sue Kakuk of Kakookies
This Women’s History Month, we sat down with Sue Kakuk, Owner and Founder of Kakookies, to talk about her family, starting a Woman-owned business, and her biggest inspirations. Don’t forget to check out our Women-owned businesses snack box! To start us off, can you provide some insight into what Kakookies are and why they’re healthy…
Read More4 Diverse-Owned Snack Brands We Love
Canteen’s supplier diversity mission is to proactively identify, build relationships with, and purchase goods from certified diverse suppliers. So, we analyzed the market, run the numbers, and tasted a few things to pick out four certified brands that represent our diversity mission and are trending like crazy. We’re not telling you what to do, but…
Read MoreUsing Coffee to Make a Difference with BLK & Bold
Canteen’s supplier diversity mission is to proactively identify, build relationships with, and purchase goods from certified diverse suppliers. We sat down with Rod Johnson and Pernell Cezar, the owners of BLK & Bold, to discuss their coffee and tea, entrepreneurial spirit, and drive to support at-risk youth. Pernell and Rod, why and how did…
Read MoreInnovating Coffee with Bill Duprey of de Jong Duke
Canteen and our partners are innovating every day to bring the safest, cleanest, and newest technology to your break room. This month, we met with Bill Duprey of de Jong Duke to talk about the changing nature of coffee, and what they’re doing to lead a charge in contactless office solutions. How has COVID-19 led…
Read MoreCanteen Unwrapped: A New Virtual Snack Competition
Have you ever wondered how that bag of puff chips or that new spicy turkey jerky ended up in your micro market or pantry? A lot more goes into it than you might think, but we won’t bore you with the logistics, what we will do is tell you how we find these new and…
Read MoreCaring for People and Planet with Bella Hughes of Shaka Tea
We’re continuing to highlight some of the great products and suppliers and how they’re not only creating fantastic products but making changes in the world around them. This month, we caught up with Bella Hughes, President and Co-founder of Shaka Tea. On top of making fantastic teas brewed with māmaki (more on that in a…
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