Global Company Culture Month with Social Pantry
September is Global Company Culture Month. This annual celebration promotes teamwork, collaboration and inclusivity, creating strong workplace cultures where employees feel valued, supported and empowered to do their best work. At Social Pantry, we believe in not only feeding teams, but feeding a wider culture of connection. Mealtimes provide space for conversations and encounters ideas are shared and relationships strengthened. As well as contributing to employee wellbeing. Here are some of the ways you can use great workplace catering to foster a positive company culture.
Define your values
Company culture can feel hard to define… until you go about definition yours for yourselves! Forbes describes workplace culture as “the shared values, belief systems, attitudes and the set of assumptions that people in a workplace share”. If you want your employees to live and breathe these company values, you need to go about naming them. Making this definition as collaborative as possible. Contributing to this definition strengthens the connection of one’s own identity to the company’s purpose. Resulting in enhanced productivity, employee wellbeing and loyalty. Review annually or whenever there is a significant change or event within the business to ensure these values are relevant and actionable. This definition also provides a framework to guide future decisions, and helps other people understand your company mission.
Aligned actions
At Social Pantry, we cater to what you care about. You define your values, and we align our catering offering accordingly. Thoughtfully curated menus to excite and engage employees each day? A socially responsible partnership with inclusive hiring and social impact? Sustainably run kitchens to support your own ESG goals? Whatever your business is looking to achieve by working with us, you bet we care as much as you do.
Create a culture of care through food
Food is one of the primary ways we care for ourselves and others. At work, it’s no different. employees with fresh, delicious and nutritious food is one of the most fundamental ways you can take care of employees. Create a culture of care through enviable workplace catering. According to the Allegra Health and Wellness Summit, 27 per cent of employees say access to healthy food and drink is the number-one way their workplace could support them.
An extra helping (hand)
Looking after employee’s physical health, taking care of the practicalities of eating to reduce distractions and preventable stresses, and enhancing mental wellbeing through stress-reducing, mood-boosting mealtimes, are just some of the benefits of great workplace catering. This is especially important during busy periods and pressure points, where people may be more vulnerable to common colds and illnesses, skipping meals, struggling to find time to eat or making poor food choices, and work-related stress. Social Pantry ensures your team are well-fed no matter the circumstances. We provide enticing, exciting food; set the scene for relaxing, restorative mealtimes; and can accommodate those changes in routine or special requests too to make sure your workplace catering works for everyone.
Nothing is too big of an ask…
Need food for a team that’s on the move? Want to stock up the pantry with exciting snacks and refreshments to keep energy levels topped up? Considering adding breakfast for the early-birds and an evening meal for employees staying late? Had a special request to satisfy a craving or want to reward your team with some mouth-watering treats to lift everyone’s mood? Our bespoke workplace catering can do all of that.
Establish a Culture, Wellbeing and Personal Development programme
Social Pantry’s network and expertise extends far beyond the kitchen… With years of events experience in our wider business, delivering creative, impactful events for clients in every industry imaginable, we’re perfectly positioned to help you establish a Culture, Wellbeing and Personal Development programme comprised of activities, events and workshops designed to strengthen and consolidate company culture. From desk yoga delivered by our friends The Yeh Yoga Co; puppy therapy with a side of mental health first aid training by Paws in Work; hands-on cookery classes and demonstrations from our very own Social Pantry chefs with input from expert nutritionists; leadership workshops and panel discussions designed to educate, empower and inspire; or something totally different to shake things up… Social Pantry can curate the perfect event – or series of events – with wrap-around hospitality for the complete experience.
Never miss a birthday
Celebrating birthdays can be an important part of a positive workplace culture. Making individuals feel values and boosting team morale. However keeping track of everyone’s birthdays and remembering to organise a cake on time can feel like a big responsibility for the HR person or Culture Builder on your team, who probably didn’t see that on their job description…
Have your cake and eat it
Our dedicated Workplace Partners can help! When you work with Social Pantry, you’ll gain a team member you can rely on to take tasks off your to-do list and ensure you never miss a birthday again! And as for dietary requirements, we’ve got those covered to. So everyone can have their cake and eat it when their big day rolls around! Our Workplace Partners go the extra mile to know your team personally, and tick boxes you didn’t even know you had. We’re connected with some of the best celebration cake makers in the business (see our guide here!) and our in-house pastry team are pros when it comes to delivering special treats for very special occasions. This one’s safe with us!
