Chartwells Monthly | March 2019

MARCH 2019

CHARTWELLS CELEBRATES

NATIONAL Farmworker

Awareness Week

ALSO INSIDE

National Nutrition Month -and-

Employee Appreciation Day

communication / executive message

table of

contents:

letter from the ceo

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Letter From the CEO

Appreciating Our People

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Embracing International Women’s Day

I have always considered the start of spring as a time for growth and renewal. It’s the perfect time to reflect on past achievements and make goals for the future. While I practice this for myself each year, I also use this time to make sure that we are recognizing the achievements of others and creating opportunities for our people to succeed.

That’s why I’m pleased to have had so many opportunities to celebrate our associates this month during Employee Appreciation Day and International Women’s Day.

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Supporting Our Farmworkers

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Celebrating National Nutrition Month

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Employee Appreciation Day

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Contact Chartwells

When we talk about treating our associates with care and concern, we sometimes forget about all those people in the food supply chain who contribute to the food on our plate. This month we created a campaign led by our Student Success Interns to raise awareness around farmworker’s rights to help better protect those that pick the fruit and veggies that end up on our plates each day. Not only did our Interns get the opportunity to lead an initiative on their campuses with this scholarship program, but they also became advocates for farmworker rights.

I am so humbled to work with a team that understands the importance of recognizing the people who contribute to our collective success and make a positive and impactful influence on the lives of those around them.

Lisa McEuen

Chief Executive Officer, Chartwells Higher Education Dining Services

STOP FOOD WASTE DAY

Take the pledge to stop food waste!

Wednesday April 24th is Stop Food Waste Day. 1.3 Billion tons of food is lost every year around the world. Join us in raising awareness of the global food waste crisis and become a food waste warrior.

Visit stopfoodwasteday.com and take the pledge today!

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On the Cover Student Success Intern Liz visits a farm in Immokalee, Florida.

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2019 international women’s day / people

Embracing International

Women’s Day

Chartwells Higher Education celebrates International Women’s Day by recognizing three of its own. These extraordinary employees – exemplify this year’s theme #BalanceForBetter. A division of Compass Group PLC and leader in contract food-service management, Chartwells encourages equality in the workplace. Operating in more than 290 universities and colleges throughout North America, Chartwells supports #BalanceForBetter and encourages employee empowerment. For more stories about the hard-working women of Chartwells, please visit www.chartwellshighereducation.com.

FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

At the Helm of Chartwells Higher Education Lisa McEuen is among 57 percent of women in the company’s workforce.

Driven by a passion for excellence, McEuen leverages her collaborative leadership style, extensive operational experience and strategic expertise to grow regions, divisions and organizations. Serving the company for 24 years, McEuen is the CEO of Chartwells and an officer of Compass Group.

According to McEuen, “There is no better time than the present to celebrate the achievements of women and help forge a more gender-balanced world.

We recognize that great innovation and memorable experiences for our customers are driven by our associates.”

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS

Northland College Culinary Extraordinaire MaryAnn Van Vlack has worked for Northland College for 28 years.

She is also one of 187 women who have been with Chartwells for more than 25 years. Van Vlack, a grille cook who dedicated her “retirement” years to caring for Northland students, recently received 90 cards for her 90th birthday from N.C. students and alum. According to Northland’s Director of Dining Services Amanda Tutor, “MaryAnn is our longest-standing employee and sets the example for all others to follow.”

ANTONINA GREIMAN “NINA”

York College Residential Dining Manager with Heart During her 29 years as York College residential dining manager, “Nina” Greiman has built relationships and embraced change that comes with new administrations. Always working with student groups, she also organizes fundraisers for a local women’s shelter. According to Senior Director of Dining Services Corey Wagner, “By being her natural, altruistic self, Nina not only represents what it means be a humble and hungry leader, but she represents Chartwells and all we stand for.”

MELBA DELGADO

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community / farmworker awareness week

SUPPORTING OUR National Farmworkers

Chartwells Student Success Interns meet the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW)

Visit Chartwells o Youtube to hear n from our interns

Chartwells recently invited eight Student Success Interns to the Coalition of Immokalee Workers headquarters in Florida as part of a first of it’s kind Chartwells-funded scholarship program. Here, interns learned about how Chartwells supports fair wages and safe working conditions for tomato laborers – and how that affects other farms and the industry.

CIW fights for laborers fair treatment and compensation Organized by Florida tomato laborers in the 1990s, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers continues to fight for fair treatment and compensation. To this end, CIW created a “fair food” certification, setting strict regulatory standards. As a result, Compass Group, along with many other large companies, now only buys U.S. grown, fair food tomatoes.

Celebrating National Farmworker Awareness Week

#ICareAboutFair

As part of this program, these Student Success interns led a campaign on their campuses to drive awareness around the Fair Food program. Under the theme #ICAREABOUTFAIR, these interns hosted daily trivia events, took over their campus dining social media accounts and hosted fun activities throughout the week.

To donate to the Fair Food program, visit: https://compass-farmworkerawareness.funraise.org/

A Humbling Experience

#ICareAboutFair because anyone who works that hard deserves to see it reflected in their wages, working conditions and quality of life.

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I care about the Fair Food program because we rely on farmworkers for the foods we eat every day.

Since we depend on them, it is our responsibility to advocate for their wellbeing and rights.

Supporting a program like this, even just $5 a month, helps you feel better about where your food is coming from and what kind of humane, or inhumane, conditions you are supporting.

~ Anna H.

~ Katie M.

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national nutrition month / cuisine

NATIONAL

NUTRITION MONTH Making informed food choices and developing sound eating habits is at the heart of National Nutrition Month. Chartwells provides a variety of menu options and fresh, delicious cuisine to help students and guests achieve their wellness goals.

SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY

HANDING OUT HEALTHY Jacqueline Ernst-Smith, Spartan Eats’ registered dietitian and wellness director, rolled along with SJSU’s campus dietitian to dispense healthy snacks and nutrition-based quizzes. They were determined to power students’ minds and bodies on National Registered Dietitian Day!

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY

SHAKING UP SALADS

DELICIOUS AND NUTRITIOUS RESOURCES Living away at college is often when students first learn to

How do you move people to make a salad? Shake it Up!

portion meals and grocery shop. To develop healthy eating

Collaborating with the Staff Wellness Council, CMU hosted a

habits or try new cooking skills, NU’s Campus Dietician

Teaching Kitchen featuring a “Waste Not Shaker Salad.” Together

Lisa Carlson directs them to helpful campus resources.

CMU’s dietitian and Chef Jeremy encouraged more than 40

As Carlson says, “The overall goal is to have students try

participants to shake up a new recipe for greens and veggies.

new foods and learn about campus resources. National

Excited and engaged, at the end of the session everyone left

Nutrition Month shows that delicious and nutritious can

with a cool National Nutrition Month branded collapsible whisk.

be at the same table.”

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people / employee appreciation day

Employee

Appreciation Day

Towson University

Radford University

Thank You!

Each associate received a candy bar that said “having you on our team is pretty sweet.�

Angelo State University Guests wrote thank you notes and messages to associates on sticky notes.

Missouri State Free drinks and fun koozies were made available to associates to thank them for a job well done.

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employee appreciation day / people

University of Maryland Baltimore County Stockton University

Dining managers at UMBC handed out treats with a note of appreciation to associates.

Stockton celebrated all week long and associates at Stockton were given WOW cards with notes of thanks.

Wow!

te Keene Sta y Universit

University of Miami Made a cupcake cake to celebrate their many associates.

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