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Food For Thought

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Metropolitan's clients include various branches of the CUNY (City University of New York) system as well as Vaughn College, Essex County (NJ) College and Queensborough CC. It recently launched its newest branded concept, Bare Planet Cafe, at City College of New York, developed around sustainable dining with local, sustainable foods and environmental packaging. Other proprietary concepts include Mexi-Cali Fresh Baja Grill, City Slices Authentic NY Pizzaria, Uptown Express Urban Grill and Yo-Tango frozen yogurt.

GENERAL INFORMATION

Headquaters
LINCOLNWOOD, IL

Websites
www.fftchicago.com

Major Segments Served:
B&I (66%), Legal Firms (16%), Museums/Perf. Art Ctrs. (10%), College/University (8%)

No. of Contracts
2009: 15
2008: 20+

Sales Volume
2009: $10.5
2008: $14.5(e)

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5 Management Companies to Watch: Food for Thought

Food for Thought has operated in the Chicago area since 1983—its first client was the Chicago Botanical Gardens. For many of the early years, the catering side of the company dominated, but it had some contract accounts from the very beginning. Its...
Sep. 1, 2011 | http://food-management.com/management/5-management-companies-watch-food-thought
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Bracken Tilley Joins Food for Thought

Carol Bracken Tilley, former manager of global food services for Motorola, has joined Chicago-based Food For Thought as vice president of food service...
Sep. 1, 2008 | http://food-management.com/archive/bracken-tilley-joins-food-thought
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5 Management Companies to Watch

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Second Thoughts About Pit-Stop Dining

Demonstrating the value that meal time socialization offer is something we all have to work on...
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Neil Reyer Has Left the Building (and other thoughts for 2011)

The signing in January of the new law to overhaul our national food safety system is a welcome advance...
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