To-go business is booming. One sign that customers are buying food for a family is the scope of their purchases. They might pick up a pizza, but also something Mexican, maybe an American dish to go with it. Ore. Sun Microsystems has Java Java and 3Com Corp. When they see someone has just built a new campus with a bistro, they want one, too.
None are open for dinner, but there is a heavy schedule of evening events and client entertainment.
Not everyone is convinced people are actually eating what they claim to want. In fact, many foodservice operators get to observe people's true natures when it comes to food choices. They'll go to the salad bar first, then swing by and pick up one of those high-calorie desserts. Silicon Valley corporate foodservice operators have long been leaders in setting up intranet Web sites for their cafeterias. But for most overworked, understaffed foodservice operators, adding Web site management to their long list of duties isn't practical.