# Bon Appétit Management Company

> Bon Appétit Management Company is an on-site restaurant company that runs more than 1,000 cafés and catering operations for corporations, universities, and museums across the United States. Founded in 1987 by Fedele Bauccio and Ernie Collins, it pioneered cooking from scratch in the contract food world and built a reputation as the industry's sustainability conscience - the first major food service company to commit to sustainable seafood, cage-free eggs, antibiotic limits, and tying food choices to climate change. A Compass Group subsidiary since 2002, it operates from Redwood City, California.

- **Founded:** 1987
- **Headquarters:** Redwood City, California, United States
- **Founders:** Fedele Bauccio (Co-Founder & CEO), Ernie Collins (Co-Founder (deceased))
- **Team size:** ~4,300 (Apollo) to ~10,000 (company/network) employees
- **Products:** On-site café management, Catering, Farm to Fork program, Sustainability & wellness programs, Public restaurants
- **Notable:** First food service company to commit to sustainable Seafood Watch-approved seafood (2002), First to limit antibiotics in farm animals (2003) and switch to rBGH-free milk (2003), Moved to cage-free shell eggs (2005), humanely raised ground beef (2012), gestation-crate-free pork (2016)

## Products & services

- **On-site café management** — Full-service, made-from-scratch cafés operated on the premises of corporations, universities, and museums.
- **Catering** — Event and corporate catering built around seasonal, locally sourced ingredients.
- **Farm to Fork program** — Local sourcing program connecting chefs directly to small farms and producers within a defined radius.
- **Sustainability & wellness programs** — Low Carbon Diet, Eat Local Challenge, Imperfectly Delicious Produce, and food-standards initiatives spanning animal welfare, seafood, labor, and climate.
- **Public restaurants** — Operated public-facing venues such as STEM Kitchen & Garden and The Hangar in South San Francisco.

## Achievements

- First food service company to commit to sustainable Seafood Watch-approved seafood (2002)
- First to limit antibiotics in farm animals (2003) and switch to rBGH-free milk (2003)
- Moved to cage-free shell eggs (2005), humanely raised ground beef (2012), gestation-crate-free pork (2016)
- First in the industry to link food choices to climate change via the Low Carbon Diet (2007)
- First major food service provider to ban plastic straws across all locations (May 2018)
- Recognized by the James Beard Foundation, NRDC, Seafood Choices Alliance, and the Humane Society
- Cut beef purchases by ~33% under climate commitments

## Latest updates

- **2018-05** — Became the first major restaurant/food service company to ban plastic straws across all locations.
- **2016-01** — Committed to gestation-crate-free pork across its supply chain.

## Links

- Website: https://bamco.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/bon-app-tit-management-company
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/bamco
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bonappetitmgt/
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/bonappetitmanagement

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Last updated: 2026-06-02