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SHRM Poll: Healthy Food and Drinks in the Workplace. August 13, 2010.
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SHRM Poll: Healthy Food and Drinks in the Workplace August 13, 2010
Does your organization have a formal or informal practice and/or policy in place that promotes healthy food and drinks for work-related functions where food is served, in on-site vending machines, in the company cafeteria, etc.? Note: n = 578. Excludes respondents who answered "not sure/not applicable” (3%).
Does your organization have a formal or informal practice and/or policy in place that promotes healthy food and drinks for work-related functions where food is served, in on-site vending machines, in the company cafeteria, etc.? Comparison by Organization Staff Size, Region and Operations Location • Formal or informal practice and/or policy promoting healthy food and drinks (by staff size): Larger organizations (those with 2,500 or more employees) were more likely than organizations with fewer than 500 employees to report having a formal and/or informal practice and/or policy promoting healthy food and drinks in the workplace. • Formal or informal practice and/or policy promoting healthy food and drinks (by region): Organizations in the Midwest (49%) were more likely than organizations in the West (29%) to have a formal or informal practice and/or policy promoting healthy food and drinks in the workplace. • Formal or informal practice and/or policy promoting healthy food and drinks (by operations location): Organizations with multinational operations (59%) were more likely than organizations with U.S.-only operations (33%) to have a formal or informal practice and/or policy promoting healthy food and drinks in the workplace.
How have employees at your organization responded to your organization’s efforts to promote healthy food and drinks for work-related functions where food is served, in on-site vending machines, in the company cafeteria, etc.? Note: n = 207. Asked only of HR professionals whose organizations have formal or informal policies promoting healthy food and drinks in the workplace. Excludes respondents who answered "not sure” (6%). Percentages do not total 100% due to rounding.
Does your organization take any of the following steps to help promote healthy food and drinks in the workplace? Note: Excludes respondents who answered “not sure/not applicable” and “other” response category.
Does your organization take any of the following steps to help promote healthy food and drinks in the workplace? Comparison by Organization Staff Size • Provide point-of-purchase nutritional content on cafeteria menus (by staff size): Larger organizations (those with more than 2,500 employees) were more likely than organizations with fewer than 2,500 employees to report providing point-of-purchase nutritional content on cafeteria menus. • Offer healthier food/beverage options in the cafeteria (by staff size): Larger organizations (those with 500 or more employees) were more likely than organizations with fewer than 500 employees to report offering healthier food/beverage options in the cafeteria.
Does your organization take any of the following steps to help promote healthy food and drinks in the workplace? Comparison by Organizational Demographics Note: A blank cell indicates that there were no significant differences in this category.
Do you agree that it is HR’s responsibility to regulate the type of food/beverages provided in the workplace in order to encourage employees to consume healthy food and drinks at work? Note: n = 570. Percentages do not total 100% due to rounding.
Do you agree that it is HR’s responsibility to regulate the type of food/beverages provided in the workplace in order to encourage employees to consume healthy food and drinks at work? Comparison of Average Agreement by Organizational Demographics
Demographics: Organization Industry Note: n = 550. Percentages do not total 100% due to rounding.
Demographics: Organization Industry (continued) Note: n = 550. Percentages do not total 100% due to rounding.
Demographics: Organization Sector Note: n = 527. Excludes “other” organization sectors.
Demographics: Organization Staff Size Note: n = 498
Demographics: Region Note: n = 536
Demographics: Other • Does the organization have U.S.-based • operations (business units) only or • does it operate multinationally? • Is the organization a single-unit company or a multi-unit company? Note: n = 571 Note: n = 572 • 15% of organizations indicated that employees at their work location were unionized. • Are HR policies and practices determined by the multi-unit corporate headquarters, by each work location or both? Note: n = 547 Note: n = 400
SHRM Poll: Healthy Food and Drinks in the Workplace Methodology • Response rate = 23% • Sample comprised of 598 randomly selected HR professionals. • Margin of error is +/- 4. • Survey fielded July 15 – July 21, 2010. For more poll findings, visit: www.shrm.org/surveys Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/SHRM_Research