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SHRM Poll: Healthy Food and Drinks in the Workplace

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

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  1. SHRM Poll: Healthy Food and Drinks in the Workplace August 13, 2010

  2. 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%).

  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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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

  10. Demographics: Organization Industry Note: n = 550. Percentages do not total 100% due to rounding.

  11. Demographics: Organization Industry (continued) Note: n = 550. Percentages do not total 100% due to rounding.

  12. Demographics: Organization Sector Note: n = 527. Excludes “other” organization sectors.

  13. Demographics: Organization Staff Size Note: n = 498

  14. Demographics: Region Note: n = 536

  15. 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

  16. 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

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