21 Dec 09 Food For Thought

When planning your next business meeting, stop for a moment to consider how grouchy the head boss might be if you forget to feed her while she is away from home. In our multicultural society it is never wise to assume that the popular steak house across from the normal lodging area serves vegan meals, or that any self-respecting vegetarian could be inside of that building either.

Today, we live in an era where many individuals are participating in healthy lifestyle routines and doctor specified diets that are simply not compatible to many of the chain restaurants that only cater to yesterday’s traditional meal choices. Doctors may order a salt-free diet for one person, and inform the next that meat is out-of-line if they expect their heart to keep ticking without an overhaul.

Business meetings need to be planned with the thought that all types of diets will be present. The common diets to plan for include:
 

• Vegans do not eat any form of animal products and they do not sit on leather chairs or work on leather covered desks.
• Vegetarians do not eat meat, but they do enjoy many other forms of food.
• Doctor restricted diets often require plain food to be available that can be built-up into a finished dish according to directions.
• Traditional diets may not want the fat trimmed from their steaks and bacon should be available with the eggs for breakfast.

As a rule-of-thumb, the best way for businesses to plan their meetings is to simply determine that all of the food categories above are available to the meeting participants on the premises or in nearby facilities before booking the meeting rooms or lodgings. All minds are important to the meeting despite dietary differences; good food keeps those minds happy and focused on work.

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