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A photo tour of the new Travelers HQ dining operations

Two micro-markets and 10 dining stations in a food hall setting highlight a foodservice environment designed for the new workplace.

Mike Buzalka, Executive Features Editor

October 11, 2021

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The completely renovated and expanded employee dining facility at the headquarters of Insurance firm Travelers is highlighted by 10 dining options as well as a couple of 24/7 micro-markets serving hot and cold fresh food options made onsite, along with snacks and beverages. Currently, other than the Mighty Brew coffee bar and the Chef’s Table at breakfast time, the full café is open only one day a week, on Thursdays during the lunch period, but that does offer a glimpse of what is to come once Travelers staff return in sufficient numbers to justify a broader opening.

Meanwhile, the coffee bar and adjacent smoothie/juice station provide all-day refreshment service along with the two micro-markets for staff working onsite the rest of the time.

The café complex is an eye-popping look at what Travelers believes will be the future of dining services in a high-end workplace like its headquarters. Not only is the design and arrangement of the food stations and seating areas in a food hall like setting intended to fit a work environment that has evolved from the 9-to-5 ethos with its set meal times to a more flexible one where the café becomes an all-day relaxation/recharge/collaboration space.

Here’s a photo tour of Travelers’ reimagined dining universe at its Hartford, Conn. Headquarters, which is managed by the FLIK unit of Compass Group.

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About the Author

Mike Buzalka

Executive Features Editor, Food Management

Mike Buzalka is executive features editor for Food Management and contributing editor to Restaurant Hospitality, Supermarket News and Nation’s Restaurant News. On Food Management, Mike has lead responsibility for compiling the annual Top 50 Contract Management Companies as well as the K-12, College, Hospital and Senior Dining Power Players listings. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in English Literature from John Carroll University. Before joining Food Management in 1998, he served as for eight years as assistant editor and then editor of Foodservice Distributor magazine. Mike’s personal interests range from local sports such as the Cleveland Indians and Browns to classic and modern literature, history and politics.

Mike Buzalka’s areas of expertise include operations, innovation and technology topics in onsite foodservice industry markets like K-12 Schools, Higher Education, Healthcare and Business & Industry.

Mike Buzalka’s experience:

Executive Features Editor, Food Management magazine (2010-present)

Contributing Editor, Restaurant Hospitality, Supermarket News and Nation’s Restaurant News (2016-present)

Associate Editor, Food Management magazine (1998-2010)

Editor, Foodservice Distributor magazine (1997-1998)

Assistant Editor, Foodservice Distributor magazine (1989-1997)

 

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