Source:  Dani Friedland, MEATINGPLACE.COM, 4/18/11

Foodservice provider Sodexo has significantly expanded the reach of its Meatless Monday offerings, the Gaithersburg, Md.-based company announced Monday.

The initiative is already in more than 900 hospitals, and will now be available in more than 2,000 corporate and government locations, such as Toyota, Northern Trust Bank and the U.S. Department of the Interior. 

“Providing an opportunity for eating meatless one day a week is a simple way for us to address the dietary concerns of our customers and in part advance our own environmental objectives,” Will Nicklas, corporate manager, corporate services for Toyota Motor Sales, Inc., said in a statement. “Meatless Monday has been successful here primarily because Sodexo helps our customers understand that it is not at all about becoming vegetarians or even weight loss; it’s about taking easy steps to guard our health and be good stewards of our environment.”

In the fall, the company will launch the program in schools and colleges; more than a dozen such sites now offer Meatless Mondays. This year, Sodexo also plans to launch a pilot program for staff and residents in senior living communities.

Sodexo, Inc., part of the global Sodexo Group, serves 10 million consumers daily at 6,000 client sites in North America.

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