Sustainable Snacks and Drinks for Workplace Wellness

The breakroom can be a place to refill coffee, grab a snack, have lunch with co-workers or to relax and recharge before continuing with work. Having a well-stocked breakroom with plenty of options for everyone can help boost workplace morale, productivity, and can even be a place where sustainability becomes valued. To learn how your breakroom can become more sustainable, from the drinks and snacks you choose to fill it with, then keep on reading.

Sometimes, the food and beverage selections in the breakroom can be hard to say no to. After all, lots of companies order delicious snacks and drinks for their breakrooms that might not be the healthiest or the most environmentally friendly options. Whether it’s the company, or you as the employee that is leaning towards choosing more sustainable snacks and drinks, there are plenty of opportunities to increase the chances of this happening. All it takes is a little willpower, mindfulness, and research.

By shifting towards mindful snacking and choosing eco-conscious options, your company can impact its employees and how they view health and sustainability. This can help foster a culture of workplace wellness, which is a concept that goes beyond physical health to encompass mental and emotional well-being. Workplace wellness programs can lead to reduced absenteeism, increased employee morale, and improved productivity. Here’s how:

• Reduced absenteeism: When employees feel their health is supported, they’re less likely to miss work due to illness or injury. Adding healthy and eco-friendly snacks to the breakroom can show employees how much their company cares about their health, and about the planet.
• Increased employee morale: A focus on well-being can show employees you care. This can foster a positive work environment, leading to happier and more engaged staff. Having delicious and nutritious snacks and beverages in the breakroom can help employees feel happier about their place of work and eager to stay.
• Improved productivity: Healthy employees can experience better focus and energy, resulting in increased output. By giving them healthy choices to eat and drink while at work, it can be easier for employees to crank out even more work.

Sustainable Snacking: Bite-Sized Goodness for a Healthier Planet

Sustainability is about making conscious choices that benefit both our bodies, minds, and the world around us. So why not bring that into the office breakroom? Luckily, W.B. Mason offers a wide variety of sustainable snacks and drinks featuring great, feel-good ingredients, eco-friendly packaging, and environmental certifications. Just look for the green leaf or the recycled icon on many of our food and beverage products. Here are some of our favorite snack items that are sustainability forward:

• SunChips Original Multigrain Chips: Who doesn’t love snacking on SunChips?! They satisfy the crunch aspect and are made with 100% whole grain. If that isn’t enough, the whole bag is 100% compostable, so you can feel good about enjoying them with your lunch or as an afternoon snack.
• Peeled Snacks Single Serve Gently Dried Mango: These sweet, dried mango pieces are nothing short of delicious, and are only made with one ingredient. Since fruit is known to be nature’s candy, why not add this yummy option to your breakroom snack selection?
• YumEarth OG Fruit Snacks: Without the artificial dyes and high fructose corn syrup like other fruit snack products have, these YumEarth OG fruit snacks are colored with real fruit and vegetable juices and are also allergy friendly.

Sustainable Sips: Drinks that Delight and Don’t Drain the Planet

Along with snacks, the beverage selection can also play a vital role in breakroom satisfaction and employee well-being. Here are some options to keep your team hydrated and happy while keeping sustainability in mind:

• Green Mountain Coffee Columbian Coffee K-Cup Pods: These fair-trade K-Cups from Green Mountain Coffee ensure ethical treatment of farmers and environmentally friendly practices, which make them a perfect sustainable add to your breakroom beverage selection. When shopping for coffee, be sure to look for the Fair-Trade Certification if you are looking to purchase products that are more sustainable.
• Numi Organix Teas and Teasans, Jasmine Green: Like the coffee pods, these tea bags are Fair-Trade Certified and have biodegradable bags making them even more sustainable. W.B. Mason offers a variety of Numi flavor options to cater to different preferences, from black tea to green tea to herbal infusions.
• GT’s Organic Raw Kombucha Gingerade: Kombucha is a fancy word for “fermented tea” otherwise known as healthy tea. If you’re into that, adding Kombucha can be a great option for the breakroom since it’s packed with good ingredients that promotes intestinal and probiotic health. And with the glass bottle container, it’s a double win since it can be reused for something else once you’re finished. Perhaps, a reusable water bottle?
• Blizzard Natural Spring Water Jug: Speaking of reusable water bottles, using a reusable water bottle and filling it up with Blizzard Natural Spring Water can be a great way to practice sustainable habits. With less plastic water bottles being thrown into landfills, we can have a positive impact on the planet while still staying hydrated. Plus, they come in a large variety of colors, sizes, and styles.

Adding more sustainable snacks and beverages to your company’s breakroom can have a great impact on employee productivity, company morale, and might even encourage employees to practice other sustainability efforts on their own time. With plenty of options for healthy and sustainable snacks and beverages from W.B. Mason, you can be on the road for an eco-friendlier breakroom.