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Posted Friday, 25 April 2008, 01:00 HST @375

Google NYC microkitchen

Business Week reports the company has modified its famous free food policy to include healthy fare. Googlers squawked when their microkitchens were stocked with more fruits and fewer donuts.

As John Cook points out, life at google is not rough. Employees can bring their dogs to work, where free dog food is also available in microkitchens.

Less generous companies like Caterpillar are subsidizing gardenburgers and salads in their lunchrooms.

Microsoft added icons to the menu labels, so employees could find vegan, low-fat and other choices in the company’s 31 corporate cafeterias. How typical of Redmond.

What next? Treadmills in the cubicles?

Tags: food, Google, health, Microsoft, wellness
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