Aramark at Mayo General Hospital receives Happy Heart at Work Award

The Irish Heart Foundation has awarded Aramark’s Food Services team at Mayo General Hospital’s Main Restaurant with the Happy Heart at Work Healthy Eating Award. The team received this award in recognition of their efforts in providing a range of healthy food choices for customers.

Loretta Bracken, General Manager with Aramark’s Food Services division at Mayo General Hospital said, “Our mission at Aramark is to deliver experiences that enrich and nourish lives, Our Food Services team is dedicated to providing and promoting a balance of low fat, healthy food choices in its restaurant daily in line with our Right Track health and wellness programme. We focus on providing choice to customers, offering a wide variety of full and low fat foods with low salt and sugar content. ”

Sinead Shanley, Senior Dietitian in Health Promotion at the Irish Heart Foundation said “Healthy food choices are one of the modifiable risk factors that play an essential role in protecting against heart disease. Heart disease is unfortunately the most common cause of death in Ireland and is responsible for 32% of all deaths. The good news is by maintaining a healthier diet and lifestyle we can greatly reduce our chances of developing the disease.”

Sinead continued “The Irish Heart Foundation’s, Happy Heart Catering Award criteria has guided employers and Food services providers at Mayo General Hospital and Aramark, on healthy menus and catering practices in the workplace. The Food Services team have put every effort into ensuring the ‘ healthier choice is the easier choice for staff’, thereby helping reduce employees risk of heart disease.”