// Choicelunch News And Updates //

This April, Choicelunch debuted a compostable tray for our hot entrees. What may appear as a simple packaging change is actually the culmination of a decade long search littered with frustration, learning, and ultimately, success.The irony here is this isn’t the first time we’ve made this announcement. In 2005, we first began our search for…

Here at Choicelunch, we never stop looking for the finest, freshest fruits and vegetables. Recently our search led us to Northern California’s Mendocino County, where the Gowan family has been responsibly growing crisp, juicy heirloom variety apples for eight generations. In fact, some of their trees are over 150 years old! What’s that mean to…

Some years back, we had awesome ingredients (a Nathan’s Dog, and a Semifreddi’s bun) but we didn’t test all of the packaging before putting it on the menu. Through that failure, we learned three important lessons: 1) test 2) test 3) test some more. It sucked that we had to learn the hard way, but the…

By Emily Whelan Anschlowar, MS, RD, the in-house nutrition expert at Pirate’s Booty all-natural snacks   Can you believe that we are halfway through the school year? What a great time to reevaluate and revamp  what we are feeding our kids for lunch.  Finding options that are convenient, nutritious and delicious can be a difficult…

In 2003, when Justin, Keith and Ryan took over Choicelunch, we used the typical catering cambros you see chefs lugging on Food TV. Picture those outdoor timed tests where Padma from Top Chef is watching glamorously from the sidelines as the cooks are trying to plate 1000 appetizers in a corn field. Those plastic containers…