Google Inc (GOOG): Do Food & Success Go Hand In Hand?

They have caused us to rethink, if I can, the word — let me use this word — the “uncafeteria” or the way we feed people, and how does food create innovative thinking in a company?

My head starts to think about all kinds of different things that I’d never thought of before. But Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) is a good example of that.

We’re very, very lucky. We work with lots of young people that are very, very smart and are not afraid to take risks. Twitter is one of them. I love going to Twitter’s headquarters and just talking to the employees. It energizes me and makes me think about, it’s not just food. It’s a whole experience. It’s a whole bringing together community. It’s a way to create culture. There’s all kinds of things that food can do.

That’s my answer to that.

I think what John Mackey has done at Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ:WFM) has been unbelievable. He took a very mature industry also, and went the other way, and took a huge risk. He’s built a huge company, and a very good company, because of that. There’s lots of companies that have done that, that I really feel good about.

I think that Howard Schultz at Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:SBUX) came in and came back to the company, and revitalized it to create more of a beverage company than just a coffee company, and has done some really terrific things.

I can think of Square, this new little app that Starbucks invested in, and what they’re doing. Every time I go to a Starbucks now, somebody’s put a phone there. There’s all kinds of wonderful, young, good companies out there now, doing great stuff, making our lives easier. I think that’s terrific.

The article Is Great Food Critical to Great Company Culture? originally appeared on Fool.com and is written by Isaac Pino, CPA.

Isaac Pino, CPA, owns shares of Google. The Motley Fool recommends Google, Starbucks, and Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ:WFM). The Motley Fool owns shares of Google, Starbucks, and Whole Foods Market.

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