Hotel Management: Building resilient and sustainable food-supply chains
By Elyse Glickman; May 1, 2025
Hitting the Ground Running
The Loews Hotels & Co, which owns 25 hotels and resorts across the United States and Canada, launched its “Freshly Rooted by Loews” culinary initiative, which spotlights seasonal and location-specific ingredients in a rotating selection of salads at select properties nationwide. The goal is for the brand to promote its expanded commitment to sustainability through partnerships with local farms and purveyors. The initiative follows the success of the company’s beverage program that emphases regional flavors and artisanal ingredients from the destination where the property is located.
Mark Weiss, senior vice president of Food, Beverage & Design, points out that it aligns with the growing demand for eco-conscious options and will soon expand to include banquet and meeting experiences. Salad offerings in restaurants and food outlets tap into individual hotels’ managements’ relationships with local and regional purveyors. “Honest food and honest partnerships are the core of our approach,” said Weiss. “’Freshly Rooted by Loews Hotels’ not only supports local farmers but also ensures our guests enjoy meals made from natural, healthy and responsibly sourced ingredients. By collaborating with local purveyors, sustainability becomes an essential part of the Loews dining experience.”
Weiss cites specific, geographically-influenced examples that flesh out the concept. The “California Niçoise Salad” offered at Loews Coronado Bay Resort is made almost entirely of locally sourced ingredients from Southern California, including ahi tuna from Catalina Offshore Products, organic greens from J.R. Organics, tomatoes from Wong Farms, pastured eggs from Eben-Haezer Egg Ranch and thyme grown in Loews Coronado Bay Resort’s own garden. The ‘Little Gem Salad’ served at the Loews Chicago Hotel tops locally-farmed little gem lettuce with the best of the Midwest, including Wisconsin goat gouda, Michigan gala apples and a smoked heaven honey buttermilk gouda dressing. The Stillwell Salad at Loews Kansas City Hotel’s Bar Stillwell features locally harvested greens, California Mo Beets, Radishes and Peas from Juniper Hills Farms, an avocado-ginger vinaigrette and crisped quinoa.
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