Chopping and changing seen among Mt. Kisco food offerings

  • 2013-10-14
The new Chop’t Creative Salad Company in Mt. Kisco held its grand opening at the beginning of the month with a taste of the newest food option in the community, during which customers who made a $2 donation to County Harvest were able to eat free during the lunchtime hour the day before the grand opening. No doubt Chop’t used a variety of printing services to let the community become aware of this pre-grand opening event, which is part of its ‘Chop’t Gives’ campaign.

Chop’t plans to donate $100,000 per year to food and wellness organizations, starting with County Harvest, which takes excess goods and products still in good condition and gives them to over 16 other non-profit agencies in Westchester County. Its goal is to help kids eat more healthily.

According to Mike LaPlaca, Vice President for the company, the event not only served a good cause but helped the staff to get into a rhythm and practice on live customers before the grand opening, while also letting those customers to get a taste of their offerings.

Founded in 2001 by Tony Shure and Colin McCabe, two friends in college, Chop’t makes salads of a more creative nature by using seasonal and local produce and creating its own dressings. The duo’s core menu consists of 12 classic salads and three salads of a more seasonal nature, with super-seasonal salads also available and using local produce when it is at its peak.