It’s half past two. The meeting that was meant to take thirty minutes is heading into its second hour. Someone’s yawning, someone’s scrolling their phone, and there’s a queue at the vending machine in the kitchen.

Every office knows the afternoon slump. Most deal with it through coffee.

What the numbers say

In 2012, American researchers analysed questionnaires from almost 20,000 employees at three large companies. They wanted to know how lifestyle relates to how people function at work. The study was published in the journal Population Health Management.

The result: people with an unhealthy diet were 66% more likely to report a drop in productivity at work. Among those who rarely ate fruit and vegetables at work, the figure was as high as 93%.

It’s a questionnaire study, so it shows an association, not direct cause and effect. But the direction is clear: what people eat at work shows up in their work.

One office’s story

Lucie is the office manager at a busy marketing agency. Mornings are non-stop: meetings, emails, presentations. But every afternoon she saw the same thing. The team slowed down, the mood dipped, heads seemed to switch off.

“After lunch we were in limbo,” Lucie remembers. “People kept going for cola and biscuits, and it still didn’t help.”

One day she ordered gfBars and left them in the kitchen next to the coffee machine, where the biscuits used to be. “I’d never have believed how much difference something so small could make,” she says today.

Why gfBar for the office

No added sugars, no preservatives, no colourings. Built on wild blueberries from Nova Scotia.

High in fibre across all flavours, and high in protein in PROTEIN.

Four flavours for different people. ORIGINAL with guarana, 40 mg of caffeine per bar. COCOA without guarana, for those who’ve had enough coffee already. COCONUT for anyone with a sweeter tooth, and PROTEIN for those heading to the gym after work.

Two bars in every box. One for you, one for the colleague at the next desk.

How to order for your company

For businesses we offer a pack of four cases: 48 boxes, 96 bars. You’ll find it under gfBar for business. If you’d like a different mix or regular deliveries, email us at help@gfbar.com.

Source: Merrill R. M. et al., Presenteeism according to healthy behaviors, physical health, and work environment. Population Health Management, 2012. Study summary