Google employees are food freaks

I just saw an article at Slashdot which mentions a recent press tour at Google HQ.

Surprisingly (or should I say evidently because with Google you can expect everything..) the tour didn't share lots of information about Google's products and financial performance. Instead the reporters learned lots of interesting details regarding Google's employees:

Thus, at a recent “factory tour”, the press learned that Google's engineers, in an average month, consume 2,300 lbs (1,043 kg) of chicken, 1,600 lbs (726kg) of coffee beans, 500 lbs (227kg) of pasta, and 112 lbs (51kg) of wheatgrass. They also heard about the sock collections of certain executives. At an event for equity analysts in February, Google did roll out the “CFO”, but he was the chief food officer (ie, chef), Charlie Ayers, who talked about his grilled pork tenderloin. The chief financial officer was there somewhere, but did not actually give a presentation.

So that's Google's real secret to churning it so many great products ;)