Mission Statement: The Noodle Box

Our goal is to maintain consistently high standards of quality South East Asian food served in a clean, vibrant and upbeat environment.

Our standards of service reflect a culture of excellence, calmness, professionalism and cheerfulness. We strive to achieve these goals while lessening our environmental footprint and while supporting our local communities.

Staff are our primary asset and are encouraged to develop their confidence, ability and skills. Above all, they will be provided the same trust, respect and positive attitude within the company that they are expected to share with each of our customers.

These principles have endeared The Noodle Box to each person that walks through our door and continue to be a great source of pride for us all at The Noodle Box.

Our Values in Action

The Noodle Box Recycling and Composting

Since 2004, The Noodle Box in Victoria has been working with ReFuse and BFI, and in Vancouver with Sea to Sky Organics and Smithrite Disposal, as part of our extensive in house recycling program. All of our paper and consumer products are either biodegradable or recyclable, making our front end service 100% biodegradable.

  • Our Noodle Boxes, chopsticks* and napkins can be broken down and turned into compost enriched soil mixes.
  • All food waste, including vegetable trim is turned into compost
  • All cardboard, including waxed boxes, used paper, glass and tin cans are recycled or composted
  • We have switched our paper products such as paper towels and napkins to an unbleached 100% post consumer product

Our efforts have resulted in a 50% reduction in waste that we would otherwise be sending to the landfill.

Many people are still learning about our in house recycling program. After finishing your Noodle Box, remove the metal handle from each side of the box and place in the “Organics” bin. Please make sure that there are no foreign objects contaminating the compost. Such contaminating objects would be plastic cutlery, or any other plastic material, metal handles, pop cans, etc…

In 2010 we started working with XLR8 Carbon neutral, a local, environmental sustainability initiative program.  They recycle used cooking oil from over 300 local restaurants into Second Generation Biodiesel. By collecting and recycling our used cooking oil into biodiesel together we are keeping this highly valuable waste stream in our province to create the maximum number of local jobs and provide diesel drivers with a local fuel source that is carbon neutral.

The Noodle Box Charity & Donations

The Noodle Box believes in participating in our communities in a positive, ethical and responsible way. We do this in a variety of ways, from supporting local business’, through to charity, and environmental stewardship. We do not participate in traditional forms of advertising and instead choose to take that advertising budget and put it back into the local and international communities of the world.

Locally we give both food and gift cards for various events, auctions and raffles. These kinds of donations are given to those who approach us with requests. Some of the local charities that we give to are, The Victoria Women’s Transition House, The Victoria Film Festival, Weekend to End Women’s Cancer Charity Run, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Rockin for Research Gala, Castaway Rugby Team , Childrun 2010, VGH, Hero Holiday, Victoria Boys and Girls Club, VI Fitness, Women in Need, Fringe Festival, the Memo Fund, The Chrones Colitis Foundation, World Food Program, The Land Conservancy, and support for students traveling to help in third world countries. These are just a few of the many societies and organizations that we donate too, and will continue to put forth efforts in supporting these organizations when our budgets allow for it. We feel that giving back helps to cultivate a conscious and supportive culture within our business and it enables us to develop positive relationships with the community who are our customers.

For the past three years each of our locations has taken part in Dining Out For Life. This is an event that raises money for Aids research. During this night between 5 and 9 p.m. each restaurant donates 25% of all food sold. We also promo Stella Artois bottles as Stella donates $1.00 for every bottle sold at all participating restaurants that night. This has been a special night and we get a lot of support and participation from our customers and staff. This helps to make it a successful night for a great cause and we will continue to participate in the years to follow.

Internationally we donate to disaster relief for things like the 2006 Tsunami, the 2007 earthquake in China, and the 2010 earthquake in Haiti and floods in Pakistan. We feel these are causes that deserve the attention of everyone on a global level and during these times we donate money but also put donation boxes on our front counters with a write up of what has occurred. This helps educate our customers and get them involved in giving back.

Kiva is another organization that we give to. Kiva empowers individuals to lend to an entrepreneur across the globe. By combining micro finance with the internet, Kiva is creating a global community of people connected through lending. Kiva alleviates poverty and promotes dignity and accountability. To join our group go to www.kiva.org/team/thenoodlebox