social responsibility

NRA Show to Highlight How Sustainability is Good for Business

By Restaurant Business Staff on Apr. 07, 2009

The 2009 National Restaurant Association Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show® (May 16-19 at McCormick Place in Chicago) will provide attendees with both...

Technology

How Founding Farmers uses latest industry technology to implement LEED standards

By Joann Whitcher on Sep. 11, 2012

The phrase Founding Farmers may conjure up images of colonial America, but the restaurants operating under that name are anything but old-fashioned. One of the tenets of the Farmers Restaurant Group is using the latest technology available to carry out its mission of “operating, serving and living green.”

How to write a handbook for real people

By Vanessa Richardson on Jul. 15, 2014

In follow-up surveys, 100 percent of Chili’s employees say they read the new handbook, and the feedback was positive.

USF Minnesota Division Achieves Green Business Certification

By Restaurant Business Staff on Aug. 03, 2009

To achieve certification, USF has improved solid waste reduction, re-use and recycling, energy efficiency, purchasing and packaging, and employee education...

Ben E. Keith Building Energy Efficient Distribution Center

By Restaurant Business Staff on Oct. 26, 2012

(October 26, 2012 - Houston Chronicle)—Food service products distributor Ben E. Keith Foods says it is building its most energy-efficient distribution...

Road Rules: Keeping delivery safe

By Kelly Killian on Jan. 12, 2015

Everyday technology, such as cellphones, GPS and mobile apps, has been a boon for restaurants’ takeaway programs—and, equally important, may be contributing to safer deliveries.

Testa Produce To Build LEED Platinum Facility

By Restaurant Business Staff on Feb. 11, 2010

CHICAGO (February 9, 2010)—Testa Produce Inc. is not just interested in selling green produce, the company is also aiming to be the first food distributor...

Testa Produce Adds Electric Trucks To Delivery Fleet

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jan. 15, 2013

CHICAGO (January 15, 2013 - PR Newswire)—Testa Produce has added two new trucks to its delivery fleet, both of which operate solely on electricity...

Johns Hopkins votes to ban Chick-fil-A from campus

Apr. 27, 2015

Students voted to ask the university’s administrators to prevent the chain from opening a location on campus.

More restaurateurs are working toward sustainability

By Restaurant Business Staff on Apr. 22, 2010

COLORADO (April 20, 2010)—From its compostable cups and utensils to its organic produce that mostly comes from a six-mile radius to its recycled and reused...

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