environment

Restaurant chains get a prod on social responsibility from mega-investor BlackRock

By Peter Romeo on Jan. 31, 2022

The nation's largest private-equity firm has alerted restaurant operators and the other companies in its portfolio that it will heavily weigh social commitment in allocating capital.

Operations

Sysco pledges to go electric

By Peter Romeo on Nov. 22, 2021

The distributor says 35% of its U.S. big-rig fleet will be powered by electricity by 2030 as part of a new initiative to reduce emissions.

Workforce

Restaurant hiring leaps in October

By Peter Romeo on Nov. 05, 2021

New government figures show eating, drinking and lodging places added 164,000 employees.

Operations

Panera makes a bold climate-change pledge

By Heather Lalley on Oct. 20, 2021

The fast casual set the goal of becoming “climate positive”—removing more carbon from the environment than it emits—by 2050.

Operations

Colorado bans polystyrene restaurant packaging

By Peter Romeo on Jul. 07, 2021

The law takes effect in 2022, but restaurants have a grace period in which to use up their inventories.

Operations

Taco Bell’s owner wants to cut its greenhouse gas emissions

By Jonathan Maze on Apr. 26, 2021

Yum Brands, which also owns KFC, Pizza Hut and Habit, plans to reduce emissions by 46% by 2030.

Leadership

New national initiative aims to cut food waste

By Peter Romeo on Oct. 31, 2019

The National Restaurant Association and other trade groups have joined with three key federal agencies to promote ways of reducing overproduction and getting more safe discarded food to the needy.

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