sustainability

Is your menu genetically modified?

By Steve Brooks on Feb. 29, 2012

For her nine Grand Central Bakeries, in Portland and Seattle, Piper Davis buys sustainable grains and natural meats.

The week in ideas, September 17, 2012

By Restaurant Business Staff on Sep. 17, 2012

This week: inhaling food and other substances. Plus: Darden makes a big bet on aquaculture-raised lobster. And the upside of bankrupt cities.

More transparency please

By Sam Smith on May 01, 2013

When McDonald’s starts doing something new, you can bet it’s already part of a mainstream trend. Big Mac doesn’t like to take chances.

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McDonald’s is making a big change to its packaging

By Jonathan Maze on Jan. 16, 2018

The company is vowing to use nothing but renewable or recyclable packaging by 2025.

Edna Morris tapped to clean up James Beard

By Restaurant Business Staff on Feb. 23, 2005

Edna Morris has been named the interim executive director of the James Beard Foundation, with responsibility for cleaning up the organization's image and structure in the wake of a scandal related to a former chief's embezzlement of funds.

Eating your way through Kansas City

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jul. 13, 2006

Funny how a handful of celebrity chefs and mom-and-pop global joints can round out a local cuisine. Now visitors in the know—and with a car to navigate the bi-state sprawl—have a new nickname for Kansas City: Chowtown.

Understanding Alternative Farming

By Restaurant Business Staff on Feb. 07, 2008

History teaches that the decline of many ancient civilizations was in part due to non-renewable farming methods. Many modern farming methods appear to be similarly depleting our natural resources. At the same time, the world’s population is growing at an unprecedented pace. This raises serious questions about whether our present agricultural systems will be able to support this increase.

The World

By Restaurant Business Staff on Apr. 24, 2009

For the past seven years, San Pellegrino has celebrated the top 50 restaurants worldwide, chosen by a poll of over 800 chefs, critics and industry experts...

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