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Operations

As inflation soars, restaurants work to cut back on food waste

 By Reyna Estrada on Oct. 27, 2022

Rising costs and demands for greener operations has more companies looking at cutting out waste. And there are more potential solutions than ever.

Emerging Brands

Wow Wow Hawaiian Lemonade looks to lead with its values

By Reyna Estrada on Sep. 29, 2022

Wow Wow Hawaiian Lemonade got its start out of a trailer. The brand’s fresh-pressed lemonades grew a following through night markets and farmers markets in Hawaii, finding fans among locals and to...

Consumer Trends

When it comes to sustainability, consumers are concerned and confused

By Reyna Estrada on Sep. 27, 2022

Consumers named the food and beverage industry one of the most important industries when it comes to sustainability, according to a report published this month by research company Morning Consult. ...

Operations

Taco Bell is expanding its sauce packet recycling program

By Reyna Estrada on Sep. 27, 2022

Last year, Taco Bell began working with recycling company TerraCycle to develop a method for recycling used hot sauce packets. Now, the QSR chain is taking things one step further by allowing sauc...

Food

Climate change has much in store for menus, with sushi, coffee and chocolate in its crosshairs

By Patricia Cobe on Sep. 20, 2022

Some of chefs’ favorite ingredients are threatened by drought, heat waves and other forces of nature, but there’s still time to take action.

Operations

Next Level Burger is taking sustainability to the next level

By Reyna Estrada on Aug. 31, 2022

The chain hopes consumers’ appetite for plant-based burgers continues to grow as it sets its sights on quadrupling its unit count by 2025.

Operations

Pizza Hut and Dairy Farmers of America to launch sustainability project

By Reyna Estrada on Aug. 11, 2022

Pizza Hut and its parent company Yum Brands are partnering with Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) to launch a sustainability initiative aimed to help participating farmers reduce their greenhouse gas emi...

Operations

With reusable container programs, foodservice operators find both successes and snags

By Reyna Estrada on Aug. 11, 2022

Reusable container programs bring upsides and obstacles as sustainability efforts are renewed post-pandemic.

Beverage

First Watch is switching to plant-based straws

By Joe Guszkowski on Aug. 02, 2022

The new straws, called Phade, are designed to biodegrade in water within months compared to the approximately 200 years it takes plastic ones to disappear.

Operations

How one company is making cooking oil more sustainable

By Reyna Estrada on Aug. 02, 2022

Filta Environmental Kitchen Solutions is giving cooking oil a second life. The fryer management company removes cooking oil from kitchens once no longer usable and recycles it into biodiesel, a se...

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