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Food rotting in landfills creates a "super pollutant." How can restaurants create less waste and mitigate the damage?

The restaurant industry has long watched category-leading brands, like Chipotle, Panera and Starbucks. Now all eyes are on the fast-casual Mediterranean chain as it defines the next cultural cuisine niche.

The owner of Flynn Group, the world’s largest franchisee, said he would buy casual-dining restaurants despite a brutal market for the sector recently.

After a brutal few years, sales are showing early signs of improvement. The election is over. Interest rates are coming down. Banks may start lending again. That could signal a needed turnaround. And maybe this time it will hold.