Tim Hortons Launches Closed Loop System
Tim Hortons is ramping up its environmental initiatives. A pilot program in the Maritimes will be a step towards a closed loop system to manage waste.
Tim Hortons is ramping up its environmental initiatives. A pilot program in the Maritimes will be a step towards a closed loop system to manage waste.
Earlier this summer Clean Water Action combed San Francisco and the surrounding region and found heaps of trash from fast food companies. Time for them to lead.
As of Monday, Domino’s customers can tweet or submit their feedback via Domino’s Time Square Tracker, taking stakeholder engagement to a new level.
That grease has to go somewhere, and now it is sometimes stolen in the middle of the night. Stolen grease incidents were isolated just a couple years ago, when what the industry calls “yellow grease” often sold for about thirty cents a pound-most restaurant owners were happy to just get rid of that waste. Now it’s a big business and a target for thieves.
For here, to go, or reuse? By 2011, KFC claims that the company will reduce the use of foam by over 60% and total plastic use by 17%. Part of the push will be an introduction of reusable packaging. Currently 60% of its restaurants serve some of its sides in colorful plastic containers—all restaurants will feature them by next year. The company hopes that customers will reuse, and eventually, recycle, the containers.
In one of the more bizarre advertising and promotion campaigns ever seen, Burger King outlets in Brazil have found a disturbing way to connect you with your food. Now, when you order a Whopper, your face . . . is printed on the wrapper. Oglivy, the worldwide giant advertising industry, is the brain behind [...]
California’s budget mess is a topic that I’d rather leave to the political chattering class: it’s way beyond the scope of this site. But if I may briefly step up on my soapbox, I will say that as long as the two major political parties are ideologically polarized, we should consider a constitutional convention to [...]
I’ve commented before that as a society, we’ve become disconnected from our food. Over-processed and over-packaged snacks and meals are part of the problem. But I also think that there is another culprit: Food Network. (more…)
I hate plastic. It’s kind of like saying “I hate air” as it’s all around you. I’m the one who will take a plastic fork home, run it through the dishwasher with all the rest of my plates and cookware, and reuse it a few more times out of guilt. Yes, supposedly plastic is recyclable [...]