There is still a long way to go, but some very important steps were made this year. Margo Wootan , director of nutrition policy at the Center for Science in the Public Interest , cites progress in school food rules and menu labeling. Menu labeling will allow people make informed choices about what and how much they want to eat when dining out and provides an incentive for restaurants to improve their offering. Ann Cooper , the most famous school lunch lady in America, Director of Food Services for Boulder Valley School District in Colorado, and founder of the Chef Ann Foundation , hailed the many organizations that focused on positive changes in the school food world in Her list includes:.
Apparently the students are unaware that George W. As the voice behind the popular blog US Healthy Kids , Casey Hinds works to make a healthier food environment for children and instill a love of physical activity.
She shared her view that has been a watershed year for the food movement pushing back against fast food marketing to kids. Reynolds using Joe Camel to market cigarettes to kids? The time has come to send fast food mascots packing as well. Cantalupo said the company also is "sharply focused" on improving the looks of its restaurants in the second year of its recovery.
He plans to remodel 1, to 1, stores throughout the world. Last year, stores were fixed up. He's planning on adding new stores this year.
Cantalupo is still targeting systemwide sales gains in the 3 percent to 5 percent range with operating income accelerating by 6 percent to 7 percent.
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A record 4. CBS MarketWatch. Jennifer Waters. But more than anything, consumers wanted nothing to do with it. More and more people were choosing the products based on their effect on the environment, and they wanted Styrofoam to go.
Rather than make sweeping changes at first, though, they took small steps— none of which seemed to satisfy the public.
First, they replaced the CFCs in the container the blowing agent used during production because there were reports it contributed to ozone depletion. More recently, consumers were urging companies to make a switch as simple as ditching plastic straws for paper ones. We knew if we got rid of that thing, it would be like pulling forty thorns from our paw. In they teamed up with Starbucks for the NextGen Cup Challenge , fronting millions of dollars so that entrepreneurs could step up and try to find a new, compostable coffee cup.
And last year, they hosted a day experiment in Berlin where they opened a plastic-free restaurant, utilizing waffle cups for ketchup containers, wooden cutlery instead of single-use plastic ones, and burger wrappers made of grass! We want our customers to know we care about the environment. But imagine if they did. No one is saying it would be easy, and no one claims it will be cheap, but it would undoubtedly influence every other restaurant out there to do the same.
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