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November 7, 2011
Sustainable design
Renewables gain traction as products improve, mindsets change
November 7, 2011
Sustainable design
Renewables gain traction as products improve, mindsets change
August 18, 2010
Restaurants adopt 'green' practices to help rein in customers and cut costs

This is the first story of a four-part series about how restaurants can improve sustainability practices.

Going green isn’t exactly an easy process for restaurants, but those that make the investment – from finding ways to reduce energy use to sourcing local or organic produce – can reap significant rewards with customers and in cost savings.

May 10, 2010
Report: Consumer spending still strong in April
Consumer spending at restaurants and other businesses continued to improve in April, though the...
November 15, 2009
Denny’s first LEED unit is saving energy, money
A steam-heated griddle that’s an energy miser, “smart” deep-fryers that power down when idle and...
January 8, 2009
White Castle to get greener with brown sacks
COLUMBUS Ohio White Castle, in a move to further its environmental efforts, said it would...
August 17, 2008
Indies find going green worth the extra energy
There’s no question that embracing local, seasonal ingredients is a practice and a philosophy widely...
June 15, 2008
Expanding chains unearth real estate bargains by not breaking ground
High real estate costs have conspired with record-high prices for gas and commodities to slow...
May 25, 2008
NPD: Consumers perceive industry to be behind on green efforts
Although the “greening” of the restaurant industry began decades ago as a grassroots effort by...
April 6, 2008
Green building practices feted at SPECS conference for planning execs
With economic factors exerting a growing squeeze on profits as environmentalism grows, construction and design...
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