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McD franchisees fill units with green-focused educational materials

Alan Liddle, Senior Data & Events Editor

September 5, 2011

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Two McDonald’s franchisees are looking to raise awareness of their commitment to earth-friendly facilities by schooling visitors with interactive multimedia educational displays in their restaurants.


Ric Richards of eight-unit Richards Advantage Inc. in Cary, N.C., and Tom and Candace Spiel of nine-unit, Riverside, Calif.-based McSpi Inc. are employing so-called Energy Efficiency Education Dashboards to enlighten customers about the environmentally beneficial design features of their “green” units.


Like the McDonald’s franchisees, whose companies both own one eco-friendly location, restaurant operators across the country are finding that heightened environmental awareness can be a good thing for business. The National Resta...

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About the Author

Alan Liddle

Senior Data & Events Editor

Alan is Senior Data & Events Editor for The Restaurant & Food Group within Informa Connect, including Nation’s Restaurant News, Restaurant Hospitality, Food Management and Supermarket News. He joined NRN in 1984, covering the Pacific Northwest, and later added chief photographer duties, initiated NRN’s regular technology coverage, was on the development team for NRN.com and generated content for NRN’s early podcasting initiative, Podcast Central, beginning in 2006. Alan is senior researcher and data analyst for NRN and Supermarket News market data products, including Top 200 and SN75, and helps develop and present educational programs for conferences and webinars. A graduate of California State University at Fullerton and a former daily and weekly newspaper reporter, he resides in Salinas, Calif.

 

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