CHICAGO —Restaurants stand a better chance of becoming energy efficient if operators view utilities as commodities they can control, said speakers at an education session on how to lower utility...
TAMPA Being green is relatively easy today. That wasn’t the case back in 1994 when Evos, the burger chain with a social conscience, was born. “It was more difficult to do so back then,” said Dino Lambridis, founder of the five-unit company...
William Michael “Mike” O’Neal, at 72, is still the activist restaurateur he was in his youth. Today, however, the operator of three successful restaurants in New York City is most passionate about becoming more environmentally conscious both...
NEW YORK Ted’s Montana Grill chain to several hundred restaurateurs, educators and reporters in the morning, then detailing the moves to a theater of college students in the afternoon. —Ted...
Mark Beauchamp, co-founder of the six-unit Café Yumm!, an environmentally friendly fast-casual restaurant chain in Eugene, Ore., says the profit he’s received from his concept is twofold: He’s benefited financially, while also delivering a...
NEW YORK Ted Turner and George McKerrow Jr., brought their green tour to New York in early April, recounting the ecological steps they’ve taken at their Ted’s Montana Grill chain to several hundred restaurateurs, educators and reporters in the...
FORT LAUDERDALE Fla. It began with a new take on a popular food. Thinking about starting a business two years ago, Michael Gordon and Vaughan Lazar tossed around the idea of an organic pizza restaurant. Gordon struck on the idea of...
DALLAS —With economic factors exerting a growing squeeze on profits as environmentalism grows, construction and design executives in the retail and foodservice industries will need to adopt more energy-efficient and Earth-friendly...
SCOTTSDALE ARIZ. Kahala Corp., parent company and franchisor of such quick-service brands as Blimpie International, Coldstone Creamery, Ranch*1 and Samurai Sam’s, said it is in the development stage of a three-year plan to incorporate more...
For Michael Gordon, saving the earth one pizza at a time is not just his company’s motto— it’s how he lives his life every day.Gordon, who co-founded Pizza Fusion, a four-unit, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based full-service pizza chain, along with his...
