Singapore students create machine for renting reusable food containers

June 6, 2022

A group of Singapore students have developed a vending machine to allow people to rent food containers and other reusable items during the recent…

QSRs eliminating certain chemicals from packaging

March 25, 2022

Several of America's top QSR brands are making changes to packaging to help reduce specific chemicals, according to a report in The Washington Post.

Wendy's to use recycled plastic cups in 2022

October 20, 2021

To help advance the goal of sustainably sourcing 100% of its customer-facing packaging by 2026, Wendy's is collaborating with packaging and plastics industry…

McDonald's Happy Meals to transition to sustainable plastics, fibers by 2025

September 21, 2021

McDonald's will offer more sustainable Happy Meal toys, according to a CNBC report, and the company pledges to reduce its plastic in Happy Meal toys offers by…

Consumers favor reusable approach when it comes to fast food containers

April 28, 2021

More than half of fast food consumers are willing to embrace reusable and returnable containers as they're concerned about pollution and waste issues.

Burger King wants customers to 'bring it on back' for the planet

What's brown-and-white, reusable and makes the earth smile? ...Coming soon to a Burger King near you.

Frios: The meaning of mobilizing a brand

by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group

The pandemic has made the notion of meeting customers where they are a business imperative. One Alabama-based former store- and cart-based brand exemplifies…

Sustainable recovered wood-sourced QSR bag introduced

September 21, 2020

Rayonier Advanced Materials is introducing a bag, specifically geared to the quick-service restaurant sector, called Envirosmart, a news release said.

New Jersey virtual restaurant takes supermarket sampling to new level

by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group

The pandemic has produced some amazing restaurant innovations, including a partnership between a New Jersey virtual restaurant and a plant-based grocery…

Partial single-use packaging trend turnaround with COVID-19

June 23, 2020

In the wake of COVID-19, many, if not most, restaurants have gone back to single-use products to provide customers with clean, first-use packaging and utensils…

From eating pods to touchless everything: Where COVID-19-era QSR design is headed

by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group

From the introduction of novel ideas like eating "pods," to the use of things like German Burger King's tongue-in-cheek social distancing crown, the places we…

QSR customers dissatisfied with delivery, but still won't dine-in

by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group

A consumer survey and another data analysis show consumers are not racing back to dine in, but are committed to delivery, though many have big issues with how…

Dunkin' cup change saves 1B foam cups from landfill annually

May 12, 2020

Dunkin' said this week that now all of its restaurants worldwide have transitioned from polystyrene foam cups to paper cups, meeting the timetable established…

Taco Bell offering paid sick days, $100,000 GM salaries

Taco Bell is upping the ante on QSR industry employer desirability and packaging sustainability with its 2020 commitments.

QSR Conundrums: Taming that booming 'order-online, pickup in-store' business

by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group

In this first of a new QSRweb bimonthly series, QSR Conundrums, our experts give their best thoughts on new ways to handle a relatively new "problem" of…

Restaurateurs dish on 3rd-party delivery (Hint: The news isn't good)

by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group

From late, cold and just plain old missing orders, to less-than-professional and poorly trained delivery drivers, restaurateurs had plenty to say about…

Bojangles' boxes up fall tailgate parties

August 26, 2019

Bojangles' success last football season with its Caroline Panthers-emblazoned "Big Bo Box" did so well for the brand that it's expanding the idea this year to…

'Single-use' - QSRs 'dirty word' for 2019?

by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group

There may never have been a more contentious time for QSR brands when it comes to their dependence on single-use packaging. In fact, the Virginia-based…

QSR leaders: Do you really know what's happening inside your supply chain?

by Andrew Rosenbloom — Director of Marketing, Consolidated Concepts

It's said, you never know if you don't look. Unfortunately, many QSR operators have turned a 'blind eye' toward their supply chains under the assumption that…

Corner Bakery, Dickey's, Uncle Smoke give tips for tapping $77B US catering market

by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group

Business dining is booming to the tune of $77 billion in the U.S. annually, but to tap into this deep pool of restaurant revenue you first better know how to…