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Chick-fil-A kicks off 80th anniversary celebration with largest marketing campaign
January 5, 2026
Chick-fil-A is launching its biggest marketing campaign ever today, according to a press release.
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Cinnabon's wrapping paper smells like cinnamon rolls
November 6, 2025
Cinnabon, owned by GoTo Foods, is offering Cinnabon Scented Wrapping Paper, according to a press release.
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Pizza Hut offers box that turns into table for movers in 3 cities
August 27, 2024
Pizza Hut has unveiled a pizza box that turns into a table designed for movers to new homes. The box is available in three cities.
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McDonald's testing strawless lids
January 30, 2023
McDonald's is testing a strawless lid in some U.S. markets, according to a CNN report.
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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…
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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.
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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…
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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…
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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.
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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.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Menu, packaging innovation key to 5-year QSR growth
April 17, 2018
Researchers report that U.S. quick-service restaurants will grow at a compound annual growth rate [CAGR] of 3.03 percent for the 5-year period from 2017 to…
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Dunkin' Donuts move means 1 billion fewer foam cups in U.S. annual waste
February 7, 2018
The ubiquitous Dunkin' Donuts chain has pledged to go completely polystyrene foam cup-free by 2020, which could make a real dent in the continued prevalence of…
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McDonald's aims for 'all-green' packaging by 2025
January 16, 2018
Over the next seven years, McDonald's will not only convert all guest-facing packaging to renewable, recycled or certified sources, it will also lean toward a…
read nowAngry Birds fly into Happy Meals
May 10, 2016
McDonald's restaurants are clearing a flight path to land the Angry Birds in all of its 33,000 restaurants later this month when the renowned animated birds…
read nowFoodservice Packaging Institute releases resource guides on foodservice packaging
October 15, 2015
The Foodservice Packaging Institute released a set of free resource guides designed to provide accessible, factual information on foodservice packaging
read nowAfter July 1, NYC will say goodbye to polystyrene foam single-use packaging
January 26, 2015
Polystyrene foam is not recyclable, and can interfere with recycling and waste reduction efforts by contaminating other recyclables.
read nowFoodservice Packaging Institute's annual Trends Report shows market shifts
November 20, 2014
Packaging trends include continued interest in sustainable products.
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