Tag Archives: Foodservice
Tork Daily Reader: Furniture for fitness; How hospitality industry saves with tech
The Tork Daily Reader brings you key stories in sustainability, foodservice, healthcare and hygiene from across the Web. Exercise-friendly furniture in the office space. A new line of office suite furniture is designed to let you take a break from your workday and get fit. Vancouver designer Darryl Agawin makes a splash in Mocoloco with No, Sweat!, [...]
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Tork Weekly Reader: Saturday is Eat What You Want Day, And We Want More For Less
The Tork Weekly Reader brings you key stories in sustainability, foodservice, healthcare and hygiene from across the Web. Restaurant marketing ideas for May: Mother’s Day is the most popular day of the year to dine out, according to the National Restaurant Association. But don’t think that is all May has to offer! Restaurant News published [...]
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Tork Weekly Reader: Jewelry notes if you washed your hands
The Tork Weekly Reader brings you key stories in sustainability, foodservice, healthcare and hygiene from across the Web. Hand washing goes digital: Doctors and nurses may soon be sporting a new piece of jewelry, a hand-hygiene compliance wristband. Radio frequency identification readers built into wristbands identify tags on soap dispensers alerting users if they have [...]
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Several Trends Help Spark Restaurant Industry Rebound
The restaurant industry has seen many ups and downs in recent years, as customers have curtailed the number of times they eat out. With restaurant sales down for the past few months, there was an uptick in March with food and beverage sales at restaurants up 0.7 percent from February 2013, according to the National [...]
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Tork Weekly Reader: Top retailer launches sustainable clothing and new manufacturing practices
The Tork Weekly Reader brings you key stories in sustainability, foodservice, healthcare and hygiene from across the Web. Going green becomes stylish: H&M, the second largest apparel retailer in the world, debuted its sustainable clothing line “Conscious Collection” this week. The collection is part of global head of sustainability Helena Helmersson’s goal to improve the [...]
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Tork Weekly Reader: The nation’s largest chain restaurant isn’t big enough
The Tork Weekly Reader brings you key stories in sustainability, foodservice, healthcare and hygiene from across the Web. Will Subway hit 100,000 outlets? There are 2,800 Subway sandwiches sold every minute – and the two partners who started the world’s largest chain restaurant get a slice of each one. Here’s a Bloomberg News video profile [...]
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Tork Weekly Reader: One taco = 15,000 jobs. How Taco Bell is remaking fast food
The Tork Weekly Reader brings you key stories in sustainability, foodservice, healthcare and hygiene from across the Web. Can a taco lift the economy? We’ve written about the mighty Doritos Locos Taco before, but we are continually amazed at how a single food product has transformed the fortunes of a fast-food chain. The Doritos Locos [...]
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Tork Weekly Reader: McDonald’s Commits to Sustainable Coffee; OpenTable names Best Restaurants
Published each Monday, the Tork Weekly Reader brings you key stories in sustainability, foodservice, healthcare and hygiene from across the Web. McDonald’s wakes up and smells the coffee. More than 13,000 Guatemalan coffee growers will benefit from McDonald’s $6.5 million investment over the next five years to help produce more high-grade coffee beans from sustainable [...]
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Tork Weekly Reader: Flu Vaccine Not Effective For Seniors
Published each Monday, the Tork Weekly Reader brings you key stories in sustainability, foodservice, healthcare and hygiene from across the Web. Flu vaccine flunks the test. If you are 65 years or older, chances are the flu shot did not help you prevent the flu this year, according to a new report from the U.S. [...]
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