Chipotle’s Commitment to Sustainability and Blendid, the Autonomous Robotic Station

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The Marvelous Monday edition of MRM's Daily Bite features Chipotle Mexican Grill, Villa Restaurant Group, HotSchedules, King-Casey and Revenue Management Solutions, EAS Consulting Group and FoodMinds, Paytronix, Not Your Average Joe’s, 6d bytes, Groupex and DataCandy as well as Medieval Times.

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Chipotle's Sustainability CommitmentChipotle Mexican Grill  announced its commitment to divert half of all of its restaurant waste from landfills by 2020. Since 2015 Chipotle has made strides towards reducing the amount of food and packaging waste bound for landfills, increasing its diversion rate from 31 percent that year to 40 percent in 2017. Now the company embarks on achieving a 50 percent diversion rate.

Landfills can often contain materials that could have been recycled or composted for greater environmental benefits, but instead emit greenhouse gases that may contribute significantly to global…