Fast Food Goes Green: Burger King and McDonald’s Make Sustainability Plays
Business Wars Daily
Wondery
4.6 • 716 Ratings
🗓️ 10 November 2020
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Today is Tuesday, November 10, and we’re looking at Burger King vs. McDonald’s.
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| 1:15.9 | Industry giants generally love being the first to try something new. Just ask McDonald's. |
| 1:21.7 | When the Burger Giant partnered with TerraCycles loop packaging service to test a reusable hot beverage cup, |
| 1:29.4 | it was quick to call the initiative an industry first. Just order your coffee, choose the reusable option, pay a small deposit that you get back when you return it, and you've suddenly become a waste-reducing planet champion. |
| 1:34.9 | McDonald's will try the cups in the UK next year. But if there's one thing industry giants love |
| 1:39.9 | more than being first, it's one-upping their biggest competitor. Late last month, an announcement |
| 1:45.2 | made from Burger King made the McDonald's news seem stale. BK also decided to test loop packaging, |
| 1:52.6 | but in a much bigger way. In addition to testing cups for hot beverages, Burger King is also |
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