June 1, 2007
Socially Responsible, Eco Friendly, and Electric Cars @ Pizzeria?
In the business world, there are people who run and manage businesses, and then there are mavericks, like Pete Bonahoom, of Minneapolis. Pete, 29, who is the face and creative force behind a pizzeria, like no other.
The idea for Galactic Pizza, came to Pete from a deep desire to help people and contribute in socially responsible ways as an entreprenuer.
Consider this:
- deliveries are made by an employees who drive three-wheeled electric cars
- the pizza’s are made with organic locally grown ingredients
- hemp is used on the paper menus
- the restaurant’s packaging material is recyclable or biodegradable
- the food waste is recycled at pig farms
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they even have an energy program in place where customers can purchase wind power credits. Galactic Pizza is entreprenurial resolve mixed with social responsibilty at its best. I wonder if the pizza is any good? Maybe Pete will chime in and send us a few slices.
Tags: Alternative Energy, Biodegradable, Eco Friendly, electric_cars, energy_program, Food, galactic-pizza.com, Green Business, Hemp, Organic, Recyclable, socially_responsible, social_responsibilty, Vegetarian, wind_power
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If you think this is interesting, check out Pizza Fusion - http://www.pizzafusion.com. Based out of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, this new organic pizza franchise is ‘Saving the Earth, One Pizza at a Time’.
Here are some examples of their environmental efforts:
- Delivering their food in company owned hybrid vehicles
- Powering their stores, corporate office and website 100% with renewable wind energy
- Recycling and giving customers discounts for bringing back their pizza boxes to recycle them
- Using only eco-friendly cleaners to sanitize all their stores
- Using 100% post consumer recycled paper in all their collateral
- Printing their collateral with soy inks
- Designing and constructing their stores with renewable, reusable, and recycled products according to the LEED construction rating system.
- Serving their food in plastic substance like containers that are made 100% from corn starch and are designed to decompose in landfills in 30 days
- Providing their employees only with eco-apparel made from 100% organic cotton
- Host a free organics for kids class every third Thursday of the month that educates children on the importance of eating organic and recycling
- Donate money to environmental causes in and around their communities
Comment by Eric — July 2, 2007 @ 3:04 pm