Wahlburgers Coming To NYC

January 14, 2015 by Leave a Comment

Wahlburgers is a fast growing burger chain founded by actor Mark Wahlberg’s brother, Paul Wahlberg. It seems like soon the burger chain will have many more franchises and make its first appearance in New York. The family’s expansion plans were announced last month and included franchises in Florida, Vegas, Philadelphia, and Canada. No less than seven outposts were promised in New York City and the family is acting fast on this promise!

The Wahlberg brothers sold their franchise rights to John Cestare, of Big Apple Burgers, who will be overseeing all the new Wahlburger outposts in the city. The first of these outlets is aiming for a May 1st open in Coney Island. A great portion of the success and populariy of the Massachusetts outpost is in no doubt due to the A&E reality show filmed in and around the burger chain that documents all the Wahlberg family antics, but we hope they do just as well or better as the family takes the franchise nationwide!

To read more about the expansion of the Wahlburgers Boston Burger Restaurant, click here

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NYC Plastic Foam Ban In Eateries

January 14, 2015 by Leave a Comment

Mayor De Blasio’s administration recently announced that beginning this July, New York City will be banning food establishments from using plastic foam containers. Mayor Bloomberg had originally suggested the ban, and de Blasio’s administration is seeing to it that NYC prohibit foam containers as they are clogging the countries landfills and are environmentally hazardous. De Blasio recently stated, “These products cause real environmental harm and have no place in New York City, we have better options, better alternatives, and if more cities across the country follow our lead and institute similar bans, those alternatives will soon become more plentiful and will cost less.”

The plastic foam ban in New York City will help progress towards the Mayor’s ambitious goal of decreasing greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by 2050 compared to its 2005 levels. The ban will be applicable to all food establishments including food carts, takeout containers and cups. What will Dunkin’ do! Even foam packaging will not be allowed to be sold within the city (i.e. the packing foam peanuts). Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia states,”While much of the waste we produce can be recycled or reused, polystyrene foam is not one of those materials; removing polystyrene from our waste stream is not only good for a greener, more sustainable New York, but also for the communities who are home to landfills receiving the city’s trash.”

The only exemption from the rule could be nonprofits and businesses with less than $500,000 in annual revenue, but only if they can prove that discontinuing the use of these materials would impact their financial health. For the first year, administration officials are also saying there will be no fines on violations of the ban. The Restaurant Action Alliance, a lobbying group, condemned the decision, suggesting that it would increase costs for eateries while saying that the city should instead focus on creating a plan to recycle the material.

To read more about the new ban in New York City on plastic foam in food establishments, click here

 

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