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Webinar: Sustainability sells at Panera with WRI’s Cool Food Meals

Leaders from Panera Bread and the World Resources Institute will discuss Cool Food Meals, a certification program identifying meals as climate-friendly to consumers.
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Join us Thurs., May 26 at 2 p.m. ET, as Sara Burnett, Panera Bread’s VP of Food Values, Sustainability and Public Affairs, and Edwina Hughes, Head of Cool Food at the World Resources Institute, discuss WRI’s Cool Food Meals, a certification program identifying meals as climate-friendly to consumers. Panera joined the program in 2020 and today more than half of Panera’s menu is Cool Food Meal-certified. The hosts share recommendations, an overview of how Panera customers reacted, and how the certification builds customer loyalty. Register.

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