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Saving the planet, one package at a time

Shoppers increasingly drawn to eco-friendly packaging and products

Holly Petre, Assistant Digital Editor

September 30, 2019

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“Eco-friendly” can be a loaded phrase that is used to describe many products, but there’s no actual regulation surrounding it. Nonetheless, customers gravitate towards it and the purchasing decisions show it. Nine percent of adults consider the environment a top factor when making food and beverage purchasing decisions according to NPD. The same study also found that around 20 million adults have said they have switched to a different brand because it had eco-friendly packaging.

About the Author

Holly Petre

Assistant Digital Editor

Holly Petre is a content producer and assistant digital editor as well as the host of Nation’s Restaurant News’ podcast, Extra Serving, and producer for Informa Restaurant and Food Groups other three podcasts, One On One by Food Management, Off the Shelf with SN and In the Kitchen with Bret Thorn. Holly holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in Sculpture, fibers and Material Studies and Ceramics from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. A native New Yorker, Holly enjoys her place on staff as the resident pop-culture expert and millennial with a sassy attitude and great sense of style.

Holly Petre’s work on Nation’s Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality often covers marketing and trends, either aimed-at or examined-through the millennial mindset. Holly is responsible for introducing TikTok and Twitch to NRN and RH readers as well as explaining terms like “Karen” to staff and readers alike. She also spends her time on staff trying not to make every headline a pun.

Holly Petre hasn’t spoken at any events or on panels, but she is readily available with a killer shoe wardrobe and several witty quips.

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