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Zehrs™ goes Friendlier with reusable take home containers.

GUELPH, ON - Friendlier, a locally owned, women led, reusable packaging solution provider, and Loblaw Companies Limited, Canada’s food...

Friendlier receives $100k in funding from Sustainable Development Technology Canada

Friendlier received $100k in funding and support from Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC). SDTC helps Canadian entrepreneurs...

Best eco-friendly, sustainable gifts to give this holiday season🎄

Holiday shopping is an exciting mix of creativity, a few stressful moments, and is wrapped with joy when finally finding the perfect gift...

Friendlier's first year

Well, it’s officially been 1 year since Friendlier (then A Friendlier Company) started operating with our first restaurant, the...

The start of the Friendlier Movement

If you would have asked me 2 years ago about my outlook on the environment, my response would have been pessimistic. I had fallen into a...

Is Single-Use Packaging Necessary?

When it comes to food, single-use packaging is always a part of the story. Has it always been this way?

The POS System Helping Restaurants Adapt to the Rise in Online Ordering

The restaurant industry has been moving towards online ordering for years, but the pandemic accelerated the transition dramatically.

Adapting to Canada's Single-Use Plastic Ban in the Food Service Industry

Have you ever look in your trash can or blue bin and counted all the single-use plastic? I have. And trust me, it’s a lot. Most of my...

Sustainability and Economic Recovery: The Value of the Circular Economies

As countries mandated self-isolation and quarantine rules at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the world observed improvements to air...