We’ve had a variety of dessert businesses join our Eco Buying Group recently – frozen yogurt shops, ice cream parlors, gelato makers, etc.
Sustainability has become very important to many of these businesses – from sourcing organic milk & dairy, to using energy efficient lighting & appliances, to minimizing the waste from their stores & operations.
In particular, many of these businesses have come to us looking for compostable ice cream cups and ice cream bowls, and as a result, we’ve started to gain a fair amount of insight into the supply needs of dessert business owners. And with that, we decided to put together:
We’re going to focus here on purchasing compostables, but we will say first, we highly recommend using re-usables for any customers that are having their ice cream or frozen yogurt in-store.
Here’s what you need to be looking for when it comes to compostables:
Do you own or work for an ice cream, frozen yogurt, or gelato shop? Do you have a preference about your compostable ice cream cups or bowls? Write in a comment and tell us what you think.