![]() Solar panels blanket the drive-thru roof, and the restaurant will collect and reuse rainwater. ![]() Metal came from local scrap shops, and leftover pieces were used to make smaller items like trash cans. Nearly all of the drive-thru’s wood-themed furniture is made from lumber off-cuts or discarded pieces, and the small amount of new wood is Forest Stewardship certified. The new drive-thru, near the company’s Petaluma headquarters, is built on the site of an old barn its wood was shipped to the company’s Idaho plant for re-use there. Such efficient use of resources is a hallmark of Amy’s. Amy’s grew thousands of pounds of potatoes to find just the right variety for its fries the leftovers that didn’t make the cut-still tasty, just not great for frying-will be used in the company’s frozen food products. ![]() The restaurant’s fries will come from an undisclosed California farm that was selected for its spuds that fry well in sunflower oil.
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