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title: "QSR Magazine: Lessons from Menus of Change"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/3718dfe9-e3fb-4a22-8491-b7cc3aaeaff9
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/qsr-magazine-lessons-from-menus-of-change-2025
category: "QSR"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "QSR"
published: 2015-07-09T20:15:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T13:41:02.246Z
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# QSR Magazine: Lessons from Menus of Change

**TL;DR:** The Menus of Change initiative aims to help restaurants innovate and save the environment through healthier menu options. The 2015 Menus of Change Conference was held in Hyde Park, New York and covered topics including health and capitalism.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2015-07-09. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/qsr-magazine-lessons-from-menus-of-change-2025).*

## Story

This year marked the third annual Menus of Change conference where leaders in food service and public health come together to address serious food industry issues including obesity, healthcare costs, food sourcing, production issues and the environmental impact of food production.

The Menus of Change initiative launched in 2012 as a partnership between the Culinary Institute of America (CIA) and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

“We have to help them innovate and do what it takes to save the environment…and to be healthier,” Tim Ryan, president of the CIA, told QSR Magazine.

The 2015 Menus of Change Conference was held in Hyde Park, New York and brought together restaurant executives, chefs and researchers. The conference covered topics including health and capitalism, the rise in popularity of broth bowls and water.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- QSR Magazine (publication)
- menu innovation (topic)
- conference (topic)
- environmental impact (topic)
- healthier options (topic)
- food production (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/qsr-magazine-lessons-from-menus-of-change-2025). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/3718dfe9-e3fb-4a22-8491-b7cc3aaeaff9).