BY KRISTIN ACCORSI
Chef and Owner Peter Merriman set out to
find a way to reduce his restaurants' carbon
footprints–and the PLANET-FRIENDLY
FINE WINE PROGRAM was born!
Merriman's Hawaii transitioned its by-
the-glass list to premium wines served IN
BAG-IN-BOX (BIB) FORMAT.
30,000 GLASS WINE BOTTLES WERE
SAVED FROM BEING SHIPPED OVER
2,500 MILES TO HAWAII.
T H E PRO G R A M HAS STOPPE D
NEARLY 40,000 POUNDS OF GL ASS
F ROM B E I NG T R A N SP ORT E D TO
THE ISLANDS.
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