J.E. Agnew Food Services Ltd.
Member Since: 2017
Baseline Year: 2015
Baseline GHG Emissions: 26.70 tonnes CO2-equivalent
Emissions Reduction Target: 30% below their 2015 baseline by 2025
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About the Member:
J.E. Agnew Food Services Ltd. was founded by Jeff & Heather Agnew in 1981 when they took over an existing Tim Hortons store located at the corner of Princess St & MacDonnell in Kingston, Ontario. Since then, the company has grown to include sixteen Tim Hortons locations throughout Kingston. Agnew Foods continues to be run as a family business, spearheaded by Chief Executive Officer, Sherri Agnew. Sherri is one of Jeff & Heather's two daughters and is a graduate of the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario.
On average, the company employs 500 people and continues to grow. They are committed to implementing the Tim Hortons promise of providing fast and friendly service and good quality products at a great price to our customers each and every day.
Highlighted Sustainability Projects:
Current:
J.E. Agnew Food Services Ltd had an astounding 64% reduction on its carbon footprint since 2015, surpassing the target goal of 30%!
Reduced use of electricity (41%) and water (21%) since baseline.
Implementing new processes reduced paper usage by 50%.87% of your waste was diverted from landfills, a reduction of 82% from the baseline!
2020:
They offer their employees a reduced rate for bus passes through the Transpass Program
Reduced 16% of GHGs since joining sustainably.eco
Reduced 16% of electricity and 12% of natural gas usage since joining sustainably.eco
Installed weather stripping
Recycling rate increased to 91%
Sell Used Coffee Makers for Reuse, rather than becoming scrap metal
2019:
Changed over all office lighting to LED
Winner of the sustainably.eco - Engagement Award at the 2019 Evening of Recognition!
Second place for the Greatest % GHG Reduction Award, with a 13% reduction, at the 2019 Evening of Recognition
Electronic Recycling & New E-Waste-bins will be placed at restaurants. All e-waste generated by Agnew Foods and its stores gets disposed of properly
They have established a 5-person Green Team that meets biweekly to develop, and implement sustainability projects for both the Agnew office, and the 15 Tim Hortons. Follow their Green Team on twitter: @AgnewTeam
They have set up recycling targets for both staff and customer waste diversion
2018:
Agnew Foods signed up 15 restaurants for the Food Rescue Program in partnership with Loving Spoonful. Donating over $100,000 dollars in food, providing 40,117 meals to community organizations, and saving 83,574 kgs of GHGs averted from entering the atmosphere! (second Tim Hortons owner in Ontario to partner with Food Rescue)
In recent renovations and upgrade projects, they donated used tables and chairs to the Kingston Community Health Centre and Canadian Mental Health