Video: Celebrate Earth Day with a Free Shake!
EVOmaniacs rejoice!For a third consecutive year EVOS, the fast casual restaurant company with an earth-friendly attitude, will offer free organic milkshakes to customers at each of its Tampa Bay locations in celebration of Earth Day - April 22.  Made from simple, wholesome ingredients like USDA-certified, organic milk and served in biodegradable cups made from plant-based ingredients, these yummy shakes reinforce EVOS' ongoing core philosophy of "Earth Day, Every Day". 

EVOS was recently named the Greenest Burger Chain in America for the third year in a row by Greenopia.com, a leading green consumer guide and also named a 2011 Sustainable Business Award winner by Earth Charter US.  This award celebrates EVOS commitment to focus its sustainable efforts in three distinct areas: people (employee and community wellbeing), profit (economic performance), and planet (environmental health).

"We are incredibly honored that the sustainability efforts we have been practicing for more than 16 years have now been recognized by Earth Charter U.S. and look forward to assisting them in furthering their sustainable efforts world-wide," says Michael Jeffers, co-founder of EVOS.  "We are always looking for new opportunities to educate our guests and communities on earth-friendly environmental issues, all while they enjoy healthier burg ers, airfries and shakes." 

Celebrating Earth Day is just one more way for EVOS to raise awareness of the very issues that are most important to them.  And, with free milkshakes to entice customers, the restaurant expects to once again "shake up" the area and serve many more.  Last year, EVOS restaurants throughout the United States served thousands of free, low-fat organic shakes in their biodegradable cups on Earth Day and they expect that number to grow this year.    

"Earth Day is a great opportunity for us to show our guests that when it com es to sustainability we are far above any of our competitors.  Although our plant based cups don't add to our bottom line, we use them because we feel it's the right thing to do." says Alkis Crassas, co-founder of EVOS.  "We know that sharing the changes we are making here, both big and small, will encourage everyone who knows what we do to consider the difference they could make too."   

From construction to food preparation, EVOS incorporates it's sustainable, earth friendly philosophies into every part of its business model.  Restaurants are built using environmentally-friendly materials such as recycled wood panels (made from pressed sorghum plan stalks), zero VOC paints, and non-toxic marmoleum , (ecologically-produced, natural linoleum).  EVOS also offsets a portion of its environmental footprint by purchasing renewable wind energy and using compact fluorescent light-bulbs with automatic sensors.  EVOS also prints menus and other materials on recycled paper using vegetable inks, sells gift cards made from recycled credit cards, and uses biodegradable plastic carryout bags. And if that's not enough, each and every EVOS location offsets one third of its restaurant energy usage, by replacing it with renewable clean energy. To put it in perspective EVOS effectively plants more than 30 acres of forest and takes eight cars off the road each year.  After all, at EVOS it truly is "Earth Day, Every Day". To find out more information about EVOS or to view a full range of the restaurant's sustainable efforts log on to ww.evos.com.

EVOS' Tampa Bay restaurant locations are:

EVOS Westshore
157 Westshore Plaza, Tampa
Monday - Saturday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Sunday, 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.
EVOS USF
2774 E. Fowler Avenue, Tampa
7 days, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
EVOS South Tampa
609 S. Howard Avenue, Tampa  
7 days, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
EVOS St. Petersburg
2631 4th Street North, St. Petersburg
7 days, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.