Daily Bread Food Bank operates on a simple principle: Reduce hunger by eliminating waste. Some statistics indicate that 20% of all food produced in the United States goes to waste. To rescue wasted food, Daily Bread and Publix Super Markets...
If Food For All has learned one thing over the last two decades, it is to go with the flow and stay focused on the mission at hand. Along the way, the nonprofit food-relief organization has witnessed famine in developing countries, the 9/11...
CHICAGO – Retailers are catering to environmentally conscious consumers by introducing biodegradable, recycled and other “green” private-label products.
The Grocery Manufacturers Association here has chosen McKinsey & Co. to conduct research to establish the environmental footprint of a typical consumer’s average weekly grocery purchases.
King Kullen, and its subsidiary Wild by Nature, have joined the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s GreenChill Advanced Refrigeration Partnership, a voluntary program to promote green refrigeration technologies and practices.
Shoppers may be trimming back their food budgets in this difficult economy, but the exotic produce subcategory is still showing a lot of promise, retailers and suppliers told SN. Some retailers could still benefit from growing the category and...
Wal-Mart Stores disclosed a new series of environmental and social responsibility standards here last week that it will impose on all of its suppliers around the world over the next three years. Maintaining the trust of our customers today and in...
Lately, all's fair in the supermarket. Fair Trade, that is. Though the designation used to be reserved for single-ingredient items like coffee, Fair Trade Certified Ingredients labels have begun to crop up all over the store on composite products...