Tesco, the European retailing giant and parent company of El Segundo, Calif.-based Fresh & Easy stores, last week became the first U.K. retailer to display a carbon footprint label on its private-brand milk. Carbon footprint is a term that refers...
The industry must take corporate responsibility for educating consumers about the value of sustainability, and it must also face up to its social responsibilities for raising the standard of living for the overseas labor that makes products...
In a ceremony yesterday at the Food Marketing Institute’s Food Industry Sustainability Summit here, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency gave out a slew of awards yesterday recognizing members of its GreenChill Advanced Refrigeration...
Educating consumers about the social responsibilities involved with sustainable products might help boost sales, according to a panel of retailers speaking at Food Marketing Institute's Sustainability Summit here.
Wegmans Food Markets has received a $1 million grant from the Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority for the implementation of hydrogen fuel cell-powered handling equipment at its Retail Service Center here.
Spartan Stores will soon introduce smaller aluminum foil boxes that contain the same amount of foil as the current packaging, according to a Grand Rapids Press report. It says the boxes will be available in 100 stores.