A new global association that will seek to bring food retailers and manufacturers from around the world together on strategic issues was officially launched here last week. Replacing CIES — The Food Business Forum, based in Paris, and Global...
Lee Scott, the former chief executive officer of Wal-Mart Stores, called on attendees at the CIES World Food Business Summit here on Friday to join the Global Social Compliance Program to help ensure that suppliers are adhering to local wage and...
IOWA CITY, Iowa — The National Cooperative Grocers Association and its member co-ops nationwide are challenging shoppers to eat foods from local growers and suppliers as part of a campaign called, “Eat Local, America.”
Price Chopper Supermarkets here has opened a "green" store in Colonie, N.Y., that the company said has been designated as LEED Certified Silver — meeting a high level of compliance standards.
WHOLE FOODS LOANS $2.5 MILLION AUSTIN, Texas Whole Foods Market here has announced that its Local Producer Loan Program designed to help small growers and independent artisan food producers expand their businesses has provided $2.5 million in low...
Sustainability has emerged as an important facet of wellness, as consumers adopt lifestyles that encompass not just their own health, but that of the environment. Companies have witnessed the change and are adapting to the new mantra as well...
Kyle Berner, a free-spirit entrepreneur who founded Feelgoodz, a New Orleans company that produces and markets flip-flops made in Thailand, began a three-week demo tour yesterday of 14 Whole Foods stores in Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas.
While a necessary carrier, protector and promotional vehicle, product packaging poses a major environmental challenge for CPG manufacturers and retailers. According to Wal-Mart Stores, one-third of all consumer trash in the U.S. comes from...