In addition to milk and other ingredients, a lot of thought has gone into Wal-Mart's Great Value all-natural sour cream. So much thought, in fact, that after close collaboration with its dairy supplier partners, Wal-Mart launched 12 sustainability...

A remodeled Fred Meyer location in Portland, Ore., is the first store in the Kroger Co. chain to earn LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification, a spokeswoman for the chain told SN. The store, which opened last month and...

It's been three years since Wal-Mart Stores announced its intent to squeeze inefficiencies from its supply chain by eliminating packaging waste. By reducing packaging by 5% by 2013, it estimates it will wring a collective $11 billion in...

This month marks the one-year anniversary of a major energy-saving project conducted by Niemann Foods here in 35 of its 36 supermarkets and nine franchised Sav-A-Lot stores that it operates. By October, if not sooner, the chain, which also runs...

In August, Whole Foods Chairman and Chief Executive Officer John Mackey courted controversy with an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal advocating a health care reform package that would include high-deductible plans, Medicare reform, tort...