The recession has altered the public's commitment to sustainability, but it will hold business accountable in the long run, according to a panel of researchers at the second-ever Sustainability Summit sponsored here by Food Marketing Institute...
C&K Market may partner with local schools to boost consumer participation in its environmental rewards program. The 59-store chain which operates 48 stores under the Ray's Food Place, Shop Smart and Price Less Foods banners may create challenges...
The Grocery Manufacturers Association gets around pretty well, for a 101-year-old. Despite relocating its annual GMA Executive Conference to Colorado Springs this year, after having to cancel its long-standing meeting at The Greenbrier resort in...
The California Grocers Association, Sacramento, is joining forces with the city of Santa Barbara and local environmental groups to educate consumers on the advantages of using reusable grocery bags.
McCaffrey's Market Knows Recycling is good for the environment, as well as for the bottom line. Not only does the three-store chain segregate its trash for recycling, it now sells an all-natural fertilizer product made from its fresh food waste...
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.