Although most shoppers (95%) are open to buying green, 67% looked for these products, 47% found them and 22% purchased them during their shopping trip, show the findings of research conducted with more than 6,400 shoppers by the Grocery...
Internet grocer FreshDirect here has agreed to adopt a program to reduce the time its delivery trucks spend idling, state officials said. The retailer also agreed to pay a $50,000 fee for violations of city and state anti-idling laws.
Consumers are moving beyond the immediate concerns of diet and personal health to the impact their daily activities have on the environment. Such growing awareness is helping to spur new activity in the disposable paper categories, including...
The United Fresh Produce Association's Research and Education Foundation last week announced plans to develop a new Center for Global Produce Sustainability, which will initially be funded by a $1.1 million endowment grant over four years, given...
As part of a continuing Earth Day program, Cub Foods, a division of Supervalu here, and Shed-it partnered allowed shoppers to gather up old documents and bring them to one of 13 Cub Foods locations on April 25 to be recycled.
Harris Teeter, Matthews, N.C., is opening a new location here on May 9 that is both a registered Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) store and a certified Environmental Protection Agency GreenChill Gold-Level store.
Stater Bros. Markets said it plans to roll out a composting program to its 166 stores over the next three weeks — a project to turn organic waste into compost that can be sold to area farmers.
The United Fresh Produce Association’s Research and Education Foundation today announced plans to develop a new Center for Global Produce Sustainability, which will initially be funded by a $1.1 million endowment grant over four years, given...