Kroger is creating a new reusable shopping bag and is asking shoppers to help design it. The “Design a Reusable Shopping Bag” contest kicked off yesterday and runs through May 15.
SHOPRITE, AQUARIUM CUT WASTE MYSTIC, Conn. A New London, Conn.-based ShopRite location has found an innovative way to dispose of its bruised and discolored produce. The store recently began donating 50 to 75 pounds of culled produce per week to...
A&P has launched Green Way, a new line of private-label organic, all-natural and environmentally friendly products. Developed as part of the company's Own Brands private-label portfolio, the new Green Way brand will encompass products made without...
In celebration of Earth Day, Sprouts Farmers Market has announced the launch of “Stand Up for State Parks!” — a special series of educational events and fund-raising campaigns targeting state parks that have been threatened by...
A panel of food industry experts at a conference at the Smithsonian Institution urged attendees to use the power of the market to ease the quest for vulnerable marine life, and suggested consumers take a break from tuna and salmon and try other...
In their efforts to become more and sustainable, food retailers may wish to take a closer look at the most fundamental part of their business: food. Parade magazine recently estimated that U.S. supermarkets throw away $20 billion worth of food...
LAKELAND, Fla. — Publix Super Markets here, which has made sustainability a primary corporate initiative in the past 24 months, recently ended a food-waste recycling program at 85 of its stores in South Florida that used an alternative...
Nearly three-quarters of food retailers surveyed by SN said they have reduced the consumption of electrical energy in their stores in the past year, suggesting continued progress toward greener retailing in the supermarket business...
Martin’s Super Markets, South Bend, Ind., has retrofitted 88 feet of upright refrigeration display cases at a store here with new glass doors in a pilot program to increase energy efficiency.