The City Council here will discuss the possibility of banning plastic grocery bags, according to local reports, after one council member suggested that the city look into the idea.
The NPD Group yesterday reported that there is a continuing growth opportunity for “eco-beauty” products, defined as being either natural, organic, green/eco-friendly or socially conscious/responsible beauty products.
By the end of the year, Wegmans Food Markets expects to cut by half the energy it uses for lighting at nearly all of the company’s warehouse complexes here.
The Food Marketing Institute has begun developing guidelines, best practices, case studies and other resources to help the supermarket industry address seafood sustainability issues. We're very excited about having such a diverse group of...
Green initiatives may at times seem like programs better suited for the big chains, along with things like enterprise resource planning or corporate social responsibility. But in central Wisconsin, Festival Foods is revealing how an independent...
Cub Foods' new store in St. Paul, Minn., which opened on Oct. 31, has applied to become the nation's second supermarket to receive Gold LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification in the new construction category from the U...
Among the attendees at the grand opening of Wal-Mart's high-efficiency Las Vegas supercenter in March were representatives of a new organization, the Retailer Energy Alliance. The REA was formed in February by the U.S. Department of Energy as one...
With the entire country as its laboratory, Wal-Mart Stores has been conducting step-by-step experiments to create the ultimate green store. The world's largest retailer, based in Bentonville, Ark., began its foray into retail environmentalism in...
Giant Eagle, Pittsburgh, has made a habit of being an industry leader in garnering LEED certifications. The LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) program was launched in 2000 by the U.S. Green Building Council, Washington, to...