SN Sustainability, Green Archives
Whole Foods Offers Ethical Trade, Eco-Friendly Gifts
AUSTIN, Texas — Whole Foods Market has rolled out a selection of socially responsible holiday food and nonfood gifts that range from handmade Nepalese felted wool ornaments to organic cotton peace scarves....
Wal-Mart Buys Wind Energy for Texas Stores
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Wal-Mart Stores here yesterday announced its first substantial purchase of wind energy in the U.S., which will supply up to 15% of the company’s total energy load in approximately 360 Texas stores and other facilities. ...
Private Label Has Green Opportunities
CHICAGO – Retailers are catering to environmentally conscious consumers by introducing biodegradable, recycled and other “green” private-label products....
GMA Names Partner on Sustainability Measurement Tool
WASHINGTON — The Grocery Manufacturers Association here has chosen McKinsey & Co. to conduct research to establish the environmental footprint of a typical consumer’s average weekly grocery purchases. ...
Cub Store Features 44 Skylights and LED Parking Lights
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Cub Foods, a division of Minneapolis-based Supervalu, released details of its new green supermarket here last week....
Cub Store Receives First EPA Refrigeration Certification
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Environmental Protection Agency’s GreenChill Partnership yesterday awarded its Gold-Level Certification to a new Cub Foods supermarket here....
King Kullen Joins EPA’s GreenChill Refrigeration Program
BETHPAGE, N.Y. — King Kullen here, and its subsidiary Wild by Nature, have joined the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s GreenChill Advanced Refrigeration Partnership, a voluntary program to promote green refrigeration technologies and practices....
Giant Eagle Store Gets Environmental Certification
PITTSBURGH — Giant Eagle here announced last week that it received LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council for a 75,000-square-foot store in northeastern Columbus, Ohio, near New Albany....
Packaging Association Awards Supply Chain Manager
WASHINGTON — The Reusable Packaging Association (RPA, formerly the Reusable Pallet and Container Coalition) here announced last week that Phil Davis, senior perishables supply chain manager of Cincinnati-based Kroger, is this year’s recipient of RPA’s 2008 Leadership Award. ...
Save Mart Store Gets $46,000 Energy Rebate
MODESTO, Calif. — Save Mart Supermarkets here announced last week that its recently opened Riverbank, Calif., supermarket has received a $46,000 rebate from The Modesto Irrigation District (MID), a public power agency, in recognition of the store’s energy-saving initiatives. ...
Wal-Mart Seeks to Tie Low Prices, Sustainability
INDIANAPOLIS — Wal-Mart Stores wants to merge the ideas of price and sustainability in its message to consumers, the executive vice president of the company’s grocery division said at a conference here yesterday....
Rosauers Participates in ProtectSeals Campaign
SPOKANE, Wash. — Rosauers Supermarkets here has pledged not to sell any Canadian seafood from the seal-hunting provinces in its grocery stores until Canada ends its commercial seal hunt....
Fresh & Easy Touts Solar Investment
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market here said its investment in a massive solar panel installation at its warehouse here is providing nearly 75% of the facility’s energy needs and helping keep its grocery prices affordable. ...
Survey: Sustainability Drives Innovation
LONDON — Leading retailers and manufacturers see sustainability as a driver of innovation that can help build growth and profitability, according to research from KPMG International and food industry association CIES....
H-E-B Marks Installation of Wind Turbine at Facility
WESLACO, Texas — H.E. Butt Grocery Co., San Antonio, and Wind Energy Corp., Elizabethtown, Ky., this week celebrated the successful installation of a vertical-axis wind turbine at an H-E-B retail support center here....
