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SN Whole Health: Trash to Cash

Recycling catches on as a way to reduce solid waste costs. A large part of the effort is simply pointing out feasible alternatives to dumping unclaimed food stuffs — namely donating the edible part to food banks and recycling the inedible part into compost or energy, or offering it to farmers as animal feed.

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  • May 25, 2012
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    Price Chopper Honors Vets

    SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — Price Chopper Supermarkets is recognizing war veterans in several ways this Memorial Day....More
  • May 24, 2012
    Article

    IGA Golf Tournament to Benefit Wounded Warriors

    CHICAGO — IGA here said it plans to host a golf tournament to raise funds for the Wounded Warriors Project....More
  • May 23, 2012
    Article

    Shoppers Look to Supermarkets for Produce Purchases

    ASHEVILLE, N.C. — While shoppers may occasionally purchase produce from farmers markets, big-box stores, and community supported agriculture programs, consumers turn to supermarkets for the majority of their produce purchases, according to a recent poll conducted by the Lauer Johnson Research for the W.K. Kellogg Foundation....More
  • May 22, 2012
    Article

    Food Lion Raises $500,000 for Hunger

    SALISBURY, N.C. — Food Lion customers and associates raised more than $500,000 through its latest "Hunger Has A Cure" Campaign, which supports Feeding America's network of local food banks....More
  • May 21, 2012
    Article

    Breaking Ground in Food Deserts

    Independent retailers play a major role in the national effort to build food stores in low-access areas....More
  • May 18, 2012
    Article

    SN Whole Health: Trash to Cash

    Recycling catches on as a way to reduce solid waste costs. A large part of the effort is simply pointing out feasible alternatives to dumping unclaimed food stuffs — namely donating the edible part to food banks and recycling the inedible part into compost or energy, or offering it to farmers as animal feed....More
  • May 16, 2012
    Article

    Fred Meyer Celebrates Food Bank Partnership

    PORTLAND, Ore. — On Tuesday Kroger banner Fred Meyer honored its 10-year partnership with Oregon Food Bank by christening a truck trailer funded by a $133,000 contribution from the retailer's customers and employees....More
  • May 14, 2012
    Article

    IGA Plans 2nd Wounded Warrior Promotion

    CHICAGO — IGA said Monday it will again seek to raise funds for the Wounded Warriors Project in its second annual IGA exclusive-brand national cause marketing initiative....More
  • May 8, 2012
    Article

    Independent Opens in La. Food Desert

    WINNSBORO, La. — Ford's Fine Foods, an independent based in Colfax, La., has opened its fourth store in a food desert here — an area impacted by Hurricane Katrina – with help from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development agency....More
  • May 7, 2012
    Article

    C&S Wins Award for Supporting Service Members

    KEENE, N.H. — C&S Wholesale Grocers here said it has received the Seven Seals Award from the Department of Defense and the New Hampshire Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve....More
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