More in Sustainability

BENTONVILLE, Ark. — A bottled water called HumanKind that donates all net profits to clean drinking water in under developed communities is the grand prize winner of Wal-Mart’s “Get on the Shelf” contest for inventors, as voted by the public....More

DALLAS – While most consumers have not yet demanded that food businesses engage in practices that protect the environment, it’s imperative for retailers to support sustainable sourcing now rather than later, said Harriet Hentges, vice president of corporate responsibility at Ahold USA....More

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Joining the wave of retailers rolling out seafood sustainability programs, Meijer announced a comprehensive new seafood sustainability program....More

CHARLOTTE — Harris Teeter here said Wednesday that its newest store in Portsmouth, Va., set to open on May 9, will include several energy-saving features....More

BENTONVILLE, Ark. — At its 2012 Sustainability Milestone Meeting here yesterday, executives at Wal-Mart Stores said the company has piloted is “sustainability scorecard” across nine or 10 categories over the past year and plans to roll it out this year to another 100 categories across its U.S. businesses....More

SUNBURY, Pa. -- Two Weis Markets’ stores received a “silver” certificate from the Environmental Protection Agency’s GreenChill Advanced Refrigeration Partnership for meeting tough benchmarks on cutting refrigerant emissions that harm the Earth’s protective ozone layer and contribute to global warming....More

SALISBURY, N.C. — Bottom Dollar Food will celebrate the opening of its newest store in New Jersey this Friday by giving away a reusable bag filled with groceries to the first 200 shoppers in all of its eight New Jersey locations....More

Leslie G. Sarasin, the president and chief executive officer of Food Marketing Institute, sees the association’s major alternate-year conferences — the exhibit show called FMI2012 and the educational forum known as Future Connect — as events that need to evolve and change over time to remain relevant with sponsors, exhibitors and attendees....More

SEATTLE – In anticipation of Earth Day April 22, PCC Natural Markets, a nine-store natural and organic food cooperative here, highlighted four suppliers on its website that excel in sustainable practices....More