Wakefern Food Corp. is marking Earth Month with the 2026 Greener Stores, Greener Communities Earth Month Challenge, a month-long initiative encouraging family-owned ShopRite stores to highlight eco-friendly practices that reduce environmental impact, engage employees and support their communities. The Earth Month Challenge focuses on practical, everyday actions in stores and communities that engage customers and […]
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Grocers Mark Earth Day With Operational Shifts, Community Giving
Earth Day 2026 finds major regional grocers investing in sustainability efforts that range from on-site production and waste diversion to associate volunteering and checkout-lane giving campaigns. H-E-B H-E-B is marking Earth Day with its annual reusable bag giveaway, distributing 276,000 free bags featuring Garner State Park along the Frio River – the third and final […]
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Metcalfe’s Market Celebrates Earth Day With Student-Designed Bags
For the 12th consecutive year, Wisconsin-based Metcalfe’s Market will celebrate Earth Day on April 22 with its community tradition of distributing 3,000 reusable shopping bags featuring original artwork from students at 10 local elementary schools. Limited to one per customer, the bags will be available while supplies last at all three Metcalfe’s Market locations. “Every […]
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Tops Markets Adds Compost Drop-Off Initiative In Hamburg, NY
Tops Friendly Markets has introduced a neighborhood compost drop-off location at its 6150 South Park Ave. store in Hamburg, New York. Called “From Scraps to Soil,” the pilot program marks Tops’ first retail composting effort designed for customers. It builds on a partnership with Farmer Pirates Compost, a worker-owned company that provides commercial composting services […]
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Gelson’s Opens Second ReCharge Micro-Market in Costa Mesa, CA
COSTA MESA, Calif. — Gelson’s Markets has opened its second ReCharge by Gelson’s micro-market, this time inside a new Rove fast-charging hub on Harbor Boulevard in Costa Mesa, about a mile from the Pacific Coast and minutes from Interstate 405. The Shelby Report of the West was on hand April 8 for a ribbon-cutting ceremony […]
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Barilla Climbs To No. 9 In Global RepTrak 100
Barilla has been named the world’s leading food company for reputation in the 2026 Global RepTrak 100, climbing 16 spots to ninth place overall and entering the global top 10 for the first time. This marks the third consecutive year the Parma, Italy-based company has led the food sector in the annual ranking. The study, […]
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Thrive Market Launches Climate Action Working Group
Thrive Market has launched the Climate Action Working Group, a new initiative designed to help its consumer brand partners and owned-brand suppliers measure and reduce their carbon and plastic footprints. The program was developed in partnership with Planet FWD, PCX Markets and Climate Positive Consulting. It provides education, measurement tools and frameworks to help brands track […]
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Flashfood Expands To All Kroger Mid-Atlantic Division Stores
Flashfood, the surplus grocery platform, is now available at all 100-plus Kroger stores in the Mid-Atlantic Division, which includes Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky. The expansion follows a pilot that launched last summer in 16 Richmond-area stores. Since then, Flashfood has helped Kroger Mid-Atlantic shoppers save nearly $700,000 on fresh groceries while keeping more […]