Giant adopts HowGood ratings system, Wakefern joins Beyond the Bag
A pair of regional grocers, The Giant Company and Wakefern Food Corp., have embarked on new efforts to reduce waste and promote sustainable retailing.
Carlisle, Pa.-based Giant, part of Ahold Delhaize USA, has adopted the HowGood ratings system to help customers gauge product sustainability while shopping. Meanwhile, Wakefern the parent of the ShopRite supermarket chain has joined the Beyond the Bag Initiative, a coalition to find eco-friendly options to the single-use plastic shopping bag now used by mass retailers nationwide.
Giant said yesterday that customers of its Giant Direct and Martin’s Direct online grocery platforms can now access HowGood environmental and social impact ratings. Describing itself as the world’s largest product-sustainability database, High Falls, N.Y.-based HowGood analyzes each product ingredient against environmental and social criteria including farming practices, trea
Grocery giant becomes coalition partner to help drive Beyond the Bag Initiative
Albertsons Cos., the nation’s second-largest supermarket operator, has joined the Consortium to Reinvent the Retail Bag as a supporting partner to help reduce plastic waste through the Beyond the Bag Initiative.
The Consortium to Reinvent the Retail Bag was launched last summer by the Center for the Circular Economy at green investment firm Closed Loop Partners to test options to the single-use plastic shopping bag now used by mass retailers nationwide. The coalition’s three-year Beyond the Bag Initiative calls on retailers to “think outside the box” to address the global waste issue of plastic shopping bags while upholding consumer convenience.