Corporate Responsibility

The organic retailer opened its first center in Colorado that will service 45 of the chain’s more than 360 stores.

The retailer is offering a free-month trial of the Headspace meditation app and partnered on a new IGTV video series about mood-boosting recipes that feature its store brand products.

Retailer has named acclaimed, high-end fashion designer Brandon Maxwell to be the creative director of trendy, new Free Assembly and the revived Scoop brands.

The U.K. chain will expand plant-based meat options, reformulate prepared meals to be healthier and sell more healthy foods by 2025.

The retailer is adding a $1 million donation to its Simply Give program, which early this year helped fund 76 million meals to food pantries last year.

Rachel Dreskin becomes the first CEO for the PBFA, an organziation that represents more than 180 plant-based food companies.

Discounter continues its goal to have all own brand packaging be recyclable, reusable or compostable — including plastics — by 2025, and positions toward less greenhouse gas, food waste and more.

In three flavors and carton counts, Smile Beverage Werks has launched sustainable coffee pods for retail store brands that are carbon neutral, compostable and replace single-serve plastic options.