Retailer News & Profiles

In recognition of Earth Day, ShopRite highlighted its efforts to focus on sustainability and ecological protection.

The retailer has hired Danielle Crop to become its chief data officer. She comes from 15 years of working in data science at American Express.

The East-Coast retailer is working with Convergent Energy + Power to provide a renewable energy source at 75 stores and provided results from its Flashfood app partnership, resulting in millions of pounds of food diverted from landfills.

Home retailer has acquired the 35-year-old brand and all brand-related intellectual property, trademarks and sub-brands from Invista.

The only retailer with a TerraCycle partnership dedicated to store brands, Kroger expanded the program that started with Simple Truth products to include all of its qualifying Our Brands products.

Retailer added its name to the Science Based Targets Initiative that supports the United Nations’ Paris Agreement to reduce carbon emissions.

Retailer expanded its Climate Pledge Friendly program, making more third-party certified approved products available to buy and increasing certifications. Amazon also invested in new renewable energy sources.

Ahold Delhaize USA’s Food Lion banner is undertaking a new effort in its sustainability push — and putting its private brands in the spotlight.