Sustainability

AUSTIN, Texas - The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recognized Whole Foods Market for its green power purchases by awarding the retailer a 2004 Green Power Leadership Award at the agency's Annual Leadership Awards in Albany, N.Y.

OAKLAND, Calif. - TransFair USA, an independent, third-party certifier of Fair Trade products, Friday kicked off its first annual Fair Trade Month celebration, a month-long event that includes participation by hundreds of supermarkets.

MODESTO, Calif. -- Save Mart Supermarkets, one of the largest retail food chains in the Western United States, will upgrade the lighting at its 121 store and warehouse sites throughout Northern and Central California.

BOISE, Idaho - Albertsons said yesterday it will roll out "fresh rescue" programs in all of its operating areas by year's end to provide local food banks dairy and meat products to food banks.

NEW YORK - Supermarkets in the Cayman Islands, Granada, Jamaica, and other Caribbean islands hit by Hurricane Ivan now face long-term economic challenges on top of immediate damage to their stores, since many of them depend on local economies and tourism for business.

TEOTIHUACAN, Mexico - Residents of Teotihuacan, a major archeological site outside Mexico City, are protesting the construction of a Wal-Mart store on the edge of the ruins.

MODESTO, Calif. - Save Mart Supermarkets based here has been named an EnergySmart Grocer for investing in energy efficient systems and technology that will reduce the store's energy use.

LINDON, Utah - Electric Aquagenics Unlimited, Inc. (EAU), an innovator in developing products using water electrolysis that disinfect, sanitize, and clean surfaces and foods -- all without toxicity to the consumer or the environment -- said it will commence beta-testing of two production models of its Empowered Water generators in two prominent nationwide grocery store chains.