Sustainability

Manufacturers looking to create organic standards for personal care products are locked in a debate over the role of water.

New applications enable retailers to yield higher sales and greater returns on their packaging investments.

AUSTIN, Texas -- Whole Foods Market today announced the addition of Gabrielle Greene and Mo Siegel to the company's board of directors, increasing the board's size to eight members.

A far-reaching philosophy of interdependence has made Whole Foods a lifestyle brand for its upscale shoppers.

ZAANDAM, The Netherlands - The Ahold Supervisory Board today announced its proposal to nominate Peter Wakkie as chief corporate governance counsel and member of the corporate executive board. He will assume the position as of Oct. 15.

DENVER - Company officials said on Monday that Safeway donated more than $5.2 million worth of food to the region's largest food bank during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2003, as part of the grocer's comprehensive program to assist hunger-relief agencies in Colorado and surrounding states.

CINCINNATI -- It may be the end of the coffee can as we know it. The Procter & Gamble Co. here said this week it will begin phasing out the traditional tin coffee can, which has been used by the industry for 150 years, in favor of a new plastic container that doesn't require a can opener and promises to keep ground coffee fresher longer.

FREEPORT, Maine -- Shaw's Supermarkets is asking the town of Freeport to change its 14-year-old ordinance prohibiting plastic foam packaging at retail stores.