Nonfoods

CPG supplier Unilever has teamed up with Tomra Systems, a global provider of advanced recycling solutions, in a unique four-week promotion that will employ Shelton, Conn.-based Tomra’s consumer recycling machines as front-of-store advertising and couponing vehicles in supermarkets in the Los Angeles and New York metro areas.

From agricultural research and growing practices, to farmers markets and the buy local momentum seen in grocery stores, people are looking for sustainable practices from field to store. To that end, for the Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Growers Association (WPVGA) is seeking to raise its sustainability scorecard, including its attendance at FMI’s recent Sustainability Summit.

New England-based Stop & Shop and its sister Giant Food supermarkets are pulling the plug on an estimated 43 in-store Starbucks kiosks.

Pacific Natural Foods is rolling out an all natural line of artisan-styled frozen pizza on a Fire-Baked Thin Crust.

Pepperidge Farms is now offering a vegetable-infused version of its classic Goldfish snacks. With a third real vegetables in each serving, the new Goldfish Garden Cheddar crackers have no preservatives and zero trans fats.

United Supermarkets opened its third Amigos United store this morning in Amarillo, Texas. The location was converted from a traditional United Supermarket, which it had been since it opened in 1986. A major renovation to the site has made room for several new features.

With the kickoff of September National Fruits & Veggies-More Matters Month around the corner, the Produce for Better Health Foundation (PBH) is inviting donors to take advantage of free resources available to make the event a success.

Redner’s Warehouse Markets is asking its customers to fight hunger in a big way by donating something small -- namely, $1. The Reading, Pa.-based grocer and Quick Shoppes subsidiary will serve as collection sites from Aug. 30 to Oct. 3 during its Bag Hunger campaign, which coincides with Feeding America’s commemoration of September as Hunger Action Month.