Month: January 2014

Wegmans Food Markets Joins The How2Recycle Label Program As Its First Grocery Store Participant

January 27, 2014 Sustainable Packaging Coalition and GreenBlue

Wegmans Food Markets is the newest participant, and the first grocer, to join the Sustainable Packaging Coalition’s How2Recycle Label program. With the addition of Wegmans, the How2Recycle Label surpassed its 2013 goal of 20 participating companies. …

Online Grocery Growth Tests US Retail Agility

January 27, 2014 Kim Souza, City Wire

Online grocery is here and poised for steady growth in the next decade with Amazon expected to lead the charge. …

Meijer Announces Free Wi-Fi At Stores Throughout The Midwest

January 27, 2014 Meijer

Digital coupon use is at an all-time high with more than 2 million Meijer shoppers now subscribed to the free mPerks program, and Meijer has made significant investments to make digital savings easier for its customers. …

Chile Port Workers End Strike After Three Weeks

January 27, 2014 Fabián Andrés Cambero, Reuters

Chilean port workers negotiated a settlement with management on Saturday and ended a more than three-week-old strike that had slowed copper, fruit and other shipments from the world's top copper producer. …

PMA Foundation Receives $35,000 Donation From Dillingham Fund

January 27, 2014 Produce Marketing Association (PMA)

The produce industry’s past is still giving generously to its future – apparent by the recent $35,000 contribution made to the PMA Foundation for Industry Talent by the General Harold S. Dillingham Produce Industry Scholarship Fund. The fund was initiated in 1976 with a mission that echoes that of the PMA Foundation’s today: to ensure a talented workforce equipped with the diverse skills necessary to meet the complex demands of the produce industry. …