waste

StePacPPC’s Packaging Helps Foodservice Operations Minimize Waste

February 3, 2025 StePacPPC

StePacPPC and its partner Windham Packaging developed a range of its bulk modified-atmosphere packaging to extend the shelf life of fresh produce headed to foodservice outlets—predominantly restaurants, hotels, and canteens. These films are already gaining momentum among fresh produce packagers in the US, specifically for the delivery of ready-to-use sliced mushrooms, green beans, brussels sprouts and broccoli, with demonstrated success in improving operational efficiency and reducing waste. …

Canada’s Biggest Retailers and Consumer Packaged Goods Brands Support “Golden Design Rules” to Reduce Plastic Waste

December 15, 2020 Food Health & Consumer Products of Canada

More than twenty Canadian retail and consumer packaged goods companies, representing a substantial proportion of the nation’s plastic packaging, are among the first to support new global “Golden Design Rules” to improve plastics recycling and reduce landfill and pollution. …

Aldi Looks to Save 68 Million Pieces of Single-Use Plastic by Removing Lids From Own-Label Products

February 26, 2020 Aldi

Aldi is removing all plastic lids on its own-label fresh cream and ready-to-drink coffee products, as part of its ongoing campaign to reduce single-use plastics. …

Kroger Offers 1 Million Dollar Prize for Idea to Eliminate Waste

January 22, 2019 Steve Watkins, Cincinnati Business Courier

Kroger CEO Rodney McMullen talked about the program and huge prize Sunday morning at the National Retail Federation’s NRF 2019: Retail’s Big Show in New York, in a presentation moderated by CNBC’s Sara Eisen. …