Sustainability

The natural grocer opened a new store in Virginia in October, will open its first store in Jersey City, New Jersey, next month and started building in a Las Vegas suburb.

The 337,000-square-foot distribution center will support more than 95 Sprouts locations across California.

The 400,000-square-foot facility serves more than 60 stores in the Midwest and Southeast, and is targeting a platinum certification via U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design v4 Building Design and Construction rating system.

GoodwillFinds launched with four Goodwill members one year ago this month, and has since grown to 14 Goodwill members representing about 500 stores and 650,000 weekly newsletter subscribers.

A host of retailers and CPG companies are aligning with the Consumer Goods Forum in a bid to combat food waste.

Hannaford becomes the first major supermarket to join the Northeast Organic Family Farm Partnership, and promises to make it easier for customers to find local organic dairy offerings in store.

The grocer said at least 30 new local products per store will be added post-merger close.

In the U.S., Ikea currently owns more than 250,000 solar panels across 90% of its locations, two geothermal properties, seven fuel cell arrays and two wind farms.