Wegmans Food Markets

Supply chain standards organization GS1 US has elected Pamela G. Bailey, president and CEO of the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), and Leslie G. Sarasin, president and CEO of the Food Marketing Institute (FMI), to its board of governors.

Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. was one of 10 organizations -- and the only supermarket -- recently honored as a “Northeast Business Leader for Energy Efficiency” by Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships (NEEP).

Schnuck Markets, Inc.’s corporate excellence in food safety and quality has enabled the regional retailer to capture the International Association for Food Protection (IAFP)’s highest honor, the coveted Black Pearl.

Wegmans Food Markets will be holding its Earth Day event a little late – on Saturday, April 25, from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at all of its stores – but there’s a good reason for the slight delay – the grocer wanted to choose a day when more people and their families shop.

Wegmans Food Markets has introduced “Eat a Rainbow” a new promotion aimed at getting families to eat a wide variety of food, according to an online column by the grocer’s SVP of consumer affairs, Mary Ellen Burris.

Wegmans Food Markets has put the answers to queries about its green activities online in the new Sustainability section of Wegmans.com, which can be found under the “About Us” part of the site.

It’s no surprise that the economy has thrown private label into the spotlight, but store-brand programs are about a lot more than price. Indeed, retailers are applying the tools they use for branded products to those products created in their own name, and technology is no different.

Walmart this week rolled out Your Zone, a home furnishings line for teenagers that’s being sold nationwide and on Walmart.com.