To honor Earth Day and highlight its ongoing sustainability efforts, The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) today announced a robust program involving events and customer engagement to help highlight easy, earth-friendly and sustainable living practices.
Among the Sustainability Lives Here campaign elements are:
"At Kroger, sustainability reflects our heartfelt commitment to our planet, our community and our people," said Jessica Adelman, Kroger's group vice president of corporate affairs. "Every day in our stores, distribution centers, manufacturing facilities and offices, we strive to make a positive difference. We look forward to sharing our commitment with our local community and helping our loyal customers find ways they can make small changes that add up to a big difference."
Kroger has a long-standing commitment to sustainable business practices. The company has:
Every day, the Kroger Family of Companies makes a difference in the lives of eight and a half million customers and 431,000 associates who shop or serve in 2,778 retail food stores under a variety of local banner names in 35 states and the District of Columbia. Kroger and its subsidiaries operate an expanding ClickList offering a personalized, order online, pick up at the store service in addition to our 2,231 pharmacies, 784 convenience stores, 323 fine jewelry stores, 1,387 supermarket fuel centers and 38 food production plants in the United States. Kroger is recognized as one of America's most generous companies for its support of more than 100 Feeding America food bank partners, breast cancer research and awareness, the military and their families, and more than 145,000 community organizations including schools. A leader in supplier diversity, Kroger is a proud member of the Billion Dollar Roundtable.
SOURCE The Kroger Co.
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