Items Tagged with "Sustainable Seafood"
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Whole Foods Helps Shoppers Make Sustainable Seafood Choices
Whole Foods Market unveiled the first in-store color-coded sustainability rating program for wild-caught seafood and commits to phasing out all red-rated species by Earth Day 2013.Partnering with Blue Ocean Institute and Monterey Bay Aquarium, Whole Foods is the first national grocer to provide a sc
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Loblaw Offers WiseSource Salmon
Loblaw introduced WiseSource Salmon to its stores, which is farmed Atlantic salmon raised in Canadian waters using a method called Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA).IMTA is a method of growing multiple and complementary organisms in proximity to provide healthier waters through a balanced
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Wegmans Imports Traceable Organic Salmon from Ireland
Wegmans Food Markets is importing traceable farm-raised organic salmon from Ireland to meet customer demand.The U.S. Department of Agriculture has not yet established a definition for organic seafood, which is why Wegmans is following European standards in the interim as more customers seek organic
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Walmart and Safeway Expand Sustainable Seafood Policies
Walmart Stores Inc. and its Sam's Club subsidiary, as well as Safeway, recently announced expansion of their seafood sustainability policies.Walmart now requires that all of its wild and farmed seafood will be sourced from a third-party certified by the Marine Stewardship Council or the Global Aquac
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Loblaw Introduces Fresh Certified Sustainable Seafood
Loblaw stores in the Greater Toronto Area are now selling Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certified Pacific sockeye salmon, Pacific cod, Pacific halibut and Atlantic haddock.To complement the new fresh MSC-certified seafood from Loblaw, select stores in the Toronto area with President's Choice Cook
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Whole Foods Sells Sustainable Swordfish for a Limited Time
Nova Scotia's harpoon fleet is the first swordfish fishery certified sustainable by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), and Whole Foods Market is the only national retailer to sell it through August.Whole Foods Market said its port buyers will be at the dock during the very short season to hand se
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Loblaw On Track With Sustainable Seafood Commitment
Loblaw is on track to reach its goal of selling 100 percent sustainable seafood by the end of 2013, according to the Canadian retailer’s annual sustainable seafood progress report.During the reporting period of May 2010 to May 2011, Loblaw exceeded its goal to double the number of Marine Stewa
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Giant Eagle and SFP Partner on Sustainable Seafood
Food and fuel retailer Giant Eagle and the international nonprofit organization, Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP), will partner to develop a comprehensive sustainable seafood procurement strategy.SFP will work with Giant Eagle to develop a strategy for procuring seafood from the most sustaina
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Safeway's Seafood Program Featured in Academy of Sciences Exhibit
The California Academy of Sciences is showcasing Safeway's leadership in seafood sustainability as part of its "Science in Action" video exhibit.As one of the country's most respected scientific and cultural research institutions, The California Academy of Sciences is playing the video on the main
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Target Pledges To Sell Only Sustainable Seafood
Target announced it would sell only sustainable and traceable seafood in its stores by 2015, working with suppliers and transitioning store brands to meet the new goals as well.The initiative will be achieved through a partnership with FishWise to work with industry and vendor partners. It will appl
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Wegmans Debuts Prized Mediterranean Fish Sustainably Raised in the U.S.
Bronzini and orata -- two prized Mediterranean fish -- are now products of the United States available at Wegmans Food Markets within 24 hours of harvest, thanks to the grocer’s new partnership with Local Ocean.Local Ocean has pioneered environmentally sensitive ways to raise fish, conserving
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Co-operative and M&S Rate Highest in Sustainable Seafood in the U.K.
The Co-operative and Marks & Spencer have both earning a gold rating for their sustainable seafood, according to the latest U.K. supermarket seafood survey from the Marine Conservation Society (MCS).Both retail chains were lauded for their clear labeling and for not only selling any fish on the
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Wegmans Furthers Seafood Sustainability
Wegmans Food Markets has united with the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) to help understand the Rochester, N.Y.-based grocer’s impact on the future of seafood sustainability.“The seafood industry and what we know about its impact on the environment is always changing. So it only
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Safeway Unveils New Sustainable Sourcing Practice for Store Brands Tuna
Safeway’s store brands chunk-light canned tuna will be responsibly caught using free-school purse-seine methods, a more-sustainable method than using nets.The retailer will transition to the purse-seine method by the end of the year. Free-school tuna is caught by purse-seiners using traditiona
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Whole Foods to Sell Only Sustainable Seafood
Beginning this Earth Day, April 22, Whole Foods Market will no longer carry red-rated wild-caught fish in its seafood departments. The move, which comes one year ahead of the company’s self-imposed deadline, makes Whole Foods Market the first national grocer to stop selling red-rated seafood.A
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Rouses Supermarkets Launches Local and Sustainable Seafood Line
Thibodaux, La.-based Rouses Supermarkets introduced a new line of sustainable, local, seasonal Gulf Coast fish.Wild caught flash frozen drum, sheepshead and flounder will be sold under Rouses’ store brand and will be available in all 38 stores."Season, fishing restrictions and weather affect w
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Hy-Vee Unveils New Sustainability Initiatives
Hy-Vee launch two new initiatives that it says underscore its commitment to sustainability –– a new website devoted to sustainability and healthy living, and an enhanced sustainable seafood policy.The new website, Hy-Vee 360, provides customers with a behind-the-scenes look at Hy-Vee&rsq
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FMI Establishes Sustainable Seafood Sourcing Toolkit
The Food Marketing Institute (FMI) released its first Sustainable Seafood Toolkit, a free resource providing food retail answers to the integration and implementation of seafood sustainability procurement policies and procedures.“Selling fresh seafood in grocery stores certainly isn’t a
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Loblaw Recognized for Environmentally Responsible Seafood
Loblaw Companies has been nominated as a finalist for the 2012 Seafood Champion Award, which recognizes individuals and companies around the world for outstanding leadership in promoting environmentally responsible seafood.Seafood Choices established this prestigious global award in 2006 to honor th
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Roche Bros. Uses QR Codes for Local, Sustainable Seafood
In partnership with seafood processor Foley Fish of Boston, Roche Bros., has launched a seafood traceability program focused on local and sustainable seafood.Through a new Foley Fish program, Roche Bros. customers can scan QR codes for selected species, which will describe exactly how that fish was
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McDonald's USA to Serve MSC-Certified Fish at All Locations
McDonald’s USA is the first national restaurant chain to adopt the Marine Stewardship Council’s blue ecolabel on its fish packaging in restaurants nationwide.As one of the largest single buyers of fish in the country, McDonald’s scale will help assure that growing seafood demands a
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Loblaw First NA Grocer to Sell ASC Certified Seafood
Loblaw customers can now purchase Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certified PC Blue Menu Tilapia at select Loblaw banner stores across Canada.Loblaw also plans to introduce additional ASC-certified products including basa/pangasius fish and tropical shrimp later this year.The ASC certification
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Stop & Shop Celebrates Earth Day With Commitment to Sustainable Business Practices
Stop & Shop made numerous sustainability commitments as part of Earth Day celebrations, including offering seafood that is responsibly sourced and reducing the impact of its operations on the environment. The grocer also committed to reducing its carbon footprint by 20 percent by 2015."From recy
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Bumble Bee Foods Launches New MSC-Certified Products
Bumble Bee Foods is introducing Wild Selections – a line of products certified by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC).A portion of the proceeds from the sale of Wild Selections will support World Wildlife Fund's (WWF) efforts to protect marine life and expand sustainable fishing practices gl
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Loblaw Named One of Canada's Greenest Employers
Loblaw Companies Limited has been named one of Canada's Greenest Employers by Mediacorp Canada for the fourth consecutive year.The award commends Loblaw for creating a corporate culture committed to the development of industry-leading, environmentally conscious and sustainability focused initiatives
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Whole Foods, Safeway Top Greenpeace's Seafood Sustainability Scorecard
Three retailers – Whole Foods, Safeway and Trader Joes have earned Greenpeace’s green rating in its 2013 Carting Away the Oceans (CATO) report, which evaluates and ranks supermarkets on their sustainable seafood policies.Greenpeace’s CATO report has evaluated supermarket sustainabi
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Sustainable Seafood
An approach toward seafood that considers the impact that over-fishing is having on some species. A number of popular fish species, including tuna and orange roughy, are fished at a rate that threatens their longterm survival.
Seafood producers who adopt sustainable practices will use species
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