The supermarket conglomerate has unveiled a detailed strategy to provide healthier products with a more sustainable supply chain.
Ahold Delhaize, parent company of regional grocery chains including Food Lion, Giant Food, The Giant Company, Hannaford, and Stop & Shop, seeks to enable customers to make healthier choices, create greater product transparency, eliminate waste and take climate action, all in support of developing a more sustainable food supply chain. Following is a brief overview of how the company is pursuing each goal:
Healthier choices
Ahold Delhaize USA recently announced a partnership with Partnership for a Healthier America, through which it will increase access to healthier food options for consumers and publicly disclose the percentage of sales from healthier options.
Greater transparency
Ahold Delhaize USA is committed to developing a program that enables consumers to shop based on personal preferences such as using less plastic, ensuring humane treatment of animals, finding products free of chemicals of concern, and more.
Eliminating waste
By 2025, Ahold Delhaize USA is committing to reduce food waste by 32 per cent, and 50 per cent by 2030. Ahold Delhaize USA will continue work toward zero waste by achieving 90 per cent waste diversion. Additionally, by 2025, Ahold Delhaize USA will seek to reduce overall use of single-use plastics, including making private brand products 100 per cent reusable, recyclable or compostable and increasing recycled content by 25 per cent by 2025.
Climate action
In 2020, Ahold Delhaize released science-based targets and time-bound goals for 2030. The company is committed to reduce carbon emissions by 50 per cent from its own operations by 2030, while working with suppliers to reduce emissions from the supply chain by 15 per cent.
