One year ago, we introduced Kroger’s Zero Hunger | Zero Waste plan, our bold commitment to end hunger in our communities and eliminate waste across our company by 2025. Find out how we’re making it all happen!
Our Year 1 Accomplishments
Ending Hunger
- 325 million meals to help families in our communities in 2017.
- Directed $181 million in charitable giving to end hunger in our communities in 2017. Total Kroger 2017 giving: $358 million.
- Expanded Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Food Rescue to donate more nutritious food to Feeding America-affiliated food banks.
- Applied data and insights to better understand the complex issue of food insecurity.
- Planned pilot projects in select communities to test new ideas and technology to improve food security.
Eliminating Waste
- 77% waste diversion from landfills in 2017.
- 34 of 36 manufacturing plants are zero waste; 1,978 of our stores participate in food waste recycling, including animal feed and composting.
- Committed to phase out single-use plastic grocery bags by 2025.
- Launched a project to simplify date labels on products to help our customers reduce food waste at home.
- Worked with World Wildlife Fund to establish metrics and a baseline for reducing food waste across our supermarkets.
Zero Hunger | Zero Waste: Year 1 in Review
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