Our Commitment to You
Our vision of a sustainable future means we will take steps to reduce, reuse and recycle our resources in order to protect our world for future generations. We are sensitive to environmental issues and have made changes at our stores and offices as part of our long-term commitment to environmental responsibility and sustainability. For example, we saved 1.5 million kw-hours of electricity annually as a result of the lighting retrofits that we have done in store.
What does this green lighting initiative represent?*
- 1031 tons of CO2 reduced
- 215 cars off the road
- 115,576 gallons of gasoline saved
- 26,434 tree seedlings grown for 10 years
*2013 Stats Taken from EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator
Our Team
To become a more environmentally-friendly, “greener” company, we created a Recycling Committee in 2010 and have identified Recycling Champions for each of our stores locations. The Champions are employee volunteers that are passionate about being good stewards of our planet. It is their responsibility to oversee and implement our recycling program at each location. This program has had an overwhelming success so far.
In Our Fresh Foods Stores and Office:
280.4 tons recycled through single-stream collection (this consists of office paper, newsprint, aluminum, metal cans and plastics)*
We offer a Pull-N-Pak® green bags in produce. These are eco-friendly made up of 30% recyclable materials. Each bag is dispensed one at a time to the very end, reducing waste up to 20%.
Our Green Bag is now at each register if you forgot your resusable bag. Benefits include that it’s made with 30% reyceable materials, made to carry a larger capacity so less bags are used to pack your groceries, and there’s a special sealed bottom that will not tear/break easily.
10.0 tons Grocery T-sacs were collected and recycled*
640 tons of cardboard were baled and recycled***
4,089 gallons of waste cooking oil is collected and reused as truck fuel*
We offer a variety of eco-friendly household and cleaning products in our stores.*
In Our Home & Garden Stores:
Our Green Bag is now at each register if you forgot your resusable bag. Benefits include that it’s made with 30% reyceable materials, made to carry a larger capacity so less bags are used to pack your groceries, and there’s a special sealed bottom that will not tear/break easily.
570.6 tons of recycled through single stream collection*
84.3 tons of cardboard*
10.6 tons of Horticultural plastics and shrink wrap were recycled (this consists of plastic pots and plant flats).*
* As of 2016.
**As of 2011.
*** As of 2012.
Working with Our Customers
For every reusable bag you use, we will reward you with .05 cents off your total purchase per bag.
Bring us your used Stauffers plastic shopping bags and we’ll recycle them for you! Bags are sent back to the manufacturer to be reused.