supermarkets

Loblaw, Canada’s leading retailer, has opened the country’s first superstore using a secondary CO2 system for low temperature refrigeration and space heating. The company and governmental partners are sure that the energy-efficient store will “change the face of Canadian grocery retail.”

High street stores give away 13 billion plastic bags each year in the UK. They are used, on average, for 20 minutes, and then thrown away. Find out what supermarkets are doing to cut down on bag usage and what you can do to help...

How much thought to you give to packaging when you're at the supermarket? In part two of our series on ethical shopping, we investigate what to look for in packaging, from recyclable materials, to chlorine use.

It's not about being organic, it's about being local, seasonal and direct.

So says a suburban family as they set out to avoid supermarkets and buy their weekly food from local sources - without going bankrupt in the process.

A run of programmes on British television has created a sudden upsurge of interest in free range chicken, but the supermarkets are still denying that there is a market for the more expensive meat. Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall is inviting people to take their cameras to the supermarket...

New company offering biodegradable plastic bags to businesses, organic shops, supermarkets, department stores, and other types of stores at reasonable prices. Looks interesting. The site has a lot of info on it.

New York City isn't going as far as some cities that have banned the bags outright. San Francisco and Oakland, Calif., have outlawed plastic shopping bags and Annapolis, Md. is expected to vote next month on its own citywide ban.

I'm no scientist, but I always thought UHT stood for 'ultra high temperature', a belief that a quick google-search backs up. So I can't help being sceptical from the start about the government claim that switching from fresh to UHT milk would benefit the environment.

With a little common sense and know how, finding organics that won’t break the green piggy bank is easier than you think. Here’s a quick list of suggestions that will help you find foods that nourish the body and the earth and won’t cost you an arm and a leg.