Earth Day 2020 will definitely be one to remember. Even if you need to celebrate the planet indoors, we’ve got good news. The shelter in place orders have actually contributed to one of the cleanest Earth Days ever! Let us help you celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day with a few great tips.
With the order to shelter in place, you may find yourself cooking more often than before. If you’re turning to shelf-stable and pre-made items because you're worried perishable items like produce will go bad too quickly, we’re here to help! Just check out our four-part plan to make the most out of your produce purchases and get those essential nutrients into your daily diet.
One important way we’re committed to sustainability is through social responsibility. Part of that means respecting, appreciating and valuing where everyone is at with sustainability, as we all enjoy different levels of understanding when it comes eco-friendly practices. We value the opportunities we have to share what Nugget Markets is doing to be a sustainable grocer, and our sustainability team loves engaging with every single guest at community events like our company-hosted Foodie Fests.
One of the ways we engage in sustainability at Nugget Markets is by being seriously committed to social responsibility. In fact, one of our core values is to Respect, Appreciate and Value Everyone (RAVE). This includes taking care of our guests, associates, communities, producers and partners in the waste industry!
Here at Nugget Markets, we’re proud to be a leader of sustainability in grocery. We truly SEE sustainability in our everyday decisions by looking for the connections between the social, environmental and economic implications of our actions. How do we do it? With the help of our extraordinary green leadership team, including our store-level green gurus! Let us introduce you to a few of them.
We’ve said it before, we’ll say it again—it’s not always easy being green, but it sure is worth it! Here at Nugget Markets, we SEE sustainability with a threefold dedication to Social Responsibility (taking care of people), Environmental Stewardship (taking care of the planet) and Economic Vitality (taking care of business, sustainably speaking). We’ve taken major strides in energy savings, water conservation, food waste diversion and more, with goals for even more eco-friendly operations in the years to come!
While we’re not in it for the awards, we’re thrilled to have a winning Sustainability Program here at Nugget Markets. Certifications and awards help support our best practices and provide benchmarks so we can constantly improve upon them. Our efforts have been recognized in a variety of ways, including with the Sacramento Area Sustainable Business Award, the Partners for a Greener Davis Award and Bay Area Green Business Award. As our company grows, so do our sustainability practices!
Love local? Eat local! We’re proud to partner with the Center for Land-Based Learning (CLBL) to offer fresh, hyperlocal produce grown by new farmers in their California Farm Academy at our West Sacramento store. This is just one of their many programs that helps cultivate opportunity for youth, agriculture, business and the environment.
Being in the food business, it’s incredibly important to us at Nugget Markets that our guests and communities are getting the food they need. No matter if you’re a guest in our stores or a community member seeking help from a food bank, we care deeply about the service we provide and the food we offer. That’s why we partner with 14 food agencies and 6 food banks to ensure our excess food is handled safely and feeds the hungry in our communities.
Com-post-ing, easy as 1, 2, 3. It’s as easy as CSS, composting, you and me! Along with making a catchy tune, composting allows food waste to be recycled back into a new product instead of sending it to the landfill. Here at Nugget Markets, we call that a triple sustainability win because it balances the economic, social and environmental pillars of sustainability. Have more composting questions? We have answers!