Posts filed under ‘Walmart Rethink’
Raise a glass (and a lighter bottle) for sustainability
Being interviewed by a magazine – that was a first. Wine Business Monthly wanted to talk with me about the moves we made in 2011 to reduce the amount of glass used in our Oak Leaf label.
Every year we go through a review process with The Wine Group, the company that produces our Oak Leaf label. Continue reading
February 23, 2012 Jason Fremstad 1 comment
Walmart Rethink
We all know the 3 “R’s” of sustainability – reduce, reuse, and recycle. But so much of what we do at Walmart cuts across those categories as we try to innovate and find new ways to protect our planet.
So we spend a lot of our time on a fourth “R”: rethink. Continue reading
February 23, 2012 Walmart Green Room 14 comments
Creative thinking about roses takes hundreds of trucks off the road
Roses are like the prima donnas of flowers. They demand special treatment that most other flowers don’t need. They require a very sharp blade for a clean cut, or else they won’t absorb water. And more than other flowers, they can’t withstand bacteria, so sanitization is important. Continue reading
February 14, 2012 Deb Zoellick Leave a comment
Thinking outside the box
The redesigned shoe box looks the same, but uses 43% less paper
When you set a goal to reduce, recycle or reuse everything, then packaging really has to change. Walmart has pledged to cut back on packaging all across the supply chain. Continue reading
January 13, 2012 Tim Wilson 17 comments
