Free Grocery Case Study

Cardboard Recycling Challenge for Fast-Growing Healthy Foods Supermarket

Sustainable packaging is a key part of this grocery client’s mission and brand. Soon after its founding, this fast-growing grocery retailer began relying on International Paper (IP) for its cardboard recycling program. Now the fastest growing retail grocery chain in the U.S., IP scaled up its recycling services, reducing single-store hauling to multiple daily truckloads at their distribution centers.

Included in this case study:

  • Rapid expansion of this grocery chain required adaptive, scalable recycling solution
  • Client’s emphasis on sustainability put a premium on realizing full circularity
  • Optimization of infrastructure and logistics created efficiencies that quickly led to significant cost savings
  • IP helped client realize overall reduction in their environmental footprint
  • IP provides the client tracking data to support ESG reporting, showing measurable progress toward their goal of reaching zero-waste by 2030