Food Magazine October 2015 | Page 23

TOP 10 GREENEST FOOD SUPPLIERS

07 ) Trader Joe ’ s

On the plus side , consumer darling Trader Joe ’ s scores high marks for selling the fewest endangered or destructively caught “ Red List ” species of fish out of any others on the list ( just six out of 22 ), earning the chain a Category Winner badge in the Red List field . But less positively , Trader Joe ’ s has fallen down the list due to a failure to follow through on earlier promises to improve on supply chain transparency and information for consumers . “ This is a missed opportunity , especially since the retailer has a highly vertically integrated supply chain ,” noted Greenpeace in its report .
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