Press Releases
Feed Your Family, Restore The Planet10/27/09
Organic Valley Partners with Ray’s Food Place Stores,
Giving Shoppers Opportunities to Support Local Environmental Stewardship
LA FARGE, Wis. -- October 22, 2009 -- Starting today, an Organic Valley purchase at Ray's Food Place presents an opportunity to play a role in the restoration of waterways and protection of the local environment. Organic Valley and Ray’s Food Place are proud to launch a program with EcoUnit, a new shopper rewards program that awards customers with EcoUnit credits that can be redeemed to support local stewardship projects like tree planting, river restoration, removal of invasive species and watershed clean-up.
“We believe this partnership is a great fit for our company and our commitment to supporting the communities that we are a part of,” remarked Greg Sandeno, vice president and COO of C&K Market, Inc., parent company of Ray’s Food Place. “Together with Organic Valley and EcoUnit, Ray’s is doing its part to work towards a sustainable future for our families.”
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Rays Food Place EcoUnit and Catalina Marketing Team Up to Bring New Reusable Bag Incentives to Rays Grocery Stores
03/11/09
Ray's Food Place, in partnership with EcoUnit and Catalina Marketing, today introduced their environmental rewards program to promote the use of reusable bags at Ray's Food Place stores. “This new innovative program rewards shoppers with one EcoUnit credit for each reusable bag used at participating stores,” explained Robin Kovach, Director of Sustainability and Environmental Impact for C&K Market, Inc. “Shoppers can collect EcoUnit credits and redeem them for their choice of local environmental causes, including tree planting and river conservation.”
Ray's Food Place selected the EcoUnit environmental rewards program in order to incent its customers to benefit local environmental causes. Each time a shopper participates they help the environment in two important ways - by foregoing the use of plastic and paper bags and by earning EcoUnit credits which are redeemed to support the local environment.
... Read More...EcoUnit’s “Voice of the Green Consumer” Survey Results Announced
05/21/08
“Voice of the Consumer” survey results show that environmental issues increasingly impact consumer buying decisions across major product categories. Companies of all types need to understand and plan for these changing buyer behaviors.... Read More...
EcoUnit Partners with Carbonfund.org to go CarbonFree
12/18/07
EcoUnit announced today that it has offset its carbon emissions with Carbonfund.org, the country’s leading carbon offset organization. EcoUnit has neutralized its carbon footprint for the year as a first step towards significant offset commitments. With the launch of the EcoUnit rewards program, EcoUnit members will have the option to redeem their EcoUnit credits for offsets that are fulfilled by Carbonfund.org. This commitment places EcoUnit as an environmental leader in the market research and rewards community and demonstrates proactive steps being taken in the fight against global climate change.... Read More...
