5 Sustainable Products from Gallant for Grocery Stores
Modern shoppers prefer to shop at establishments that facilitate sustainability. The supermarket sector, however, hasn't fared well in fulfilling this need. Only 6% of respondents to a recent study stated that their stores were making every effort to be environmentally sustainable.
The grocery store is one of the few locations where consumers' environmental impact is prevalent. An average American customer shops for groceries 1.6 times a week, and since the country's population accounts for about 4.2% of the total world population, one can only imagine the carbon footprint impact of grocery trips alone. However, this very problem has the potential to be a driver in transforming the grocery sector because it drives the urgency of implementing sustainable grocery businesses.
Today, despite the market demands increasingly gravitating towards sustainability, many businesses are yet to make substantial changes. As a B-Corp that understands the importance of offering environmentally friendly products, we have come up with five sustainable alternatives that grocery stores can implement right away.
5 Sustainable Products to make your Grocery Store More Sustainable
For the Customers:
Replacing single-use plastic bags might be the most obvious step toward sustainability. The average service life of single-use plastic bags is about 12 minutes, while they remain in the environment for up to 1,000 years. Marine plastic trash kills nearly one million seabirds and 100,000 sea animals every year. Microplastics have also found their way into our food supply via seafood- cases include the discovery of plastic microfibers in the intestines of 25% of the fish sold in California markets. Such disclosures, along with terrible plastic recycling rates, have made reducing plastic use an even more pressing goal. When it comes to plastic reduction efforts in grocery stores, one of the most environmentally friendly steps is using reusable mesh bags. Gallant's wholesale produce bags can allow your customers to buy (and transport) groceries and store them directly as is once they get home. This will not only help reduce plastic use in grocery stores but also enhance the grocery shopping experience for consumers by removing the hassle of unloading.
Reusable muslin drawstrings for bulk purchases are a great approach to successfully eliminating the use of plastic bags. Customers can use these muslin drawstring bags in the same ways as our reusable mesh bags by using them to gather fruits, veggies, and other items around the grocery store that are priced by weight. They can then use the drawstring to keep the items secure when transporting. Paying according to the weight of the product will also allow your customers to save money in the process and cut down on waste because they will only be filling their bulk drawstring bags with the amount of product needed.
Reusable wine bags are increasingly being used in supermarkets. They are a brilliant approach to maintaining functionality and convenience while lowering one's carbon footprint. Innovative advertising to raise awareness of a brand and to promote products is necessary regardless of the line of business. Gallant's customized wholesale wine bags can give grocery stores an effective tool to sell their brands while simultaneously supporting social responsibility causes. The advantages of our reusable wine bags, however, go beyond sustainability. Made with sturdy organic cotton material, our wine bags provide greater comfort and convenience compared to paper boxes. It evenly distributes weight throughout the entire compartment, which makes them simpler to handle and carry. You can choose sizes to fit one to six wine bottles. Gallant's wholesale wine bags can offer your store a terrific way to make buying and carrying wine bottles for consumers easier while also drastically reducing the amount of end-user garbage.
Gallant's customized reusable custom canvas bags provide an eco-friendly medium for grocery shoppers to bring with them while visiting the grocery stores, closing the loop of buying and tossing the plastic disposables. Our spacious tote bags will allow them to choose the desired portion of different items instead of being compelled to buy a specific size container. Additionally, what stores can do is take steps of making disposable containers chargeable. This will encourage customers to bring reusable tote bags. According to studies, towns in the United States and Europe that banned plastic bags have seen a reduction in the plastic trash in neighboring waters. Clearly, among the main advantages of using custom canvas tote bags is that they lessen the quantity of litter that contaminates the ecosystems (which is what the world urgently requires).
For the Staff:
When it comes to purchasing personalized aprons in bulk, supermarkets are major players. This is because staff dressed in customized aprons instantly make an establishment appear more polished and professional. Gallant's wholesale bulk aprons are terrific for grocery stores as they come in different designs and customization options. Grocery stores can utilize our aprons not just for the team to wear during work hours but also as merchandise to the customers. It's an excellent strategy to boost sales while also giving shoppers access to high-quality everyday products. Aprons are equally popular at home as they are in the hospitality industry. People wear it daily when they are cooking, hosting parties, etc. To put it simply, investing in custom aprons with logo can also be used as a marketing tool for you by selling them under your brand name (aside from assisting the in-house workforce).
We also have organic cotton t-shirts for those looking for an employee uniform. These organic cotton t-shirts are soft, durable and are the perfect canvas to brand grocery store names and logos. These t-shirts can be customized in color, size, embroidery, print, etc. By branding the grocery store's logo and name, the staff will look uniformed and professional, and more importantly, the staff will feel incredibly comfortable throughout their entire shift in these very soft and durable organic cotton bulk t-shirts.
Grocery stores can help in making sustainable business practices a worldwide phenomenon by implementing these measurable goals. Visit www.gallantintl.com for more information on wholesale bulk purchases.
