Hannaford Food Waste Management About Delhaize America 188

Hannaford Food Waste Management

About Delhaize America 188 Stores in the Northeast Larger Store Pharmacy 1110 Stores in Southeast and Mid Atlantic Smaller store High concentration 2

Delhaize Group 3

Sustainability at Delhaize America 4

Food Waste Recovery Hierarchy 5

Source Reduction/Avoid Waste • Computer Assisted Ordering (CAO) o Automated ordering at retail helps allocate the correct amount of product o Forecasts and orders are based off historical movement: q Two years of sales history q All previous promotions q All previous price points q All previous holiday’s o CAO has reduced excess inventory and waste has decreased 6

Feed People • Hunger in America o In the United States, 1 in 7 people struggle with hunger o In 2014, 15. 3 million children lived in food insecure households. 7

Feeding People • In 2014 Hannaford donated 14. 6 million pounds of food to food banks and food pantries • Fresh rescue allows the donation of produce, meat, dairy and bread. 8

Fresh Rescue Procedure 9

Feed Animals • • Farms Zoos Wildlife Rehab Centers Therapy animals 10

Industrial Uses • Rendering • Fats, Oils, Grease (FOG) • Anaerobic digester 12

Composting Compost Process • Four Wheeled Totes • Stored in back rooms • Staged outside for 2 pick ups per week 13

Our commitment “We now have 40 Hannaford stores in Maine with zero food waste in the compactors. ” George Parmenter Manager of Sustainability, Delhaize America Oct 6, 2015 14

Agri Cycle Energy: Packaged Food Waste Program 15

Packaged Food Waste: Program Costs 16

Packaged Food Waste: By the Numbers 1400 Number of Totes for 40 stores, ME 1200 1000 800 600 400 200 0 Oct 2014 Nov 2014 Dec 2014 Jan 2015 Feb March April 2015 May 2015 June 2015 July 2015 Aug 2015 Sept 2015 Oct 2015 Compost Collection Oct 2014 – Sept 2015 Packaged Food Waste included Oct 2015 17

Packaged Food Waste: Path to Success • Formal communications to store “Task” • Store visits • Email to District Operations, Store Managers and district resources “Sustainability Champions” • Conference Calls • Store Managers Monthly Meetings 18

Marcy Watson marcyann. watson@delhaize. com 207 -885 -3152 Sustainability Report 2014 http: //sustainabilityreport. delhaizegroup. com/ 19