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Safer Choice

2017 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award Winners: Retailers

Profiles for each of the 2017 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award Winners in the Retailers category have been compiled in order to provide you with a better understanding of why each organization was recognized as an award winner. The winners in the Retailers category are listed below.

See the listing of all 2017 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award Winners.

Albertsons Companies, Boise, ID

Albertsons CompaniesAlbertsons Companies is recognized as an outstanding Safer Choice Retailer. Albertsons Companies recently reached 400,000+ people by sharing a Safer Choice video and 500,000+ people by sharing Partner of the Year posts on Facebook. Safer Choice commends Albertsons Companies for its use of social media to promote the program and its continued efforts to expand its offering of Safer Choice-certified products to consumers.

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Wegmans Food Markets, Inc., Rochester, NY

Wegmans Company Logo 2Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. is recognized as an outstanding Safer Choice Retailer. Wegmans is a 92-store supermarket chain with stores in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, Maryland, and Massachusetts. Safer Choice commends Wegmans for its prominent use of the Safer Choice label and for fostering awareness of the program through direct mail advertisements, employee education, and in-store displays. Safer Choice applauds Wegmans for its exceptional commitment to transition all Wegmans brand household cleaning products, laundry detergents, and dish detergents, where science allows, to Safer Choice-certified formulas. Through these initiatives, Wegmans continues to bolster the Safer Choice program.

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