Walmart
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Commitment
4 year commitment
Walk down the food aisles of any Walmart, and you’ll quickly and easily spot the healthier food choices, thanks to a front-of-the-package “Great for You” label that identifies which items meet criteria for being healthful and nutritious.
The label is just one element of Walmart’s broad commitment to PHA to help make the healthy choice the easy choice for families shopping in its stores. By the end of 2015, Walmart had reformulated packaged food items to include 18 percent less sodium, 10 percent less added sugar and 6 percent of products with no industrially produced trans fats. They’ve also been cutting prices on better-for-you food items and saving customers more than $1 billion per year on fresh fruits and vegetables, so that healthier foods are not only more available at Walmart, they’re also more affordable. In fact, since 2012, Walmart has saved customers more than $6 billion on fresh produce!
As part of its promise to make healthier foods more accessible to families, Walmart has opened or renovated more than 300 stores in communities across the country that were lacking in places to buy fresh produce and affordable groceries. The company not only exceeded its commitment, it did so ahead of its July 2016 deadlines.
But that’s not all. On top of making its products healthier, more affordable, easier to find and more accessible to people regardless of where they live, Walmart has invested nearly $15,000,000 in nutrition programs that educate consumers about how to make healthier choices.
392 stores were opened or renovated by Walmart in or around food-scarce areas
Our Work In Motion
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Voluntary Business Change for Social Good
When Walmart and DICK's Sporting Goods decided to put restrictions on the kinds of guns they sell, I cheered out loud. It was a real demonstration of the power that corporations can have when they — through voluntary business practice change — take a step that addresses a social concern or need.
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Retail, Education, Healthcare Leaders to Sponsor Partnership for a Healthier America’s Building a Healthier Future Summit
PHA announces new sponsors for the 2014 “Building a Healthier Future Summit,” taking place March 12 to 14 in Washington, D.C. Leading companies in the retail, education, healthcare and sports sectors will join PHA at the Summit.
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Better for You Foods: Cutting Through the Clutter
Amaris Bradley, registered dietitian and Senior Director of Partnerships at Partnership for a Healthier America, shares the importance and impact of the Healthy Eating Research report evaluating the quality of nutrition standards.
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PHA Announces Summit Sponsors
Washington, D.C.—The Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA), which works with the private sector and PHA Honorary Chair First Lady Michelle Obama to make healthier choices easier for busy parents and families, today announced new sponsors for the 2015 Building a Healthier Future Summit, taking place February 25 to 27 at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C.
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PHA Releases Third Annual Progress Report
PHA released its third annual report on the progress of private sector commitments to address the childhood obesity crisis.
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Retail, Food Service, Child Care and Health Care Leaders to Sponsor 2017 Building a Healthier Future Summit
PHA announced sponsors for the 2017 Building a Healthier Future Summit that are all devoted to helping busy parents and families make healthier choices easier.
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Retail, Food Service, Child Care and Health Care Leaders to Sponsor Building a Healthier Future Summit
PHA announces sponsors for the 2016 Building a Healthier Future Summit, May 18-20 in Washington, D.C.
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Walmart Commitment
James R. Gavin III, M.D., Ph.D., Chairman of the PHA, issued the following statement on Wal-Mart’s commitment to increase healthy, affordable food options nationwide
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PHA Applauds Walmart “Great for You” Front-of-Pack Labeling
PHA President and CEO Larry Soler released the following statement on PHA partner Walmart’s front-of-pack labeling announcement.
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Leading Grocery Retailers Commit to Fight Childhood Obesity by Increasing Access to Healthy, Affordable Food for 10 Million Americans
PHA announced that leading grocery retailers have committed to bring healthy, affordable food to nearly 10 million people over the next five years in the form of new and expanded stores in areas that desperately need them.
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PHA CEO Thanks Partners for Emergency Relief in Flint, Michigan
The Drink Up initiative is grateful that its partners have generously responded to the call for bottled water in Flint.
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Recipe: Southwest Turkey ‘Tato Skins
Packed with roasted turkey breast and a southwest vegetable blend, these ‘tato skins by Walmart are bursting with bold flavor. They're crispy, cheesy, vegetable-y, and downright irresistible.
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Walgreens, Walmart and The Mushroom Council Join Inaugural PHA Summit as Key Sponsors
The PHA announced that Walgreens, Walmart and the Mushroom Council have joined PHA’s inaugural Building a Healthier Future Summit as key sponsors.
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Walmart Cooks Up New Interactive Food Adventure Experience To Teach Families About Healthy Eating With Partnership for a Healthier America
Walmart collaborates with Partnership for a Healthier America and Higher Ground Productions to produce a digital and immersive food experience for families called The Hidden World of Waffles + Mochi, based on the Netflix show.