Shifting Retail Environments

McLane Company Inc.

2019 Progress Report

Year Committed: 2016

Length of Commitment: 3 years

Select a Progress Report:

View Partner

Committed to make fresh produce available to each one of the 90,000 locations it serves. The company will also launch twelve healthier new private label products and clearly identify all healthier products offered, as well as broker pricing deals, in an effort to incentivize its customers to make the healthy choice when stocking their stores.

Verified Results

Implementation Date
May 2019
Reporting Date
June 2019

Commitment Element
Develop new private label products that meet the PHA Healthier Food and Beverage Product Criteria or PHA Healthier Recipe Criteria - a minimum of twelve (12) SKUs will be offered at all times.
Progress To Date

McLane has met its commitment to develop and offer at least twelve new private label products that meet the PHA Healthier Food and Beverage Product Criteria. McLane now offers three fresh produce products and nine nut and trail mix products that meet PHA criteria under its Fresh Produce + and Hometown Market private labels.
Implementation Date
May 2017
Reporting Date
June 2019

Commitment Element
Create a list of qualifying products that meet the PHA Healthier Food and Beverage Product Criteria or PHA Healthier Recipe Criteria with unique identification numbers (UINs) for customers to reference, available for download on the Strategic Merchandizing Portal for duration of commitment.
Progress To Date

McLane has met their commitment by maintaining a list of 239 qualifying products that meet the PHA Healthier Food and Beverage Product Criteria with unique identification numbers (UINs) for customers to reference. The list is available for download on McLane's Strategic Merchandizing Portal and on the myMcLane web portal.
Implementation Date
May 2017
Reporting Date
June 2019

Commitment Element
Position five (5) items that meet the PHA Healthier Food and Beverage Product Criteria as 'Featured Products' for duration of commitment.
Progress To Date

McLane continues to exceed their commitment by promoting twelve healthier items that meet the PHA Healthier Food and Beverage Product Criteria as 'Featured Items' on their Standardized Merchandizing Portal. Items are marked with the PHA logo and language indicating that each meets PHA's criteria.
Implementation Date
May 2017
Reporting Date
June 2019

Commitment Element
Add a banner on the home page with news of partnership and link to items that meet the PHA Healthier Food and Beverage Product Criteria or PHA Healthier Recipe Criteria for duration of commitment
Progress To Date

McLane continues to meet their commitment by featuring a PHA banner on its corporate website's home page which links to information about the PHA-McLane partnership, PHA initiatives, and a list of available foods and beverages that meet PHA's criteria.
Implementation Date
May 2017
Reporting Date
June 2019

Commitment Element
Add PHA partnership information to the 'Programs' and 'Resources' sections of the portal for the duration of commitment.
Progress To Date

McLane continues to meet its commitment to add information about the PHA-McLane partnership on both the "Programs" and "Resources" pages of their Strategic Merchandizing Portal.
Implementation Date
May 2017
Reporting Date
June 2019

Commitment Element
Create and make available for download in the 'Planograms' section of the website a Better For You planogram set that includes only products that meet the PHA Healthier Food and Beverage Product Criteria any given time for duration of commitment.
Progress To Date

McLane continues to meet its commitment to develop a planogram consisting only of items that meet PHA's Food and Beverage criteria. The planogram is available for download in the "Planogram" section of the Strategic Merchandizing Portal under the "Snacks: Better For You/CCA/Nutritional/PHA" dropdown menu.
Implementation Date
May 2017
Reporting Date
June 2019

Commitment Element
Identify and designate items that meet the PHA Healthier Food and Beverage Product Criteria or PHA Healthier Recipe Criteria in the Virtual Trade Show (VTS) ordering system for duration of commitment.
Progress To Date

McLane has met their commitment by creating a PHA Virtual Trade Show with 14 products which meet PHA Healthier Food and Beverage Criteria on its VTS ordering system.
Implementation Date
May 2017
Reporting Date
June 2019

Commitment Element
Extend discount to customers on one or more products that meet the PHA Healthier Food and Beverage Product Criteria via negotiations with food manufacturers, a minimum of once per quarter for duration of commitment.
Progress To Date

McLane has met their commitment by offering discounts on at least three products which meet PHA Healthier Food and Beverage Criteria on its Virtual Trade Show for all of 2019.
Implementation Date
May 2017
Reporting Date
June 2019

Commitment Element
Offer one or more Better For You product bundles each quarter (e.g. baseball game bundle) that includes only products that meet the PHA Healthier Food and Beverage Product Criteria for duration of commitment.
Progress To Date

McLane continues to meet its commitment by providing a "Bundle of Health" product bundle deal consisting of six healthier Hometown Market private label products, Salted Almonds, Salted Cashews, Raw Almonds, Very Cherry Vibe, Honey Roasted Cashews and Country Club Mix which all meet PHA Food and Beverage Product Criteria.
Implementation Date
May 2017
Reporting Date
June 2019

Commitment Element
Through increased employee promotion, relaunch activity tracker program whereby teammates can receive a wearable activity tracker free of cost (with documentation of annual physician check-up, on a first come, first served basis) until remaining supply lasts., and upon depletion of supply in 2017 or anytime thereafter during the course of this commitment, offer on a first come first serve basis to for up to 15% of the remaining teammate population per division.
Progress To Date

McLane incentivizes health and wellness by offering a variety of discounts and promotions to its teammates through a benefit called Perkspot. The discounts apply to health clubs and gyms, weight loss programs, activity trackers, at-home wellness kits, yoga studios, spas and fitness equipment.

Partner Statement

McLane was honored to be chosen as a finalist for PHA’s Partner of the Year Award in both 2018 and 2019 and is delighted to share PHA’s initiatives with our teammates, customers and consumers nationwide.

McLane’s commitment to PHA includes a wide range of supply chain solutions that make it easier for stores to stock products that meet PHA’s Healthier Food and Beverage Product Criteria. In 2018 alone, McLane distributed nearly 1.8 billion pounds of fruits and vegetables to foodservice and grocery retailers. McLane extends discounts to customers on PHA-approved products, including better-for-you product bundles every quarter, and creates and distributes planograms featuring these products. McLane’s private label products subsidiary, CVP, continues to develop healthier new products that meet PHA’s criteria and offers FNV marketing materials to retailer partners.

McLane encourages its teammates to make healthy lifestyle choices and is expanding beyond the scope of its commitment by offering healthy tips and recipes in its internal teammate magazine. Teammates can also take advantage of discounts on gym and health club memberships, weight loss programs, fitness equipment, wellness kits and activity trackers.