Making food healthier & healthier food more affordable.
Walmart's Commitment to Providing Healthier Food
At Walmart, our journey with nutrition began where everything does—with our customers and our mission of helping people save money and live better. To more and more of our customers, living better means the ability to walk into our stores and find affordable food that will help their families live healthier lives.
"No family should have to choose between food that is healthier for them and food they can afford."
— Bill Simon, President and CEO, Walmart U.S.
Read the 5 pillars of healthier food
Reformulating thousands if everyday packaged food items by 2015.
Making healthier choices more affordable.
Developing strong criteria for a simple front-of-package seal.
Providing solutions to address food deserts by building stores.
Increasing charitable support for nutrition programs.
Latest Updates
A year after pledging to develop a front-of-pack label that would give its customers an easier way to identify healthier food, Walmart, the nation’s largest food retailer, unveiled the “Great For You” icon at an event today in Washington, D.C. The icon, part of the company’s healthier food initiative, is an effort to implement a transparent, summary icon for its private label brand products backed by rigorous nutrition criteria.
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Walmart Participates in National Food Day
Monday Dec 23rd, 2011 10:34 am Demonstrating how simple heart-healthy cooking can be is a great way to inspire Americans to prepare nutritious, budget-friendly meals at home. In October, Walmart participated in National Food Day by promoting healthy recipes recommended by the American Heart Association.
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Walmart to Open Stores Serving USDA Food Deserts
Monday Dec 23rd, 2011 10:34 am Walmart announced in July 2011 that it will open between 275-300 stores serving the Department of Agriculture (USDA) designated food desert areas by 2016. These stores, in both urban and rural areas, will provide access to groceries for more than 800,000 people living in food deserts.
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Walmart Statement: USDA's Efforts to Simplify Consumer Nutrition Education
Monday Dec 23rd, 2011 10:34 am The USDA announced a new tool making it easier for consumers to understand and utilize their recommended dietary guidelines. Walmart is pleased with the USDA's effort to educate consumers, helping them make healthier food choices for their families.
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