Fair Trade Your Supermarket: Send a letter to the headquarters

Take it to the top! Send an email or our snail-mail postcard to the headquarters of your local grocery store chain asking for Fair Trade items in all of their locations. Or send a post card to thank them for carrying some Fair Trade products, and recommend how they could carry even more.

Download a customizable postcard here.

Here’s how to get in touch with the corporate offices of your local chains:

Costco

CEO: Jim Sinegal
Email: nationalmembershipprograms@costco.com
P.O. Box 34331
Seattle, WA 98124
www.costco.com

Safeway Inc.

Owns: Carr’s, Dominick’s, Genuardi’s, Pavilions, Randall’s and Tom Thumb, Vons

CEO: Steve Burd
Email: business.ethics@safeway.com
P.O. Box 99
Pleasanton, CA 94566-0009
www.safeway.com

Kroger Customer Relations

Owns: Ralph’s, King Soopers, City Market, Dillons, Gerbes, Owen’s, Smith’s, QFC’s, Fry’s, Food 4 Less, Fred Meyer, Baker’s, Jay C, Hilander, Pay Less, Scott’s, Foods Co.

Chairman and CEO: David Dillon
Email: Kroger.investors@kroger.com
1014 Vine St.
Cincinnati, OH 45202-1100
www.kroger.com

Delhaize America, Inc.

Owns: Food Lion, Hannaford Bros., Harveys, Sweetbay

Chairman and CEO: Pierre-Olivier Beckers
Email: ranicetti@foodlion.com; kblackburn@foodlion.com
2110 Executive Dr.
Salisbury, NC 28145
www.delhaizegroup.com

Target Corporation

Chairman, President, and CEO: Gregg Steinhafel
Email: gregg.steinhafel@target.com; denise.may@target.com
1000 Nicollet Mall
Minneapolis, MN 55403-2542
www.target.com

Wal-Mart Stores

CEO: Mike Duke
Email: help@walmart.com
702 SW Eighth St.
Bentonville, AR 72716-8611
www.walmart.com

Whole Foods Market Inc.

CEO: John Mackey
Email: Libba.Letton@wholefoods.com
550 Bowie Street
Austin, TX 78703-4644
www.wholefoods.com

Ahold USA

Owns: Giant-Landover, Giant-Carlisle, Martin’s, Peapod, Stop & Shop

CEO: John Rishton
Email: mediarelations@ahold.com
1385 Hancock St., Quincy Center Plaza
Quincy, MA 02169
www.aholdusa.com

Trader Joe’s Company, Inc.

Chairman & CEO: Dan Bane
Email: no email
West Coast:
P.O. Box 5049
Monrovia, CA 91017
East Coast:
117 Kendrick Street, Suite 700
Needham, MA 02494
www.traderjoes.com

SUPERVALU Inc.

Owns: Bigg’s, Cub Foods, Farm Fresh, Hornbacher’s Deals, Save-a-lot, Shop ‘n Save, Shoppers, Food Warehouse, Jewel-Osco, Albertson’s, Lucky, Shaw’s Star, Acme, Bristol Farms, W. Newell & Co.

CEO and President: Craig Herkert
Email: media.contact@supervalu.com
19011 Lake Drive East
Chanhassen, Minnesota 55317
www.supervalu.com

The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company

Owns: A&P, Waldbaum’s, The Food Emporium, Super Fresh, Pathmark and Food Basics, Farmer Jack, and Sav-A-Center

Executive Chairman: Christian W.E. Haub
Email: apcustomerrel@aptea.com
2 Paragon Drive
Montvale, NJ 07645
www.aptea.com

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