Retailer sets the bar high for healthy eating
在克罗格,购物者可以获得许多资源来帮助他们保护和改善健康.
For example, 克罗格的应用程序提供食物的营养评分,并提出更健康的替代品建议. Many Kroger pharmacies offer convenient onsite clinics, 医生助理和执业护士可以在哪里治疗小病. 一些商店甚至有注册营养师在现场回答顾客关于营养选择的问题. Otherwise, dietitian services are available through telehealth.
这些产品是克罗格公司旗下医疗保健部门克罗格健康公司的一部分. – earned The Kroger Co. 美国心脏协会颁发的功勋成就奖. 克罗格将于5月2日在美国心脏协会的在线国家志愿者奖上获得荣誉 ceremony, which begins at 6 p.m. CDT and is open for public viewing.
克罗格之所以获得这一奖项,是因为它努力教育和授权消费者了解他们的食物选择如何影响他们的健康, and help reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke.
The company also has generously supported the association. In September 2023, 克罗格向该协会的食品保健倡议(最初被称为食品即药物)捐赠了500万美元。.
“我们正在研究将食物作为药物,以及如何结合预防措施," said Colleen Lindholz, 克罗格健康公司总裁和美国心脏协会辛辛那提分会的董事会成员. "What can people do with changing their diet, 要么是预防慢性病,要么是更好地管理慢性病? This is really important – not only for quality of life with people, but for total cost of care reduction."
Rodney McMullen, Kroger chief executive officer, agreed. 最近,他在辛辛那提心脏舞会上因其对社区的影响和对美国心脏协会使命的个人热情而受到表彰.
"Kroger has a bold goal to change the way America eats," said McMullen, 他在大学期间在克罗格当过收货员,然后爱上了这个行业. "Every day, 我们看到顾客和病人可以通过一些简单的饮食改变从根本上改善他们的心脏健康. 我们相信,通过增加获得新鲜食物的机会,以及患者做出心脏健康决定所需的资源, our associates are saving lives."
美国心脏协会首席执行官南希·布朗对麦克马伦在协会首席执行官圆桌会议上的奉献表示赞赏, 致力于通过循证解决方案改善员工和社区健康的领导协作.
"As an influential leader for a major U.S. 零售商罗德尼是工作场所和社区健康的不可思议的拥护者,”布朗说. "He is genuinely interested in the pursuit of better health for all, and puts this commitment into action."
林德霍尔兹说,克罗格希望最大限度地开展预防项目,让消费者更容易获得营养知识和帮助.
"I think we can make a major difference, especially in our relationship with the AHA, meeting people where they are," she said.
一个特别有用的克罗格项目是OptUP食品评分系统. Groceries are rated green, yellow or red, like traffic lights. Green means the food is good, 健康又营养——就像新鲜的水果和蔬菜——所以顾客可以放心地去买.
黄色食物混合了健康和不健康的元素,比如许多乳制品. 红色食品——比如加工过的零食——营养价值最低.
林德霍尔兹说:“我们知道,没有人的车会一直是完全环保的。. “但我们希望人们了解他们的购物车看起来像什么.
"We recognize the impact of diet, and how powerful it can be when people can make better choices, easier choices," she said.