Food, Household Products In Reusable Packaging Available At Giant Food

VIRGINIA/DC — Virginia and D.C. shoppers can now purchase leading consumer brand products in reusable packaging thanks to a new partnership between Giant Food and Loop, a reuse platform developed by TerraCycle.

Customers will be able to walk into any of the 10 Giant grocery stores in Virginia and D.C. participating in the program and purchase more than 20 products, including Nature’s Path, Stubb’s BBQ Sauce and Kraft-Heinz, packaged in reusable containers instead of single-use packaging.

"Giant is proud to be the first grocery retailer on the East Coast to launch a partnership with Loop, a global leader in eliminating waste, and offer our customers a program that allows them to shop for products while helping our environment,” Diane Couchman, vice president category management, non-Perishables, at Giant Food said in a statement Thursday.

Giant Food said it hopes to expand its Loop product offerings and launch the program at more Giant stores in the near future.

Along with partnering with retailers like Giant Food in the U.S., Loop is available in France, Japan and the U.K.

As part of the program, an assortment of products in reusable Loop containers from well-known brands will be found in branded displays at participating Giant stores.

When finished with a product, customers can return the empty packaging to a Loop Return Point at any of the participating Giant stores. From there, the containers are sent to Loop to be sanitized, then returned to the suppliers to be refilled and returned to the Giant store for future purchase.

Customers are charged a small packaging deposit at the Giant checkout, and a full refund is given once the container is returned.

“With Giant as the newest retailer bringing Loop to consumers, we are giving them what they’ve been asking for since Loop was introduced in 2019 — the ability to forgo single-use packaging and purchase the products they use every day in durable, reusable containers," Tom Szaky, founder and CEO of TerraCycle and Loop, said in a statement.

To maintain sanitization standards for all reusable containers, Loop consults with Ecolab Inc., a cleaning and hygiene solutions company, to identify proper equipment and design on-site cleaning procedures.

The 10 participating Giant Food stores in Virginia and D.C. are:

• Giant Food: 2515 Columbia Pike, Arlington, VA, 22204
• Giant Food: 621 E Glebe Road, Alexandria, VA, 22305
• Giant Food: 13043 Lee Jackson Memorial Hwy, Fairfax, VA, 22033
• Giant Food: 25050 Riding Plaza, Chantilly, VA, 20152
• Giant Food: 5740 Union Mill Road, Clifton, VA, 20124
• Giant Food: 13330 Franklin Farm Road, Herndon, VA, 20171
• Giant Food: 21800 Towncenter Plaza, Sterling, VA, 20164
• Giant Food: Southbank St., Sterling, VA, 20165
• Giant Food: 3336 Wisconsin Ave., NW, Washington, DC, 20016
• Giant Food: 1400 7th St. NW, Washington, DC, 20001