Spotlight
A long-standing commitment to healthy oceans with Ocean Wise
The Ocean Wise Program
Save-On-Foods is a proud education and plastics reduction sponsor, and sustainable seafood partner of the Ocean Wise program. We’re committed to providing sustainable, ocean-friendly seafood, and this well-recognized program enables us to do so with confidence. Ocean Wise is a conservation organization whose work focuses on empowering consumers and businesses to make responsible choices to ensure fish and seafood is harvested sustainably.
Three billion people rely on seafood as an important source of protein, but 29% of the world’s fish stocks are already overfished and 61% are fully fished
Overfishing is a significant threat to the health of the ocean ecosystem today. When you see the Ocean Wise ‘Happy Fish’ symbol at the seafood counter or on a package, it’s an assurance of a sustainable and ocean-friendly choice. Ocean Wise uses an assessment based on three key variables: targeted species > harvest methods used > and geographic region where fishing occurs.
The program uses four criteria when recommending a species:
- It’s abundant and resilient to fishing pressures.
- It’s well-managed with a comprehensive management plan based on current research.
- It’s harvested in a method that ensures limited bycatch on non-target and endangered species.
- It’s harvested in ways that limit damage to marine or aquatic habitats and negative interactions with other species.
Look for the Ocean Wise recommended symbol at a Save-On-Foods store near you, or ask at the seafood counter for more information about Ocean Wise recommended choices.
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Our Mission
Caring for our customers starts with being confident in the products we sell
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Responsible Sourcing
Understanding where our food comes from
Environmental, Social, and Governance Terms and Conditions
Our Supplier Environmental, Social, and Governance Terms and Conditions outline expectations for all of our suppliers and partners, and include avenues of recourse should these be found in contravention. These terms, outlined more comprehensively in the policy, include that suppliers and their subsidiaries:
- Adhere to strict food safety and manufacturing best practices.
- Comply with all applicable laws and International Labour Conventions.
- Employ people of their own free, free of discrimination and harassment, and that all employment laws be respected.
- Respect freedom of association, with reasonable working hours and reasonable living wages.
- Ensure a safe working environment.
- Conduct their businesses in accordance with all laws, standards, regulations, administrative practices, and policies that relate to the protection of the environment.
- That provide animal products must ensure that animals are treated humanely in accordance with government and industry-accepted guidelines.
- Adhere to ethical business conduct related to the awarding of contracts or business, and also of information confidentiality.
- Ensure any non-food product is compliant with applicable laws and regulations, meeting all standards applicable to the product.
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Animal Welfare
Sustainably and humanely raised
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Nutrition, Health and Wellness
Making Healthy Choices Simpler
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Goals: Caring for Customers
- 1Address animal welfare, environmental impacts and human rights through increased transparency of our supply chain and sustainability efforts.
- 2Collaborate with local, provincial and federal partners to help our customers make healthy choices.
- 3Continue improving year over year and report on this progress through our annual report.
How we’re bringing our commitments to life
Putting the right eggs in your basket
Making Healthy Choices Simpler