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Unilever CEO: For sustainable business, go against 'mindless consumption'
Kai Ryssdal Jun 11, 2013
Many companies focus on short-term results. The CEO of consumer-products giant Unilever, Paul Polman, says long-term strategic planning builds better businesses.
The environment comes out ahead from Xi-Obama summit
Rob Schmitz Jun 10, 2013
President Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping have wrapped up their California summit. The big breakthrough of the summit wasn’t on cybersecurity or trade, but on climate change.
Whole Foods CEO: Detroit is a long-term investment
Kai Ryssdal Jun 7, 2013
Walter Robb, CEO of high-end grocer Whole Foods, talks to Marketplace about why his company is opening its latest store in the Midtown neighborhood of Detroit.
Do those grocery bags say Amazon.com?
Ben Johnson Jun 5, 2013
According to Reuters, Amazon is on the verge of bringing online grocery delivery to cities across the country.
What people in Midtown think about Whole Foods-Detroit
John Ketchum Jun 6, 2013
Upscale grocer Whole Foods is opening a location in Detroit's Midtown neighborhood. The area is mostly poor, but many residents are excited to gain access to high-quality foods. Others aren't convinced that the store is catering to them.
Two years after the Partnership for Healthier America, have calorie counts decreased?
Gigi Douban May 30, 2013
In 2010, 16 food and beverage companies promised to reduce calories as part of the First Lady’s Partnership for a Healthier America. Two years later, how have they done?
How do delivery services like Grubhub and Seamless make a profit?
Jeff Tyler May 21, 2013
Two of the biggest restaurant takeout services, Grubhub and Seamless, will merge. A look at exactly how their business works, and how individual restaurants factor in.
Hold the spoon -- World Nutella Day back on after being called off
Kai Ryssdal May 21, 2013
Nutella-maker Ferrero called for an end to the day celebrating the chocolate hazelnut treat, then backed off.
European Space Agency announces Biomass satellite to monitor forests
Jon Amos May 14, 2013
A new satellite could tell us a lot about climate change.
The Internet is coming to your car, watch, and dishwater, but can our systems handle it?
David Brancaccio Apr 26, 2013
The Internet is powered by vast banks of computers which chew up energy. That's a big cost for the people who run these servers -- and the earth, depending on how all the electricity is generated.
