[Read more: Kroger debuts new Our Brands seafood items ] As part of Kroger's Zero Hunger | Zero Waste commitment, the retailer set a goal to establish food waste recycling programs in 95% of stores by 2025 for food that cannot be sold or donated. In 2023, Kroger achieved this goal two years early, with the help of an ongoing, years-long collaboration with Divert, a company that creates technology and infrastructure to protect the value of food by keeping it out of landfills. Divert's program eliminates the need to remove food from packaging in stores, making it easier to recycle food that cannot be sold or donated and reducing the volume of food going to landfills. The food waste then goes on to be transformed into compost and renewable energy, while the packaging material is disposed of separately.