EROSKI receives healthy eating Foundation Award.

-Surrendered in the closing event of the 16th Conference on nutrition practice of the SEDCA

Madrid, March 2012.- EROSKI has been honored with the award of the healthy eating Foundation, awarded to those business initiatives for the promotion of food balanced with greater impact on the consumer.

This prize has been awarded by the Scientific Committee of the Spanish society of nutrition and Food Sciences (SEDCA), in the framework of its 25th anniversary, and its annual meeting nutrition 2012 ” / 16th Conference on nutrition practicewhich was held at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and the EROSKI participated.

The award ceremony took place during the closing ceremony and has been collected by Alejandro Martínez-Berriochoa, Director of CSR, who said that the constant efforts made by EROSKI to promote the balanced diet and diet suitable for each person, is part of its idiosyncrasy, in his eagerness to inform and care for the consumer ”. Also indicated that it is therefore an honour receive awards of this kind, reaffirm our bet is effective and makes sense, because it reaches consumers ”.

in this sense, the trajectory of EROSKI by health and nutrition goes back to its origins in 1969. It is a company resolutely committed to the health of consumers and therefore carries out numerous activities to improve the diet of consumers such as the various initiatives carried out recently: creation of the traffic light nutritional, launch of the range Sannia, elimination of Trans fats from their products, campaign against child obesity, etc.

Also, EROSKI collaborates with different associations and medical societies in the field of health and nutrition and is present in the main forums and congresses of the sector, as these days 16th of nutrition practice of SEDCA.

On the healthy eating Foundation

It is a non-profit organization whose main objective is the promotion of a balanced and healthy diet in all ages and life circumstances.

She was promoted in 2009 by the Spanish society of Sciences of food (SEDCA), a scientific entity with XXV years of experience in the promotion of health and diet. In addition, it is attached to the Ministry of agriculture, food and environment with scope throughout the Spanish.

EROSKI on

EROSKI complete a network of more than 2,200 establishments and is composed of EROSKI hypermarkets, supermarkets EROSKI/center, Caprabo and EROSKI/city, franchise hypermarkets, offices of EROSKI/travel, petrol stations, shops sport Forum Sport, IF perfumeries, stores of leisure and culture Abac and 22 platforms. In Andorra, with 4 IF perfumeries.

For 42 years, 10% of the benefits of EROSKI are destined to social action initiatives. Much of those benefits that are reversed in the society and are derived mainly three types of needs of the community are channelled through the EROSKI Foundation: information and training of the consumer, the defence of the environment and solidarity.