Refrigerated and freezer cases account for nearly half of a supermarket's annual electricity costs, according to the Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y. Meanwhile, the lighting used to illuminate those...
Jewel-Osco, a division of Supervalu here, has received GreenChill Gold Certification from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, recognizing the store’s eco-friendly refrigeration system, for a recently opened “green” store on...
Cub Foods, a division of Supervalu, has become the first grocer in Minnesota to be awarded LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold NC2.2 Certification for one of its stores, located in St. Paul.