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.
Citing sustainability concerns, Wegmans Food Markets has announced that it will no longer carry orange roughy at any of its 72 locations. Just days earlier this month, the chain became the first food retailer to endorse the Take Marlin Off the...
A new global association that will seek to bring food retailers and manufacturers from around the world together on strategic issues was officially launched here last week. Replacing CIES — The Food Business Forum, based in Paris, and Global...