Albertsons Store to Use Fuel Cell for Energy

SAN DIEGO — An Albertsons supermarket set to open Wednesday in the Clairemont community here will be one of the first in California to generate nearly 90% of its electricity with a 400-kilowatt fuel cell from UTC Power, South Windsor, Conn. ...

Hen House Partners to Process Waste

KANASAS CITY, Mo. — Hen House Markets here said Friday that effective next Friday, Aug. 27, the chain will recycle 100% of its compostable waste for all 12 locations in this market....

Save Mart Schedules Reusable Bag Giveaway

MODESTO, Calif. — Save Mart Stores here said it plans to give away free reusable shopping bags Thursday to the first 300 customers at each of its 17 stores in central California — 13 in Fresno and four in Clovis — as part of an effort to highlight the benefits of reusable bags to customers and the environment. ...

Wal-Mart Adds Green Cleaners

BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Wal-Mart’s shelves will become a little greener this week as Seventh Generation laundry detergent, dish soap, disinfecting wipes and all-purpose sprays are introduced in 1,500 locations....

Weis Aims 3 New Stores for 'Green Chill' Status

SUNBURY, Pa. — Weis Markets on Wednesday said that three new stores it is building will incorporate technologies designed to reduce refrigerant usage by 50% compared with a typical supermarket....

Green With Loyalty

At checkstands across the nation, shoppers are silently chiding themselves for forgetting their reusable bags. For the average family, the slip-up costs...

Stop & Shop Installs Solar Panels at 8 Stores

QUINCY, Mass. — Stop & Shop on Thursday said it had completed the installation of solar panels on eight of its stores....

Fresh & Easy Customers Choose Bag Design Winner

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. – Los Angeles resident Josephine Close has won Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market’s first-ever Design-A-Bag Contest, the company announced Tuesday. ...

SmartWay Performance Scores

THE SMARTWAY TRANSPORT PARTNERSHIP, the Environmental Protection Agency's program to help companies use the newest trucking technology to cut fuel usage...

Smart Trucking

Companies gain efficiencies, cut costs, comply with regulations and help the environment, too....

Sprouts Store Gets Energy Efficiency Award

CULVER CITY, Calif. — A Sprouts Farmers Market store that opened in late June here yesterday received the first ever “Energy Efficiency Leader in Retail Grocery Award” from Hussmann and Trane, divisions of Ingersoll Rand, for the sustainable energy and operational efficiency systems selected for the store...

Fresh & Easy Expands 'Farm to Store in 24' Program

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market here has announced an expansion of its “Farm to Store in 24” program, in which the retailer works with local California growers to bring fruits and vegetables from their farms to Fresh & Easy retail locations in less than 24 hours....

Price Chopper Store Earns GreenChill Silver Award

WARWICK, N.Y. — A Price Chopper Supermarkets store located here has been awarded Silver-Level Certification award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s GreenChill Partnership for reducing the use of refrigerants. ...

Lunds Promotes Reusable Bags

EDINA, Minn. — Lund Food Holdings has given more than $75,000 to the Second Harvest Heartland hunger relief organization through its "Reuse and Reward" program....

Reasor's Installs PepsiCo's Dream Machines

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — Reasor’s is encouraging consumers to recycle bottles and cans collected from Independence Day celebrations in PepsiCo Dream Machines stationed outside its stores....


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