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GreenChill Credited for Refrigerant Leak Reduction

Food retailers all struggle with refrigeration leaks but the retailers participating in the Environmental Protection Agency’s GreenChill Advanced Refrigeration Partnership have found ways to keep their leak rates far lower than the industry average — thereby cutting operational costs and helping the environment.

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  • May 23, 2012
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    Food Lion Va. Store Gets Silver LEED

    SALISBURY, N.C. — Food Lion’s Williamsburg, Va., store has been awarded a LEED Silver certification for a number of environmentally friendly construction and energy-efficient features, including an on-site recycling center, an educational kiosk and preferred parking for carpool vehicles....More
  • May 21, 2012
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    The Fit List: The Best in Health, Wellness and Sustainability  

    SN Whole Health’s 2012 Fit List celebrates the efforts of food retailers leading the industry in health, wellness and sustainability....More
  • May 21, 2012
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    Mintel: Consumers Value Nutrition Tips

    CHICAGO — Consumers want a quick-and-easy way to identify products that are better for themselves and the environment, according to research firm Mintel....More
  • May 18, 2012
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    Rouses to Open Rooftop Herb Garden

    NEW ORLEANS – Rouses Market will open an aeroponic rooftop garden atop a store here at the end of the month that will grow parsley, basil and cilantro for sale in the store below....More
  • May 18, 2012
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    SN Whole Health: Trash to Cash

    Recycling catches on as a way to reduce solid waste costs. A large part of the effort is simply pointing out feasible alternatives to dumping unclaimed food stuffs — namely donating the edible part to food banks and recycling the inedible part into compost or energy, or offering it to farmers as animal feed....More
  • May 17, 2012
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    Wal-Mart Plans Solar Panels in Mass.

    BENTONVILLE, Ark. – Wal-Mart Stores plans to install solar panels on top of more than half of its roughly 50 Massachusetts stores as early as August, according to a report in the Boston Globe....More
  • May 17, 2012
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    Weis Seeking LEED Status on New Store

    SUNBURY, Pa. — Weis Markets on Thursday said it would build its first new store that meets LEED certification standards from the U.S. Green Building Council....More
  • May 15, 2012
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    Letter to the Editor: Greenpeace Lets Down Consumers

    Reality tells us that it’s Greenpeace — not the retailers —who has let down consumers on seafood sustainability....More
  • May 14, 2012
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    Two Billion Bags Saved at Publix

    LAKELAND, Fla. – Publix Super Markets here announced that the number of paper and plastic grocery bags it has saved since mid-2007, when the chain launched initiatives to cut usage at the checkout, has surpassed the 2 billion mark....More
  • May 11, 2012
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    ShopRites Achieve Energy Star Rating

    WESTVILLE, N.J. — Brown’s Super Stores, a family-owned business that operates 10 ShopRite stores in the Philadelphia area, announced that it recently achieved the Environmental Protection Agency’s Energy Star Rating in five of its stores, as well as its corporate office as part of a comprehensive sustainability effort....More
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