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April 16, 2012

Today’s retail associates have more selling tools at their disposal than ever before — not the least of which is the increasingly popular tablet. The mobile device has taken not only front-of-house selling to new levels but has added efficiencies and enhanced employee productivity to back-of-house functions as well. Chain Store Age talked with Mike Stinson, VP marketing of Motion Computing, about the trend toward tablets.

What are some of the most prevalent uses of tablets in the retail environment?

March 15, 2012

Fresh & Easy and Hill Phoenix collaborate on GreenChill Platinum store

Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market received the Environmental Protection Agency’s GreenChill Partnership’s highest award — Platinum-Level Store Certification — for green refrigeration technology at its new store in Folsom, Calif.

Folsom, Calif. -- Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market received the Environmental Protection Agency’s GreenChill Partnership’s highest award — Platinum-Level Store Certification — for green refrigeration technology at its new store in Folsom, Calif. It is just the second store in California, and one of just supermarkets in the nation, to achieve platinum certification.

August 22, 2011

The Big Chill

Sprouts Farmers Market in Westlake Village, Thousand Oaks, Calif., has joined an elite club: It is only the third store in the nation to achieve the Environmental Protection Agency’s GreenChill Partnership higher honor, Platinum Level Certification.

February 10, 2011

Case Closed  

Fresh Madison Market, in downtown Madison, Wis., operates on three guiding principles: sustainability, eating well and green living. The 18,000-sq.-ft. store, which opened last year and has a fresh foods focus, adheres to eco-friendly practices throughout its operation and boasts an extensive recycling program that comes complete with its own cardboard baler. 

October 11, 2010

Food Lion honored with EPA’s Montreal Protocol Award

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded Food Lion with its 2010 Montreal Protocol Award, a...

September 20, 2010

Fresh & Easy opens its second GreenChill-certified store

Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market will open its second GreenChill certified store, in Oceanside, Calif.,...

September 8, 2010

Fresh & Easy opens store with eco-friendly CO2 refrigeration system

Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market on Wednesday opened the first grocery store in Southern California...

August 4, 2010

Fresh & Easy aims to reduce in-store water consumption by 30%

Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market has embarked on an ambitious plan to reduce water consumption...

July 20, 2010

Sprouts offers high-efficiency HVAC, refrigeration solutions

A new Sprouts Farmers Market that opened late June in Culver City, Calif., is projected...

October 29, 2009

Food Lion unveils first-of-its-kind CO2 cascading system, reduces ozone-depleting refrigerants by 30

Food Lion and refrigeration manufacturer Kysor//Warren unveiled the grocery industry's first cascading refrigeration system with...

October 26, 2009

Hy-Vee enters Wisconsin with eco-friendly store

Hy-Vee on Tuesday opened its first Wisconsin location, in Madison. The 92,000-sq.-ft. supermarket, housed in...

September 30, 2009

Food Lion opens store with CO2 refrigeration system

Food Lion has opened a store in College Park, Ga., that is the chain’s first...

January 8, 2009

Raley’s Joins EPA’s GreenChill Partnership

Raley’s Family of Fine Stores has joined the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s GreenChill Advanced Refrigeration...

December 14, 2008

Staving Off Leaks

It’s not uncommon for full-service and quick-service restaurants to keep a store of thousands...

December 14, 2008

Staving Off Leaks

It’s not uncommon for full-service and quick-service restaurants to keep a store of thousands of...

September 30, 2008

Next-Generation Refrigeration Technology

In the first application of its type in North America, Price Chopper Supermarkets has...

January 31, 2008

Reducing Refrigerant Leaks

Price Chopper is always on the lookout for new ways to expand its sustainability...

January 14, 2008

Wal-Mart to Open Second-Generation High-Efficiency Store

Bentonville, Ark. Wal-Mart Stores announced Tuesday it is gearing up to open the first of...

November 30, 2007

HVAC/Refrigeration

Hill PHOENIX, Conyers, Ga.,...

October 1, 2007

Heatcraft Refrigeration Products Introduces Energy-Efficient EC Motors for Unit Coolers

Atlanta – Heatcraft...

September 30, 2007

Chilling Out

The Montreal Protocol, a landmark global agreement designed to reduce and eventually eliminate chemicals identified...

March 31, 2007

Food Lion Invests in Green

Food Lion LLC has long been on the leading edge of companies—supermarkets and otherwise—putting in...