Store Reduces Power Costs with Refrigeration Retrofit
EDITOR’S NOTE: From September 2010 to April 2012, the retailer Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market Inc. took the step of implementing display door retrofits on almost 30,000 linear feet of open medium-temperature display cases in 174 of its California, Arizona, and Nevada stores. This study, sponsored by and used with the permission of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), discusses the motivation, implementation, and results of Fresh & Easy’s case retrofit program.
Ever since opening its first stores in the Western U.S. in 2007, Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market Inc. has placed a focus on being a leader in energy efficiency and sustainability within the food retail industry. The need to balance this desire with the realities of the tight-margin grocery business drove the company to seek energy-saving solutions which were also cost-effective.