No sector of refrigeration has been more cutting edge than the supermarket sector. At the most recent Food Marketing Institute Energy & Store Development Conference, papers and presentations focused on these trends. Nearly all trends were actually being used in some supermarkets today and all were expected to gain increasing attention as the sector moves away from high-global warming potential (GWP) refrigerants and toward even more efficient equipment.

This is the first of a two-part series looking at the most recent developments in detail.