Fleet Advantage, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., delivered its proprietary data-driven lifecycle management initiative to Tony’s Fine Foods, helping the West Sacramento, Calif.-based company meet California Air Resources Board (CARB) laws, experience fuel average improvements and optimize approximately $1 million in savings over the projected lifecycle of the new equipment.
Cargill, Inc., Minneapolis, and TEVA Energy, LLC, Orlando, Fla., commissioned what is said to be the largest solar energy system at a meat processing facility in Fresno, Calif.
Experts say that energy-efficient doors and curtains can pretty much pay for themselves in just a few years. With the energy reductions, cost savings and improved worker safety, today’s offerings feature nothing short of putting money back into the bottom line.
New LED lighting from GE, Fairfield, Conn., will help Stater Bros. supermarket chain save approximately $570,000 in annual energy and maintenance expenses as a result of retrofitting its refrigerated display cases.
The Kroger Co., Cincinnati, unveiled a clean energy production system that will convert food that can’t be sold or donated into clean energy to help power its Ralphs/Food 4 Less Compton, Calif., distribution center.
Smithfield Foods, Inc., Smithfield, Va., honored several of its facilities and employees for their successful sustainability efforts through a number of innovative environmental projects during fiscal year 2013.
Norfolk Southern Corp., Norfolk, Va., disclosed the railroad’s business strategy for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and its environmental footprint in a filing with the international not-for-profit CDP.