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This supermarket operator says it is committed to the environment as well as to cutting costs.
SALISBURY, N.C. - Food Lion stores, a supermarket chain headquartered here and operating in 11 states, is applying several steps to make more than 650 of its stores more energy efficient and also reduce air pollution emissions.
The company formally joined the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star Buildings and Green Lights Partnership Program in a signing ceremony in late March at the grand opening of Food Lion's new store at 1856 South Lake Drive, Lexington, S.C.
EFFICIENT LIGHTING
The 39,000-sq-ft store uses smaller, more efficient fluorescent tube lighting and water heaters that reclaim waste heat from the store's refrigeration units. The T-8 lighting will be installed in other new stores being built by Food Lion, as well as in stores that are being remodeled.
At the Lexington store, lighting efficiency in the produce department is...