Conyers, GA — Hillphoenix, part of Dover Food Retail and a leader in sustainable cooling technology, today announced the launch of Advansor FlexONE™, a compact CO2 condensing unit engineered to deliver a flexible refrigeration solution for modern food retail and industrial applications. The new condensing unit (CDU) is designed to help end users modernize refrigeration infrastructure by reducing reliance on [...]
There were 5,120 supermarkets with transcritical CO2 (R744) refrigeration systems in North America (Canada and the United States) in 2025. While that’s just 6% of all supermarkets in North America, CO2 refrigeration has been growing rapidly in the sector, with installations jumping roughly 75% from 2023 to 2025. All of this growth has been driven almost entirely by racks, and [...]
Inflation is fundamentally rewriting the retail breakfast, lunch and dinner playbook. Some consumers are becoming exhausted by restaurant menu price inflation, service fees and tipping fatigue. On the other hand, cooking every meal from scratch can also be exhausting and it’s far from convenient. Shoppers are discovering “The Third Way.” It’s not cooking, and it’s not dining out. It’s retail [...]
CONYERS, GA — Hillphoenix, a pioneer in retail refrigeration solutions, today announced its continued headline partnership with the International Dairy Deli Bakery Association (IDDBA) for the upcoming IDDBA show June 7-9 in Orlando, FL. Occupying a massive 9,600 sq. ft. footprint, Hillphoenix will serve as the architectural and technical backbone of the show’s most immersive destination, What’s in Store Live. [...]
DeCicco & Sons, which operates 11 high-end supermarkets in Westchester and Putnam counties, New York (north of New York City), is opening in May its first Connecticut store in Greenwich, its seventh new store to be equipped with transcritical CO2 (R744) refrigeration in the past decade, along with two converted stores. Only three stores remain without CO2, and those will [...]
DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., March 4, 2026 – Hillphoenix, part of Dover Food Retail and Dover (NYSE: DOV) and a pioneer in designing environmentally sustainable refrigeration systems, today announced the launch of the Next Generation Flex Mini. This high-performance CO₂ transcritical system provides a versatile, future-proof refrigeration solution designed for food retail and industrial applications.
CONYERS, GA – Hillphoenix, part of Dover Food Retail, a pioneer in sustainable refrigeration solutions and a steadfast advocate for the frozen food industry, is proud to announce its featured participation at the upcoming AFFI-CON conference on February 22, 2026. Building on years of active partnership with the American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI), Hillphoenix will take the stage for the [...]
DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., Oct. 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ – Dover Food Retail, a part of Dover (NYSE: DOV) and a leading manufacturer of commercial and industrial refrigeration systems and refrigerated display cases, announced that it will invest over $20 million to expand its Virginia operations by relocating its Anthony® brand manufacturing from Sylmar, CA, to its Virginia campus, which is projected to create more than [...]
DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., Oct. 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Dover (NYSE: DOV) today announced that several of its operating companies will present a broad range of innovative solutions at the upcoming National Association of Convenience Stores Trade Show ("NACS Show") and Petroleum Equipment Institute Convention ("PEI Convention") – the premier convenience-store and retail-fueling industry event in the United States – from October 14-17, 2025, in Chicago, [...]
Ralph's Supermercado y Mayorista has opened the first-ever CO2 (R744)-based supermarket in Puerto Rico. Built inside a decommissioned K-Mart in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the new Ralph's location opened its doors in December 2024. Bringing new technology to the island was a visionary goal for Jose Soto, President of Ralph's Supermercado y Mayorista. His aim was to find a sustainable [...]
