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Delivering Sustainability for Food Retailers, Earth Day and Every Day

Shoppers want to buy from companies that reflect their values—and today, that means companies that embrace sustainability. As more people prioritize eco-friendly living, Hillphoenix is proud to provide retailers with the tools they need for sustainable refrigeration. On Earth Day, and every day, Hillphoenix is defining the future of refrigeration equipment by manufacturing modern, earth-friendly refrigeration systems and display cases. [...]

By Hillphoenix|2025-04-22T18:01:16+00:00April 21, 2025|Food Retail, Second Nature & CO2, Supermarket, Trends|Comments Off

Your Shoppers Are Making Sustainable Choices. Here’s How to Help Your Perimeter Resonate with Those Changing Preferences.

Your shoppers want to make sustainable choices – and it's driving their purchasing decisions. For example, 91% want to know how, where, when and by whom the food is produced, according to a recent report. Shoppers care so much that they will actually stop buying from a brand for sustainability reasons. What Can Retailers Do? Transition to display cases that [...]

By Hillphoenix|2025-02-06T18:54:32+00:00March 3, 2025|Convenience Store, Food Retail, Foodservice, Merchandising, Merchandising Matters, Second Nature & CO2, Trends|Comments Off

Hillphoenix Supplies CO₂ Systems for Puerto Rico’s First-Ever All CO₂ Refrigerated Supermarket

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 [...]

By Hillphoenix|2025-03-19T20:30:23+00:00January 21, 2025|Food Retail, Refrigeration Systems, Second Nature & CO2, Supermarket|Comments Off

EPA Recognizes Hillphoenix With GreenChill Store Certification Excellence For 13th Consecutive Year

ATLANTA, Oct. 29, 2024 — Hillphoenix, a pioneer in environmentally sustainable refrigeration, has once again earned the GreenChill Store Certification Excellence recognition from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This achievement recognizes the commercial refrigeration systems manufacturer that installed the most advanced, sustainable refrigeration systems in GreenChill-Certified Stores in the past year. Hillphoenix has provided sustainable refrigeration for 777 stores. [...]

By Hillphoenix|2024-10-30T14:15:17+00:00October 30, 2024|AIM Act, Food Retail, Merchandising, Power Systems, Refrigeration Regulations, Refrigeration Systems, Second Nature & CO2, Supermarket, Trends|Comments Off

All ALDI US Stores Will Transition to Natural Refrigerants by 2035

Rapidly growing grocery chain ALDI unveiled a new goal to transition to natural refrigerants across its United States stores by the end of 2035, according to a press release from the company. ALDI already uses environmentally-friendly refrigerants in more than 600 stores and said it will purchase low global warming potential refrigerants for all new and remodeled stores. “Transitioning to [...]

By Hillphoenix|2024-01-18T23:14:53+00:00January 18, 2024|Food Retail, Refrigeration Systems, Second Nature & CO2, Supermarket|0 Comments

Recommended CO₂ Grades for use as a refrigerant in a CO₂ Booster system

Due to global supply chain challenges, there has been a shortage of Carbon Dioxide (CO2 ) available for refrigerant grade CO2 as well as for gas cylinders. This bulletin is designed to provide Dover Food Retail’s recommendations and guidelines for using the appropriate grade of CO2 (R744) as a natural refrigerant. CO2 is produced as a byproduct of several manufacturing [...]

By admin|2023-11-03T13:31:06+00:00October 27, 2023|Second Nature & CO2|0 Comments

Hillphoenix Earns EPA Greenchill Store Certification Excellence Recognition for 12th Consecutive Year

ATLANTA, GA, Oct. 10, 2023 — Hillphoenix, a pioneer in designing environmentally sustainable refrigeration systems, has once again earned the GreenChill Store Certification Excellence recognition from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This achievement recognizes the commercial refrigeration systems manufacturer that installed the most advanced refrigeration systems in GreenChill-Certified Stores in the past year. Inclusive of the 2022-2023 cycle, Hillphoenix [...]

By Hillphoenix|2023-10-10T20:10:34+00:00October 10, 2023|AIM Act, Food Retail, Merchandising, Power Systems, Refrigeration Regulations, Refrigeration Systems, Second Nature & CO2, Supermarket, Trends|0 Comments

Proposed Rule 26 – Listing of Substitutes under the SNAP Program in Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration.

On May 1, 2023, EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan signed a proposed rule titled, “Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Listing of Substitutes under the Significant New Alternatives Policy Program in Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration.” This proposed action lists new alternatives for commercial and industrial refrigeration, specifically for retail food refrigeration (new), commercial ice machines (new), industrial process refrigeration (new), cold storage [...]

By Kim Camp|2023-05-04T14:54:38+00:00April 28, 2023|Food Retail, Refrigeration Regulations, Refrigeration Systems, Second Nature & CO2|0 Comments

EPA AIM Act Proposed Rule

A new proposed rule from the US EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) would have the following impacts on equipment sold and used in the food retail industry if approved: Beginning January 1st, 2025 Equipment containing >200 lbs. of refrigerant must use a refrigerant with <150 GWP Example: Centralized or distributed refrigeration racks Equipment containing <200 lbs. of refrigerant must use a [...]

By Kim Camp|2023-04-19T19:58:58+00:00January 10, 2023|Refrigeration Regulations, Refrigeration Systems, Second Nature & CO2|0 Comments

Despite Current Supply Challenges, the Decision to Utilize CO2 as a Refrigerant Can Give Retailers a More Secure Place in The Future

The past couple of years have presented challenges for the global supply chain and our industry has not been excluded from those challenges. Supply chain issues from the COVID pandemic combined with contamination at a naturally occurring CO2 site have had a lingering impact on CO2 gas production and its availability. CO2 is produced as a byproduct of several manufacturing [...]

By Kim Camp|2023-04-17T17:31:05+00:00November 29, 2022|Refrigeration Systems, Second Nature & CO2|0 Comments

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