As the health crisis continues to evolve, so does consumer purchasing behavior. At the start of the pandemic, several disruptions and changes in buying behaviors emerged and shifted purchasing priorities towards the need for sanitizing products and easy-to-prepare meals and snacks. While in-store shopping is still thriving, online grocery shopping has quadrupled since 2017 with factors such as convenience [...]
The summertime, being one of the busiest seasons of the year, has traditionally been a great time for food retailers in terms of customer traffic and sales. Whether people visit their local grocery stores or shop for groceries online, the summer season is expected to excite—resulting in challenges to retailers in more ways than one. Good news—there are ways to [...]
The summertime, being one of the busiest seasons of the year, has traditionally been a great time for food retailers in terms of customer traffic and sales. Whether people visit their local grocery stores or shop for groceries online, the summer season is expected to excite—resulting in challenges to retailers in more ways than one. Good news—there are ways to [...]
When building and operating businesses, such as food processing and manufacturing, it primarily requires establishing industrial refrigeration facilities from the ground up. This is true especially when a business starts to grow and expand. Installing industrial refrigeration systems becomes a must and can sometimes end up being a complicated task. Business owners from different sectors face several problems when it [...]
According to the Greek philosopher Heraclitus, “There is nothing permanent in the world except change.” When you try to look around you, time has proven that things evolve, circumstances change, and paradigms shift, giving life to new opportunities and innovations. In industries such as food retail, changes are driven predominantly by shifting consumer lifestyles, wants, and needs. What brings consumers [...]
When putting up or expanding a business, several challenges always come into play. Aside from curating strategies to improve sales, businesses are looking to streamline operations and optimize facilities especially in the food processing and cold storage industry. Across the country, several businesses are feeling immense pressure to find a way to solve their industrial refrigeration needs at the lowest [...]
Public Workshop: 2022 Scoping Plan Update - Engineered Carbon Removal Technical Workshop. The 2022 Scoping Plan Update will assess progress towards achieving the Senate Bill 32 2030 target and lay out a path to achieve carbon neutrality no later than 2045. Achieving carbon neutrality will require the State to consider engineered carbon removal both at the source of emissions as [...]
The food processing industry has been under extreme pressure since the start of the pandemic. With food safety being one of the top concerns due to consumers’ heightened awareness of health and wellness, the food processing industry has been under a microscope worldwide. Throughout the country, food manufacturing and food storage constitute one of the most important parts of the [...]
Several food retail organizations across the country are actively adopting sustainable initiatives as looming refrigerant regulations from state and national environmental agencies continue to put pressure on them. The use of natural refrigerants in commercial and industrial applications has been placed in the spotlight aiming to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Now, food retailers and industry organizations are jointly rallying [...]
Energy management is essential when operating a retail store. Reducing energy cost and achieving optimal energy efficiency are priorities that retailers strive for especially in the food retail sector, where storing and processing food products entail using a lot of power. In the US, grocery stores consume an average electrical power of 52.5 kWh per square foot per year, with [...]