August 7, 2009
Delhaize Cuts Energy use by 3.5%, Eliminates CFCs
Delhaize Group (DG), a Belgium-based international food retailer, has reduced energy use companywide by 3.5 percent, and has eliminated the use of ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) at all operating companies in 2008, according to the company’s corporate responsibility 2008 report. U.S. operating companies include Hannaford and Food Lion supermarket chains.
The Delhaize Group has plans to cut an additional 4 percent in energy consumption this year, according to the report. A portion of Delhaize’s energy cuts can be attributed to Food Lion’s replacement of 128 physical servers with 320 virtual servers, enabling the….
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