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Associated Food Stores Receives Green Business Award from Utah Business Magazine
Wholesale honored for saving energy in Utah Stores
SALT LAKE CITY, UT (October 20, 2017)—Associated Food Stores has made great strides in implementing energy efficient technologies in stores across Utah and the Intermountain West in an effort to be more sustainable and pass savings onto shoppers. The wholesaler’s efforts were recognized this week with the 2017 Green Business Award for energy conservation from Utah Business Magazine.
Associated Food Stores added LED lighting, updated lighting controls and refrigeration upgrades to stores in Salt Lake City, South Ogden, Park City, West Valley City, American Fork, Ogden and Taylorsville. The changes helped make lighting and cooling the stores more efficient and resulted in reducing energy use by nearly 3.9 million kilowatt-hours last year—-enough electricity to power 437 typical Utah homes for a year. AFS worked with Rocky Mountain Power to implement these changes and monitor energy use.
“We are honored to be recognized by Utah Business Magazine with a Green Business Award. AFS has always been committed to serving our communities, and using sustainable, energy efficient practices and equipment in our stores is just one way we do that,” said Steve Miner, President of Market Development for Associated Food Stores.
Associated Food Stores has headquarters in Salt Lake City and supplies nearly 400 independently owned retail supermarkets in eight states throughout the Intermountain West. The company also owns Macey’s, Lin’s, Dan’s, Dick’s Market, Fresh Market and Honey Bee Produce Company.
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About Associated Food Stores
Associated Food Stores is an independent retailer-owned warehouse based in Salt Lake City, Utah, which provides complete warehouse facilities and services to over 400 grocers throughout the Intermountain West. To learn more about Associated Food Stores or to find a retailer near you, visit www.afstores.com.
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