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Hannaford Wants Platinum LEED Certification for New Store
Hannaford Supermarkets is set to debut what it describes as “the most environmentally advanced supermarket in the United States” July 25 in Augusta, Maine. The Delhaize-owned chain is shooting for the 49,000-square-foot store to be the first supermarket to achieve Platinum LEED certification, the highest standard of the U.S. Green Building Council. -
PRIVATE LABEL: A License to Thrill at Retail
Grocery retailers haven’t been spared the devastating effects of the economic downturn. The March 2009 voluntary Chapter 11 filing by Bi-Lo, a 215-store grocery chain based in Mauldin, S.C., illustrates the extraordinary lengths to which grocery retailers must go to refinance debt and secure their operational positions.