Food Lion builds green grocery store

Delhaize’s Food Lion is building its first green grocery store. The store, located in South Carolina, will feature a number of environmentally friendly construction and energy-efficient services, including an on-site recycling centre or skylights for natu

Other features include natural sunlight in the store, LED lighting in the frozen food cases, low-flow and sensor-activated water fixtures in restrooms, native plant species that minimize irrigation requirements, to ensure optimal indoor air quality.
"By building the first LEED grocery store in our company's history, we will reduce energy costs by more than 20 per cent compared to a typical supermarket as well as conserve 44 per cent more water than other Food Lion stores," a spokesperson for the company said.