Supermarkets Are Going Solar: Is Your Installation Business Closing Commercial Deals? RGR 11/19 Meta Description: Supermarkets and other big energy-intensive retailers are increasingly turning to solar power as a part of their overall energy strategy. Meta Keywords: Solar-powered retail, Solar grocery, Supermarket solar power, Green retailers Supermarkets are Turning to Solar Power for their High Energy Needs Supermarkets, like other brick and mortar retailers of consumer-packaged goods deal with some of the slimmest profit margins in all of business. A natural result of this is their constant quest to minimize, manage, and control their operational costs. Couple that with the fact that supermarkets are very energy intensive businesses, and you have a strong case for examining and minimizing your energy costs. Additionally, power outages often have a devastating effect on grocery …show more content…
More and more these energy-intensive businesses are turning to solar energy systems to shore up their energy costs while providing automatic emergency power for key backup systems. Additionally, going green and reducing their carbon footprint is an incentive as it sets apart solar retailers from the competitors. Sub Recent industry reports are showing that a growing number of commercial operations across the United States are adding solar power generation systems to their energy assets. Many of these commercial operations are within the consumer packaged goods or CPG sector. Grocery retailers that are turning to solar for their energy needs include Stop and Shop, Safeway, Albertsons, and Whole Foods. Also, big box retailers with a grocery component like Costco, Target, and Walmart are lowering their energy costs by augmenting their energy systems with solar generation and storage. Why is this Happening