SUPERMARKET SYSTEMS A food and the daily essen


multi-faceted retail environments and true tials; they had become


nudergone a fun By now, however, this approach has one-stop shops.


supermarkets in Europe using C In 2008, there were roughly 100 just in the UK, but globally.


O within


meet consumers’ new ‘little and often’ food Lidl, and there has been a shift in focus to rise of the discounters such as Aldi and Four’s market share has dropped with the damental change. The Big


purchasing habits. We have seen a surge in the number of


consumers who value quality and conven Abel & Cole are becoming more popular with services such as Simply Cook, Gousto, and ient ‘express’ stores, and quick, healthy


conven ience over price.


demand, and in 2013, the UK’s largest retailer the dynamics of their estate to meet the new prompted the main supermarkets to look at This change in consumer behaviour


nistalled across the major supermarkets, n transformation of the refrigeration solutions estates, there has also been a significant Alongside these changes in retailers’ in 2014. than supermarkets, quickly mirrored by others ce stores


anno ced that it had more conun venien ot that CO 2 refrigeration


risen to more than 20,000. What are the their retail footprint. Today, this has


Policy is onfe the major factors b o drivers of this increase?


but for the EU, the F-Gas Regulation and the Policies vary across countries and continents 2 becoming more common.


specification of CO


main reason the rise of low GWP systems, are some of the of HFCs by 79% by 2030, and


phase-down s that customers are looking at low


WGP and CO2 solutions for their refrigeration systems.


that provides a platform for networking and isation


nC


Many food retailers have signed up to the o sumer Goods Forum, a global organ


b est practice sharing across the consumer


The organisation also commits its members goods industry.


to installing n


WGP refrigerants of less than 150, wherever natural refrigerants or alternative ultra-low ew equipment that uses only


viable.


direction set by end-user groups, it seems With these changes in policy and the


ehind the


AND EQUIPMENT Q


pick the right solution nad the various refrigeran retailers need to look at their whole system not saying that C every food reta 2 is here to stay –


ailer? Not necessarily. We are e to stay – but is it right for


looking to meet the policy regulation ess needs an


busin P and/or n


low GW As food retailers make the move towards


to calculate the efficien total Total Equivalen


or natural refrigerants, they n ailers make the move towards et the policy regulations. s and requirements, while also solution based on their specific s refrigerants available, and to look at their whole system option, but food


t CO2 i ot ans n


eed


ivalent Warming Impact (TEWI) e efficiency and consider the


calculation of their refrigeration They must also


their refrigeration system. o determine whether a pack,


condensing units or plug-ins are right for them nad their store environment.


at a time when n The refrigeration


are anno ced,un forefront.


ation market is evolving, and environment.


n new policies and legislation , novation again in


with many of the UK’s major food retailers At Hubbard Products we are working


he UK’s major food retailers Products we are working


reliability to suit the sector’s n efficiency, compliancy, performance and natural refrigerant systems that deliver nad developing C


mpliancy, performance and rant systems that deliver d other


g CO2, low GWP, an uit the sector’s new business models. comes to the


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