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Chris OBrion
Chris OBrion is an artist, designer, and cartoonist. He has been a staff artist at daily newspapers in three different states and currently works out of Richmond, his hometown. You can check out more of his work at chrisobrion.com.
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Paging Trevor Dickerson… ;-) Actually he’d be the guy talking, I’m the one saying whatevs. I’ll miss Ukrop’s but I’ll like Martin’s too.
People will get over this as soon as RVA finds something new to bitch about.
http://www.redorbit.com/news/business/1352942/safeway_unveils_two_new_grocery_stores_in_northern_california/index.html
Food retailer Safeway has unveiled two new solar-powered grocery stores in northern California to kick off a week of Earth Day activities and programs focused on the company’s commitment to the environment and helping consumers pursue greener, more sustainable lives.
Joe Pettus, senior vice president of fuel and energy, said: “With the addition of solar energy to our greenhouse gas reduction tool kit, Safeway is taking a leadership role in the retail sector in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and focusing on operating a greener, more ecologically focused company. Throughout our vast operations, we are taking a closer look at how we impact the environment, identifying areas for improvement and acting on them.”
Solar equipment at the Placerville and Fairfield stores provides about 20% of the stores’ average annual power usage and up to 48% of peak power usage. By using solar energy at the two stores and the company’s flagship solar store in Dublin, California, Safeway is removing 1.6 million pounds of carbon dioxide from the air, the equivalent of taking 144 vehicles off the road annually.
The entire 23-store solar program will remove 12.6 million pounds of carbon dioxide from the air, the equivalent of taking 1,045 cars off the road annually.
That’s *exactly* how it feels.
Don’t even bother going to the old Carytown location. Went today. Terrible. I’m sure it will be better when it’s fully converted, but I’d avoid it until then. Half empty shelves, few registers open, construction going on, etc etc. Oh, I was also told that prices on shelves may not match at the registers and even self-checkout prices could be different than registers. Dumb.
I’m totally flying to Northern California to do my grocery shopping now.
Going green is great
Going to Safeway ranks up there with a foodlion experience.
Pass.
As usual, Sarvay belittles…
In other places, Whole Foods and WalMarts and other big box grocery stores are utilizing solar power.
Why not in Richmond?
Are we that behind places like Cary, N.C.?
http://progress-energy.com/aboutus/news/article.asp?id=23302
http://www.fore-solutions.com/projects/commercial-mixed-use/hannaford-grocery-store-2/
http://www.statesman.com/business/content/business/stories/other/2009/06/24/0624heb.html
http://www.solarpanelknowledge.com/blog/40730/loblaws-to-put-solar-panels-on-some-local-stores-ottawa-business-journal/
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/01/wal-mart-mexico-solar.php
And if not solar, how about a green roof?
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006/04/chicago_walmart.php
I was glad Martins was still carrying taco bell toco seasoning, but the cary st. store was as dingy as plan 9