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Looking to Build Shopper Trust in Online Shopping Across Your Perimeter? Here’s How to Fill Up Digital Carts.

April 1, 2025|Comments Off on Looking to Build Shopper Trust in Online Shopping Across Your Perimeter? Here’s How to Fill Up Digital Carts.

Online ordering is convenient – but your shoppers are weary of fresh foods. While 94% of shoppers trust dairy products, less than half of shoppers trust deli-prepared dishes, deli meats and cheeses and baked goods, according to a recent report. But there is a way to encourage your shoppers to fill up their digital carts. What Can Retailers Do? With online ordering, the journey of helping shoppers skip long lines and save time is becoming more competitive than ever. Change shopper perception by establishing a cohesive perimeter look, increasing product visibility and making a personal connection with an engaging in-store experience. Create interactive places for unique shopping experiences. Welcome shoppers to linger longer with fresh foods merchandised in single stand-alone cases or a lineup of cases (with the right fit and finish to match your department). Cases with the [...]

Your Shoppers Are Making Sustainable Choices. Here’s How to Help Your Perimeter Resonate with Those Changing Preferences.

March 3, 2025|Comments Off on Your Shoppers Are Making Sustainable Choices. Here’s How to Help Your Perimeter Resonate with Those Changing Preferences.

Your shoppers want to make sustainable choices – and it's driving their purchasing decisions. For example, 91% want to know how, where, when and by whom the food is produced, according to a recent report. Shoppers care so much that they will actually stop buying from a brand for sustainability reasons. What Can Retailers Do? Transition to display cases that use natural refrigerants like CO2 and propane (R-290) – and then use them to merchandise environmentally-conscious products. With sustainable display cases, retailers get the flexibility to merchandise responsibly sourced products – and shoppers get to feel good about their shopping impact. Create a holistic approach to sustainability. Use CO2 refrigeration systems specifically designed to meet the needs of the food retail industry. From a merchandising impact, volumes remain the same, but changing to a natural refrigerant is one more [...]

Even Health-Focused Consumers Are Willing to Buy the Occasional Treat

February 4, 2025|Comments Off on Even Health-Focused Consumers Are Willing to Buy the Occasional Treat

Your shoppers want treats. While 66% of shoppers care about making healthy choices, about 90% feel that physical and emotional health go hand in hand – according to a recent report. Breaking it down: shoppers [...]

Hillphoenix Supplies CO2 Systems for Puerto Rico’s First-Ever All CO2 Refrigerated Supermarket

January 21, 2025|Comments Off on Hillphoenix Supplies CO2 Systems for Puerto Rico’s First-Ever All CO2 Refrigerated Supermarket

Ralph's Supermercado y Mayorista has opened the first-ever CO2 (R744)-based supermarket in Puerto Rico. Built inside a decommissioned K-Mart in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the new Ralph's location opened its doors in December 2024. Bringing [...]

EPA Recognizes Hillphoenix With GreenChill Store Certification Excellence For 13th Consecutive Year

October 30, 2024|Comments Off on EPA Recognizes Hillphoenix With GreenChill Store Certification Excellence For 13th Consecutive Year

ATLANTA, Oct. 29, 2024 — Hillphoenix, a pioneer in environmentally sustainable refrigeration, has once again earned the GreenChill Store Certification Excellence recognition from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).  This achievement recognizes the commercial refrigeration [...]