<p><strong>Sunbury, PA</strong><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> Weis Markets’ is announcing that two of its stores containing new, environmentally efficient designs have received environmental certifications awards from the GreenChill Advanced Refrigeration Partnership, according to a press release. The partnership is a voluntary Environmental Protection Agency alliance with retailers in the food industry to reduce refrigerant emissions and decrease their ozone layer and climate change impact. Both locations are 62,000-square-foot units with one located in Forks Township, near Easton, Pennsylvania and in Bellefonte, near State College, according to the release.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> The locations met tough standards and received a “silver” GreenChill certificate for cutting emissions that harm the earth’s protective ozone layer and play a part in global warming. “Only a handful of American supermarkets have achieved GreenChill status. To meet these high standards, both stores reduced their refrigerant charges by more than 50%. We achieved these results by installing more efficient refrigeration systems and cases throughout these stores and then carefully monitoring them,” said Kevin Small, Weis Markets Vice President, Store Construction and Development.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> Mr. Small, continues, “We are grateful to be recognized as an EPA partner. We will continue to invest in programs and systems that help us reduce our overall environmental impact throughout our store base.”</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>www.weismarkets.com</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
