The Giant Company has been recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s GreenChill Program for reaching its annual refrigerant emissions reduction goal in 2021. The Superior Goal Achievement honor was presented to Giant and other GreenChill Partners during the recent FMI Energy & Store Development Conference.

For the past several years, the Giant Company has been performing refrigerant conversions, installing leak detectors and replacing older refrigeration units, when possible, within its more than 190 stores. The company is also in direct communication with its vendors to repair any refrigerant leaks as quickly as possible.

EPA's GreenChill is a voluntary partnership with food retailers, system manufacturers and chemical producers to reduce refrigerant emissions and decrease their impact on the ozone layer and climate change. GreenChill provides food retailers and other industry stakeholders with information and assistance to transition to environmentally friendlier refrigerants, reduce the amount of refrigerant they use, eliminate refrigerant leaks, implement environmental best practices and adopt green refrigeration technologies. There are 13,515 GreenChill Partner stores throughout the country. For more information on EPA's GreenChill program, visit http://www.epa.gov/greenchill.

To learn more about how the Giant Company is committed to healing the planet, visit https://giantfoodstores.com/pages/our-purpose.