AUSTRALIA Coles4 City Holdings has commissioned its fourth CO2 transcritical project, fitting an SCM Frigo plant at a small-format Coles Local store in Melbourne, Victoria in December 2018. Italian multinational SCM Frigo, part of the Beijer Ref Group, provided the system. “Coles Local gives the Surrey Hills community the convenience of a supermarket with the character of a specialty store,” said Coles Chief Executive Steven Cain. The Melbourne store is about half the size of the retailer’s regular supermarkets. It sells local gourmet produce and specialty ranges, with exclusive Coles Local-branded. The use of natural refrigerants corresponds to Coles’ vision of environmentally friendly Coles Locals featuring 100% Australiangrown fresh fruit and vegetables and a zero-food waste policy. Coles plans to extend the format to other parts of Australia, and will “listen carefully to customer feedback on the Surrey Hills store as we seek to roll out smaller format stores in coming years.”
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Convenience store (small) applications