http://www.cateringinsight.com / FEBRUARY 2018 / C AT E R I N G INSIGHT 41PARIS, FRANCE
The Paris-based Consumer Goods Forum (CGF)
has highlighted the energy effi ciency benefi ts
of adding doors to commercial refrigeration
cabinets. In its latest report, Low Carbon
Solutions for a Sustainable Consumer Goods
Sector, the CGF showcases examples of how
the consumer goods sector is implementing
low-carbon solutions. Accepting that many retailers
are concerned that glass doors act as a barrier to sales,
the CGF argues that glass doors can actually increase the time spent in front
of refrigerated products and builds consumer confi dence in the safety of the
products. CGF says that closed refrigeration doors can make a signifi cant
reduction in a store’s carbon emissions. The CGF includes CEOs and senior
management of some 400 retailers, manufacturers, service providers, and
other stakeholders across 70 countries among its membership.GELSENKIRCHEN, GERMANY
Cooking appliance manufacturer Küppersbusch
Food Service Equipment is exhibiting in its local
German market over the next few months, as it
has announced its participation in both Intergas-
tra and Internorga. Intergastra 2018 takes place in
Stuttgart on 3-7 February, while Intergastra will be
held in Hamburg on 9-13 March. Küppersbusch will
be demonstrating the theme of the future of profes-
sional kitchens, with MD Marc-Oliver Schneider explain-
ing: “Küppersbusch is clearly committed to the trend to develop and
realise system solutions and concepts adopted to the future together
with the customer. Küppersbusch does not only offer its customers
individual cooking appliances, but analyses the workfl ow and offers
the complete concept customised.”
ATHENS, GREECE
Foodservice operator SSP Group opened its fi rst
Starbucks store in Greece on 19 December- The new store is also the fi rst location
for Starbucks at Athens International Airport,
creating a total of 29 stores across the country,
since opening the fi rst store in 2002. “We
are delighted to bring Starbucks to Athens
International Airport,” said Mark Angela, CCO of
SSP Group and CEO of SSP EEME. “Starbucks is
a brand loved by customers in Greece as it is across
the globe. The store will be a great new addition to the existing offer at
the airport, complementing the other SSP outlets, including our recently
opened Eat Greek restaurant which is setting new standards for dining.”
SSP has a long-term partnership with Starbucks, currently operating
stores in 15 markets worldwide.
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
The Signiel Seoul skyscraper hotel, managed by
Lotte Hotels & Resorts, has had new kitchens
installed for its French restaurant, Stay. The
three-Michelin star venue on the 81st fl oor re-
quired an open kitchen, which made delivery
and installation challenging. Plus the height of
the ceilings, at approximately 2.2metres, forced
the choice of equipment with a reduced height,
and equipment had to be strictly electric as the
use of gas is forbidden by law in skyscrapers. There-
fore Signiel Seoul chose Ambach cooking suites comprising System 850,
System 900 and System 700. All ranges were bespoke and the limited
space in the lift meant they had to be divided into four parts with later
assembly and welding in situ by Ambach technical staff.ACCRA, GHANA
The Energy Commission of Ghana has seized and de-
stroyed close to 23,000 imported commercial refrigera-
tors and freezers which did not meet the national en-
ergy effi ciency regulations implemented in 2013. Kofi
Agyarko, the acting head of energy effi ciency at the
Ghana Energy Commission, has been quoted stating
that the seizure has saved approximately 400GW hours
of energy for the country. This measure, it is claimed, is
around 33% of the energy supplied by the Bui Dam hydro-
electricity project, which is close to 1,200GW of energy per year.
He further stated that the entire country of Ghana would have been littered with
imported, used fridges, had the law not been passed and the Energy Commission
not acted upon this. The destruction of the refrigerators has been attributed to
the fact that refrigeration appliances can require high power consumption.
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