Safeway, one of the largest supermarket chains in the US has made a major commitment to renewable energy. According to GreenBiz, the company will convert all 15 San Francisco stores to 100% renewable energy, as well as all 270 fuel stations in the US. I didn’t even know Safeway operated “fuel stations”, but the supermarket conversion alone is a massive coup for alternative energy. The energy (78 Million KwH of wind energy) will be purchased via the EPA’s Green Power Partnership program.
Safeway Commits to Major Renewable Energy Purchase
By Nick Aster | September 28th, 2005 
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September 28, 2005 at 12:03 pm PDT | Victoria E writes:
What wonderful news! I’ve never been to a SafeWay, but in the process of getting ready to move to SF, I have heard a lot about them. It is great to know they are taking the initiative to do this; it says a lot about the company, as well as it sets a great example.
I remember when I visited LA earlier this year, and the Whole Foods that I went to daily was run on solar power :)
September 30, 2005 at 6:27 am PDT | sustainablog writes:
Safeway Going Green…Big-Time
From Greenbiz via TriplePundit, news that grocery giant Safeway has committed to a major purchase of renewable energy…
April 27, 2006 at 22:28 pm PDT | Jimmy Page writes:
This effort by Safeway is a public relations farce. Overall, the company is only purchasing 2% of its electricity from renewable sources; 98% comes from dead dinosaurs in one form or another.
This is according to EPA’s own Green Power Partner website:
http://www.epa.gov/greenpower/partners/top25.htm
By contrast, Whole Foods gets 100% of its electricity — yes, 100% versus Safeway’s 2% — from renewable sources.
Safeway needs to do a lot more converting to renewable power and a lot less talking about it.