by Jeremy Towsey-French
Back in January 2008, Fred Meyer issued an announcement that its 120,000 square foot Hawthorne market would be the first of the company’s 127 stores to apply for LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification under the LEED for Retail pilot program, set by the U.S. Green Building Council (USBC). The store began the [...]
04.07.2009
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by Lyza Danger Gardner
I am Portlandish in my tendencies towards organified, green-happy, expensive-but-lovable food purchasing places: New Seasons, farmer’s markets, CSAs. But I was in a rush. Due in ten minutes at a friend’s, and I had promised to bring dessert.
I stopped by the Fred Meyer in Burlingame assuming that 1) Fred Meyer, despite the whole Kroger ownership [...]
06.25.2008
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