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    Food Distributor electrifying Refrigeration Trailer fleet in California

    April 26, 2022
    Since the time the TRUs were introduced in June 2021, PFG says that there has been a decrease of more than 6,500 gallons of diesel fuel usage, eliminating the distribution center’s carbon footprint by 73 tons
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    Food and food service distributor Performance Food Group has partnered with Advanced Energy Machines to introduce 10 net-zero emission refrigeration trailers to its fleet at the Gilroy, CA distribution center.

    Transport Refrigeration Units are solar-supported electric refrigeration solutions which can maintain temperatures at minus 20 degrees Fahrenheit.

    “With this first wave of all-electric PFG TRUs, we take an important step to cutting down the greenhouse gas emissions from our trucks and trailers and achieving our ESG commitment of reducing power consumption intensity by 20 percent by 2030," Performance Food Group President and Chief Operating Officer Craig Hoskins said. "Operationally, adding new technologies to our fleet gives us the opportunity to take an extended look at how we run our business and to find added efficiencies, which will allow us to provide better value to our customers.”

    Since the time the TRUs were introduced in June 2021, PFG says that there has been a decrease of more than 6,500 gallons of diesel fuel usage, eliminating the distribution center’s carbon footprint by 73 tons.

    The all-electric TRUs have accumulated more than 13,000 hours of run time, driven more than 100,000 miles and completed more than 1,000 routes with more than 12,000 deliveries.

    The firm will continue to reduce its carbon footprint by adding more electric TRUs to its fleet over the next two years.

    Virginia-based Performance Food Group has more than 150 locations in the U.S. and parts of Canada.

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