Keeping it cool: Morrisons turns up freezer temperatures to cut energy costs and carbon

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Supermarket among first retailers in the UK to switch up freezer temperatures in its stores from -18C to -15C in a bid to save energy while having no impact on food safety

Morrisons has become one of first major UK retailers to turn up the temperature of its freezers by several degrees, in a move designed to cut energy use, carbon emissions, and costs, the supermarket has...

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