Nisa retailers have been taking measures to help combat rising energy costs by investing in efficient and changing business practices.
The main actions taken include installing energy-efficient equipment such as LED lighting and retrofitting doors on chillers.
This comes as businesses across the UK continue to face rising energy prices.
“The squeeze on global gas prices has meant that the price small businesses pay for energy has increased drastically and will likely continue to rise [without further government support],” Nisa managing director, Peter Batt said.
“We want to help our independent retailers mitigate the impact of rising energy bills and encourage their adoption of energy saving measures.”
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Nisa Murthly and Bankfoot retailer, Fraser Johnston has been working with the convenience retailer’s store development team to replace old chillers with two new Evolution chillers and to install doors on on the Murthly stores existing chillers which include Clearvision Cooling LED lighting.
The Bankfoot store has also undergone new doors due to the increase in its electricity contract and along will all changes made, initial indications show a 25% reduction in the amount of units being used.
Johnston said: “Now is a good time for retailers to plan as much as they can. Our electricity contract is expiring in a few months’ time which is why we have made investments into energy efficiency. We don’t know what it will be like once that contract runs out.”
Other retailers have also made changes such as storing alcohol in a cold, air conditioned section of the shop instead of using fridges.
Batt added: “As some of our retailers have shown, there are a number of energy saving actions retailers can take, both front and back of house, that will help save on costs and improve their store sustainability by reducing its energy demand and environmental impact.”
