On Fri, 15 May 2020 14:35:53 -0400 Allan Streib via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> writes: > > > Trust me, if it wasn’t a money saving thing, Publix wouldn’t be doing > > it. The margins in the grocery business are so thin they don’t spend > > a penny without justifying it. > > Probably the reduced heat output of the lights is the biggest thing, > along with turning them off when nobody is nearby. > > Bright lighting is important for merchandise appeal leading to impulse > purchases, but at the same time you'd like to avoid hot lights in a > freezer! Some of the stores here (our local Wal-Mart, for example) have general lighting which is turned on or off depending on how bright the sun coming through the skylights is. The Wal-Mart, as large as it is, controls the lights in relatively small sectors, so if one skylight is blocked by a cloud only the lights in that area are turned on. Craig _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
