Refrigeration accounts for 50%+ of electricity costs for most grocery retailers. Most retailers have already addressed the “low-hanging fruit”, so energy managers are searching for the next big energy savings opportunity. However, those opportunities are often buried in massive amounts of data from refrigeration controllers across hundreds of stores.

Our latest case study shows how one specialty grocer used Axiom's AI application layer to solve this challenge. The results prove that specialized AI trained on refrigeration data can unlock the next wave of energy optimization that traditional approaches miss.

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Wildfire seasons are no longer confined to summer or the West. They've evolved into year-round, coast-to-coast events driven by climate change, drought, and increasingly difficult-to-manage landscapes. While power outages and structural damage present immediate challenges, there's another, often overlooked threat: airborne smoke and ash degrading refrigeration systems, even miles from active flames.

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CEO and Co-Founder, Amrit Robbins was in Düsseldorf earlier this year, attending EuroCIS 2025 with Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions and shared some insights about how European retailers are approaching refrigeration management differently than their North American counterparts.

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In the world of grocery retail, refrigeration failures aren't just inconvenient—they're profit killers. When refrigeration systems fail, customers are angry, cart sizes decrease, and emergency repair costs skyrocket. One national grocery retailer turned to Axiom Cloud to help break out of this costly cycle. 

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Refrigerant Regulations: EPA’s AIM Act compliance and the January 2026 deadline, by Amrit Robbins, as featured in Chain Store Age.

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New York's groundbreaking refrigerant regulations, which took effect January 9th, 2025, signal a significant shift in how facilities must manage their refrigeration systems. The requirements are immediate and substantial: any system using 200+ pounds of refrigerant must undergo quarterly inspections, while 1500+ lb systems require monthly monitoring. All leaks must be repaired within 14 days, and systems that continue to leak face mandatory retrofitting or shutdown within six months. By June 1st, 2025, all systems over 1,500 pounds must have automatic leak detection installed. And, requirements continue to pile up in the rest of 2025 and 2026.

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As grocery retailers face a decades-long transition to natural refrigerants, managing HFC leaks has become an urgent priority for both environmental and financial reasons. This challenge was the focus of a recent NASRC webinar led by Axiom Cloud CEO Amrit Robbins on December 10th. The session explored how retailers can tackle refrigerant leaks now to achieve immediate cost savings and environmental benefits, rather than waiting for their eventual transition to CO2 systems to complete. With new EPA regulations looming and refrigerant costs continuing to climb, the discussion provided grocery operators with practical strategies for protecting both their bottom line and the environment during this extended transition period.

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Project 2025, a conservative policy blueprint for a potential Republican administration, has raised questions about the future of HFC regulations under the American Innovation and Manufacturing (AIM) Act. While the document calls for repealing "unnecessarily stringent and costly" HFC regulations, grocery retailers should think carefully before delaying their compliance preparations. The business case for improved refrigerant management extends far beyond regulatory requirements, and the AIM Act itself rests on remarkably stable ground.

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The countdown to January 1, 2026 has begun for grocery retailers and cold storage operators across America. That's when the EPA will begin enforcing new refrigerant leak detection requirements under the AIM Act – and the penalties for non-compliance are steep. To help facilities prepare, we're excited to announce Enhanced Compliance Reporting, a new addition to our AI-powered Early Leak Detection system.

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