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French Monoprix supermarket chooses rail and natural gas for delivery trucks

European supermarkets are quietly showing off that they want to protect the environment. This initiative, although not being so brave as Tesco's use of Modec electric vans, caught our eye. Monoprix has bought 18 natural gas fuelled trucks from Renault as part of a delivery test project for its Monoprix and Monop' shops in Paris. The supermarkets will get deliveries as close as possible to the city center using rail freight, counting on Fret SCNF (the French railways) as a rail partner. Then the goods will be loaded onto these trucks and ... Read more →

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