Natural gas is cleaner burning than gasoline, and reduces ozone-forming emissions by an average of 80% when compared to gasoline vehicles.
The Oklahoma City Division delivers food and related products to more than 5,000 customers in Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri and Texas, including restaurants, health care institutions and hotels.
Sam Erwin, Oklahoma City Division president, US Foods, said: “US Foods continues to make improvements across the company to reduce our environmental footprint and allow us to serve our customers in an energy efficient way. These five new vehicles will help us drastically reduce our annual fuel costs while reducing the amount of emissions emitted during our daily deliveries to customers.”
US Foods is certified by the Environmental Protection Agency as a SmartWay Partner, thanks to the company’s initiatives to maximise fuel economy and reduce emissions. These initiatives have improved the efficiency of the US Foods fleet, reduced the amount of fuel used and enabled the company to avoid 22,000 metric tonnes of CO2 emissions.
Source: US Foods
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