Minden, 12 May 2023. EDEKA Minden-Hannover has become the first food retailer in Germany to switch over to the renewable and climate-friendly bio-LNG fuel for its shipments and deliveries. The spokesperson of the company’s management board, Mark Rosenkranz, was joined today by representatives from government and industry to celebrate the grand opening of the first filling station for the alternative fuel at the EDEKA logistics centre in Lauenau.

EDEKA Minden-Hannover plans to replace its entire truck fleet (approx. 700 vehicles) with LNG vehicles built by IVECO (IVECO S-WAY LNG models) by the end of 2025, and will thus create a vehicle fleet that runs exclusively on bio-LNG. In order to ensure a reliable supply of the climate-friendly fuel for its fleet, the food retailer concluded a long-term supply agreement with Alternoil. Among other things, the agreement covers the gradual expansion of the filling station infrastructure at EDEKA Minden-Hannover logistics sites and deliveries of REEFUEL, which is produced using biological waste processes and wind power. EDEKA Minden-Hannover already operates around 80 LNG vehicles.

“The commissioning of our first bio-LNG filling station means that EDEKA Minden-Hannover is now ushering in a new era of low-emission transport”, said the spokesperson of the management board of EDEKA Minden-Hannover, Mark Rosenkranz, during the commissioning ceremony. “Our truck fleet is the backbone of all of our logistics activities and thus the backbone of the food supply in our sales region as well. The switchover to bio-LNG is a key component of our plan to reduce our carbon footprint, and the use of bio-LNG shows that we are serious about our responsibility to society to support climate protection efforts. This is all the more important given the fact that our vehicles frequently travel through heavily congested inner-city areas. Our use of bio-LNG fuel will help reduce urban emission levels considerably – not to mention the fact that gas-powered trucks are much quieter than conventional diesel vehicles.”