George Town, Cayman Islands, May 6th, 2009

Foster’s Food Fair IGA Try’s To Reduce Impact

Foster’s Food Fair IGA is proud to announce, in an attempt to reduce its environmental impact on the local landfill, it has secured a contract with a US based, Cox Sales And Service Inc, to recycle its’ used shopping carts. On May 17, with the support and assistance of Seaboard Marine and Cayman Island Port Authority, Foster’s Food Fair IGA will be shipping a 40 Foot container of used shopping carts to be refurbished and reused in the United States.

Foster’s Food Fair IGA is the first major supermarket on island to initiate this type of environmentally progressive program. Typically the life span of a shopping cart is approximately 4 years, after which the shopping carts are typically destined for the local landfill.

Upon arrival in the United States, the shopping carts will be cleaned and stripped down, dipped in duplex Nickel coating to prevent corrosion, plated in Chrome or Zinc then finished and restored to be resold to smaller stores at a reduced price.

“We are excited about this new initiative. We recognize we can adopt new practices to make our company more environmentally friendly and this is another step. This is one more way we can show “We Care” and we are looking at alternative measures to help” stated Woody Foster, the Managing Director of Foster’s Food Fair IGA.