Liberty Foods Center has made six figures worth of energy-efficient improvements to its store in the University neighborhood.
The $128,000 project allowed the supermarket to put on a new roof, upgrade its refrigeration equipment and add insulation. Liberty Foods Center also received a $32,000 grant from the city's
SmartBuilding's program to make the building as energy efficient as possible.
"It's five inches of insulation," says Najai Bahoura, owner of
Liberty Food Center. "It's going to save a lot of money."
Bahoura and his family bought the grocery store at 10620 W. McNichols St, between the Lodge Freeway and
Marygrove College, in 1984. They have been making improvements to the building consistently since the acquisition, including a $700,000 upgrade in 1993 and $250,000 in improvements in 2004.
"We have spend a lot of money on our business since 1986," Bahoura says.
Source: Najai Bahoura, owner of Liberty Food Center
Writer: Jon Zemke
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