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Our success story this week takes us to Eagan, Minnesota, home to the largest depot for Schwan's
Home Service, a home delivery subsidiary of the Schwan Food Company. They use propane-powered
delivery trucks to distribute over 350 products to local residents across the country. Company
founder, the late Marvin Schwan, began using propane in the 1970s during the gasoline embargo
and stayed with it. By using the cleaner-burning fuel in more than 70% of their 4,500 delivery
truck fleet nationwide, Schwan's has reduced gas and diesel consumption by some 18 million
gallons a year.
It's great to have a company that is focused on being environmentally friendly, it's good
for us from an economic standpoint as well, and it's just the right thing to do.
Schwan's Home Service is a member of the Department of Energy's National Clean Fleets Partnership,
which works with companies that are adopting aggressive petroleum reduction plans, a point
on which this 62-year-old Minnesota company clearly delivers.