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Kenmore Elite 73153 3-door French door Sale price: $2,206 Discount: 40 percent CR’s take: This Kenmore earns top-notch scores for thermostat control and temperature uniformity, the most important measures of a refrigerator’s performance. It’s one of the best French-door refrigerators in our ratings. And it’s quiet, with a rating of Excellent for noise. It features a stainless steel finish, an external water/ice dispenser, adjustable and spillproof shelves, and digital controls.

With its super-large capacity, the Bertazzoni is never going to be as frugal in running costs as a standard 60cm-wide fridge freezer. It isn’t bad, though. Over the course of our three-week test, it used just over 25kWh of electricity.

Lochmead Farms and its Lochmead Dairy have roots dating to 1941, when Howard and Gladys Gibson established their farm on 120 acres between Junction City and Monroe. The Gibson family today also owns almost 50 Dari Marts in the southern Willamette Valley from Cottage Grove to Albany. The stores are the primary retail conduit for Lochmead’s full line of milk products, all of which come from a single-source herd of 620 Holstein cows born and raised free of growth hormones on the farm just four miles from the Junction City dairy plant.

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The Samsung fridge takes pictures of the contents inside and sends it to shoppers to save them writing lists and can be controlled centrally by a smartphone app 

As befits a premium A+ rated appliance, cooling is speedy, set temperatures accurate and temperature stability very good. Average fridge temperatures ranged from 5ºC at the top to 1ºC in the bottom drawer. The lowest shelf run at 3ºC and both salad crispers kept at around 2.5ºC. We couldn’t ask for better.

Comments: Salad prep fridge operating at 45 F. Must be able to keep cut lettuce, cut tomatoes, dressing, at 41 F or less. Corrective action: Thermostat setting adjusted to lower temperature.

Ben Wood, a consumer electronics expert at CCS Insight, said these products may look like a ‘gimmick’ to some people, but he added: ‘The reality is that over the next three to five years almost everything in our lives is going to become connected and the home will be an important place for that.

Facility managers are encouraged to service commercial refrigerators at least twice a year. Refrigeration accounts for about 20% of the energy used worldwide, so following an energy saving checklist can extend the life of equipment, prevent unnecessary repairs, and reduce energy costs by 20% or more between repairs:

The Vermont-based ice cream manufacturer is now selling its dairy-free range across the globe in markets including Australia and the UK. But it’s not the only brand to veer into the vegan ice cream market. Competitors including Häagen Dazs, Halo Top, and most recently, Magnum, have all launched vegan ice cream flavors.

Panettone underwent a major transformation in the early 20th century, according to the book “The Italian Baker,” by the late Carol Field. That’s when friends and baking rivals Angelo Motta and Gioacchino Alemagna began to mass-produce it, using tall molds to give the sweet bread its signature loft and domed top. The commercially produced bread has a longer shelf life, too, making it suitable for shipping and turning a regional specialty into a seasonal treat that has become synonymous with Christmas and Italy.