21Oct Finding the right Equipment’s for your Grocery store By admintamam21 / 0 Comments Opening a grocery store or supermarket can be an incredibly overwhelming process. Aside from the incredibly large quantity of front-end equipment needed, including check out and office equipment, there are a number of commercial pieces of equipment to sell, preserve, and store the tremendous amount of food that moves through a grocery store. To make the process of shopping for a grocery store simpler, we have broken down the basic departments of a standard grocery store and the equipment they will require to function properly. Storage & Shelving In a Grocery store, adequate Storage is a necessity. The Storage space must be adequate and appropriate according to the nature of the product. There are three basic types of storage your grocery store will need. Retail Shelving — Retail shelving is of paramount importance in a grocery store. If items for sale are not accessible and displayed in an eye-catching manner, it will have an effect on sales. Retail shelving, and plenty of it, will be needed. Dry Storage — On top of retail shelving, additional dry storage will be needed for any and all back stock, as well in all of the individual departments of the store. Wire shelving, dunnage racks, speed racks, utility carts, and palette storage should be in heavy supply. Refrigerated Storage Shelving — Storage will be needed in any and all refrigerated settings, but the added environmental humidity will corrode conventional dry storage shelving. Refrigeration specific storage equipment, heavy duty plastic shelving, or epoxy coated wire shelves are some of the most popular, but whatever storage equipment you do purchase must be able to handle the conditions. Refrigeration Grocery stores bring in tremendous amounts of perishable food items, and various forms of refrigeration are needed to properly house and market these items. Walk-In Cooler Merchandisers & Additional Walk-Ins — Grocery stores require an expansive walk-in cooler merchandiser. These refrigerated rooms allow product to be loaded from behind, and give customers the convenience of just opening a glass door for items like milk or eggs. But in addition to a walk-in dairy / beer merchandiser, additional walk-in space will be needed. It is relatively common that each particular department, such as the meat department or the produce department, have their own walk-in space so products are housed in product specific conditions. A walk-in freezer will also be necessary to house backstock of any frozen items that are brought in. Glass Door Merchandising Coolers & Freezers — Additional glass door coolers will be needed to house impulse buy items such as soda or water throughout the store, but there will be a tremendous need for glass door freezer merchandisers. Businesses do not typically use a walk-in freezer merchandiser, but rather opt to store their frozen products in rows of glass door freezers. Primarily, this is an attempt to save on the excessive energy expenditures that grocery stores have. Open-Air Merchandisers — Open-air merchandising coolers and freezers have their place in a variety of different departments of a grocery store. Frozen meats and seafood can often be found in open-air freezers, and most all produce is stored in open-air merchandising coolers (many of which are purchased with water misters to keep produce fresh longer). Additional Reach-In Coolers — Additional refrigerated space may be needed in departments such as the bakery, the deli, or the prepared food department that will be working with ingredients that are perishable. Standard or under counter reach-in coolers usually need to be placed somewhere near the work area, as it isn’t always convenient for employees to make constant runs to the walk-in. Bakery The bakery department of a grocery operates just as every standard bakery does. Producing things like pizza dough, bread, and pastries, the standard equipment found in a grocery store bakery is much the same as you find in most other bakeries, though grocery store bakeries often have commercial donut fryers. For more information on purchasing equipment for a commercial bakery, please check out our website. Visit our store, or contact us now to get the best deals on new and used Supermarket equipment’s.
