Opportunities to Expand Consumption throughout the Week
People love the convenience of grabbing a prepared meal from the store. Whether they’re running late to work in the morning or they’re eating lunch in between meetings, over 60% of people will pick up a fully prepared meal from a local store once a week. That drops slightly to just under 50% for ready-to-heat and semi-prepared meals. Over a third of people pick up ready-to-heat or semi-prepared meals three times a week. And a quarter of people go for fully prepared meals three times a week. For any supermarket looking to expand its prepared and semi-prepared meal business, these numbers [...]
Infographic: 3 Ways to Finance Energy Projects without Being Cash Strapped
The single greatest barrier to food stores initiating energy efficiency (EE) and renewable energy (RE) projects is initial costs. The “sticker shock” prevents owners from acting on measures that reduce energy and maintenance costs, improve the customer experience and ultimately the bottom line. Learn more about three powerful ways to pay for energy upgrades while maintaining a positive cash flow: on-bill financing, traditional financing, and property-assessed clean energy (PACE) programs.
Four Things to Consider When Building or Redesigning Your Grocery Store
Envisioning your grocery store design is an exciting and interesting experience. However, the actual labor and application when starting or redesigning your brick-and-mortar retail store can be quite a challenge. Several factors come into play when you decide to build or reinvent your store. Cost, budget, equipment, and maintenance are just some of the determinants that define the scope of just how big your store redesign project will be. If you’re still figuring out the ins and outs of building or redesigning your grocery store, here are four things you need to consider: Using the Right Lighting Lighting affects the [...]
How to Optimize Cold Storage for Food Retail and Industrial Applications
Through the years, cold storage has been a vital component in food retail and industrial operations. Commonly used by grocers to preserve food products and prolong the shelf life of perishable items, cold storage is employed as well by pharmaceutical industries to store temperature-sensitive products. Cold storage has been key to helping companies around the world achieve their business objectives. However, at a time when efficiency, convenience, and reliability are of paramount importance, ensuring cold storage facilities are running efficiently can make or break an operation’s success. Here are some ways how to optimize cold storage for food retail and [...]
Fresh Foods Department Sales Bounce Back in Food Retail Stores
The fresh foods department is one of the areas in supermarkets and grocery stores that has been badly hit with a downturn in sales this past year. Since most people stayed at home, had more time to cook, planned no gatherings, and had children who weren’t going to school, sales of fresh foods like bakery and deli plummeted. However, in the past few months, as vaccinations continue to roll out in different states, people are beginning to go out more, get together, and are eager to live their normal lives. These changes have resulted in a gradual rebound of sales [...]
Major Applications of Industrial Refrigeration Systems and Its Importance to Different Industries
Different industries around the world rely on industrial refrigeration systems to fulfill critical process requirements, such as cooling production processes, food safety, and cold chain management. It is estimated that the global industrial refrigeration system market will reach $25.1 billion by 2026. This growth in demand for industrial refrigeration systems is fueled by many factors, including the rising consumption of perishable food items, the government’s investment in reinforcing cold chain infrastructure, and the heightened demand for more innovative and sustainable refrigeration systems due to looming refrigerant regulations. Industrial refrigeration’s application in different industries has been substantial, making it one of [...]
Major Applications of Industrial Refrigeration Systems and Its Importance to Different Industries
Different industries around the world rely on industrial refrigeration systems to fulfill critical process requirements, such as cooling production processes, food safety, and cold chain management. It is estimated that the global industrial refrigeration system market will reach $25.1 billion by 2026. This growth in demand for industrial refrigeration systems is fueled by many factors, including the rising consumption of perishable food items, the government’s investment in reinforcing cold chain infrastructure, and the heightened demand for more innovative and sustainable refrigeration systems due to looming refrigerant regulations. Industrial refrigeration’s application in different industries has been substantial, making it one of [...]
Overall Health and Wellness Will Be Big in 2022—Here’s What You Need to Know
The new year is just around the corner and consumers’ pursuit for the betterment of their health and wellness goals will remain strong in 2022. Consumers have already begun investing in themselves and finding the importance of personal health and wellness as we continue to battle the pandemic health crisis. Food will greatly drive health and wellness goals in 2022. Here are some things you need to know: Consumer Fitness Goals The pandemic did not just trigger some health concerns, it also gained us a few unwanted pounds. That is why a number of consumers are targeting their fitness goals [...]
Here’s How Grocers Can Gear Up for the Upcoming Holiday Season
The next few remaining months of the year signal the start of the busy and exciting days ahead, especially for food retailers. This coming holiday season, consumers are eager and excited to celebrate with their loved ones as restrictions are beginning to ease and more people are getting comfortable adapting and living with the pandemic lifestyle. Since consumers were not able to gather for the fall and winter celebrations last year, it is expected that there will be an increase in consumer spending for the holiday season this year. Twenty-nine percent of US consumers are planning to spend more on [...]
Self-Contained Propane (R290) Display Cases Are the Future of Merchandising
Years of research regarding air pollution, how it affects the earth’s atmosphere, and climate change, have pushed people and industry to develop alternative behaviors and strategies to protect against harmful elements that have the potential to further destroy the environment. The refrigeration industry, in an effort to protect against global warming, has put forth initiatives to help eliminate harmful greenhouse gases. Government regulations continue to put the squeeze on synthetic refrigerant usage resulting in the rebirth of interest in natural refrigerants. HFCs, in particular, have been targeted by regulators as a result of research supporting HFCs as being harmful to [...]