How to Select a Serve Over Display Cabinet

What do you want to achieve with a new Serve Over display cabinet?

• Core products, improved product awareness, new product, offers, added value?
• Make it easier for customers to view and select products?
• Better equipment temperatures, energy performance, cleaning and maintenance?
• Additional use of trading area, increase number of products available?
• Improvements to the shop trading area design, style and ambience?

What are the dimensions and weight of the products for display?

• What products are intended to be displayed?
• How will the products be presented: loose or packaged?
• Is there a requirement for self service or assisted service?
• How frequently will the display cabinet be re-stocked?
• Do you require refrigerated under counter storage?
• Does the cabinet need ambient display or storage shelves?

What temperature is required to display your products?

• What temperature do you need to achieve inside the cabinet?
• Different products require different temperatures and usually fall into categories:
  Ambient, Bread, Cheese, Dairy, Delicatessen, Fish, Heated, Meat, Patisserie
• What will be the ambient temperature in the area where the cabinet will be situated?
• Will the cabinet be affected by heated displays equipment, drafts or air conditioning?
• Consider that it is hard for open display cabinets to maintain operating temperatures & performance during periods of extreme temperature & humidity.

Where will the Serve Over display cabinet be positioned?

• What size cabinet are you thinking about – overall width, depth, height?
• What style of glass – straight vertical/45°, curved/straight glass?
• How deep do you need the display bed – static or ventilated?
• Does the cabinet need to match or fit in with other equipment?
• Give consideration to a remote refrigeration system to help reduce heat and noise?
• Will there be sufficient space for customers and hazard management?
• A site survey or other specialist advice may be required.

Is there sufficient access to deliver and install the display cabinet?

• Will the cabinet easily fit through the doorway to premises?
• Who will be delivering, assembling and commissioning the cabinet?
• Will a remote compressor / condenser system be required?
• Consideration needs to be given to the removal of door frames, delivery access, moving other equipment and perhaps specialist lifting equipment?

What power will be available to run the display cabinet?

• Are you looking for a low energy consumption display cabinet?
• Will there be sufficient power to connect and run the new and existing equipment?
• You may need to consider moving the desired equipment or electrical supplies.

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