Serve Over Display Cabinet Key Considerations

Key considerations:

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

• Improved product awareness, offer and additional sales?
• Make it easier for customers to view and select products?
• Better equipment temperatures, energy performance, cleaning and maintenance?
• Increase to trading area, number of products available?
• Improvements to the shop trading area design, style and ambience?

What are the dimensions and weight of the products to be displayed?

• 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?
• Is integral refrigerated storage required?
• 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.
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Where will the Serve Over display cabinet be positioned?

• What size cabinet are you thinking about – length/width, depth, height, curved/straight glass, narrow/deep display bed?
• 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.

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.

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 /equipment and perhaps specialist lifting equipment?

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