SUPERMARKET REFRIGERATION


Adopting a holistic approach to retail refrigerated displays


Adande Refrigeration’s managing director, Ian Wood shares his wealth of industry experience and explains how OEMs must develop the design and manufacture of refrigerated displays to accommodate the changing needs of food retailers.


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or decades the open front multi deck has been retailers’ preferred solution for the display of chilled food. It provides ease of access for the shopper for browsing and shopping, whilst facilitating simple restocking for supermarket employees. The open front multi deck also aff ords maximum visibility of product, which together with creative merchandising, promotes impulse purchases. The main problem associated with the design of the open front multi deck is that it features a single air curtain at the front of the case. Dense cold air sinks to the bottom of the cabinet, building pressure


on the air curtain, causing cold air spillage and the infi ltration of warmer ambient air.


To replenish chilled air within the cabinet and restore the appropriate operating temperature, the refrigeration machinery is forced to work harder, increasing energy consumption and raising operating costs. With refrigeration accounting for up to 50% of a supermarket’s electricity usage and energy costs continuing to rise, retailers are understandably keen to explore technology which will reduce consumption. Constant cold air spillage has signifi cant implications for accurate and stable temperatures


28 October 2017


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