Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Display cases – a must have for a bakery!

Presentation is the key to a successful bakery business. We all have experienced going through an irresistible temptation when visiting a bakery by a mere look of the goods on display, thanks to the display cases used by the shop owners.
Below we are going to discuss about the benefits of both non-refrigerated and refrigerated display cases used in a bakery –

Ease of storage and display – these display boxes come in various options that can suite any type of bakery, be it small or large. For bakeries covering larger areas highly spacious display cases can be employed that can be used to store as much stuff as you want, while for places with limited space, shelved cases can be utilised that can store maximum food items in minimum space. So, you do not have to worry about space utilization. Just research in the market for display cases and you’ll find that there’s one for everyone.

 Food Safety – baked goods require special care for their storage because of the fact that temperature variations can spoil them very easily, especially cakes and pastries. Therefore, it becomes imperative to have equipment in the bakery that can ensure food safety. This is where these display cases come into picture. You can use non-refrigerated ones to store items like cookies, biscuits and other similar items, while for delicate food stuff like cakes and pastries, deli refrigerators are the only option.

Product Specific – an important thing to be mentioned here is that there are specific types of these cases, which can be used for storing various products. For instance, for stuff like patties and cookies you need to have storage bins, which are maintained at room temperature, while pastries and cakes need to be maintained at lower temperature and milk products have different specifications. And, you need to make sure that you have storage bins that can fulfil their temperature requirements as all these products are integral part of bakery. To solve the purpose, you can find that there are coolers available in the market that can serve these specific needs. You can utilise them as per your need. so, you do not need to worry anything.

The major purpose of these storage cases is to ensure that baked goods are displayed in the most effective way, and at the same time remain preserved for longer time. However, choosing the one for your shop is entirely up to you. So, before you make a choice make sure you know what products you are going to store in them.

Monday, April 15, 2013

Preserve the quality and taste of food, at its best with bakery cases!

Are you a bakery business owner and your chiefs are tired of preparing food again and again just because it is not preserved well? If yes, then you need overcome this!
The best solution in such case is to look out for bakery cases because it helps in preserving the food for a longer time. Thus the efforts put in by your chiefs would not at all be wasted and they would indulge their time in preparing more amounts of bakery goods like pastries, cakes, burger, and donuts.

Although, making a choice when you have myriad designs and styles of cases available in the market is truly a difficult situation, especially for those who do not have any idea about the cases. So, if you are also one of them who are not aware about bakery cases then you must put a glance on this article that would explain you some features of bakery cases. Let’s have a look-
  • Lure customer attention: the first and foremost best feature of cases is that it helps in luring or enticing the customers. This is because cases act as a presentation model, which helps in displaying the goods in best presentable form. For example, cakes which are iced with beautiful icing when kept in cases surely attract the customers towards them. This is also because of the lighting effects, which throws limelight on the yummy food items and let the customers make last minute additions to their bills.
  • Wide array of models: An owner can make a choice from a wide array of bakery model cases that includes cold & hot case, lift up glass models, self-service cases, curved glass models and more. Not only this one can even select dual cases, which helps in displaying both the hot and cold food items at the same time. Thus according to one’s own budget and preferences one can make their choice easily.
  • Huge storage capacity: The best part of deli cases is that it helps in accommodating huge quantity of food items like donuts, cakes, pastries, beverages, cold drinks and ice-creams. All this is possible due to spacious space and the adjustable shelves in the bakery case.
  • Refrigeration and non-refrigeration facility: Usually we all thing cases come in refrigerated form only. But it’s not correct. Along with refrigeration feature, cases do come with non-refrigeration feature also. This eventually helps in storing cold, as well as hot bakery food items.

Friday, April 12, 2013

Display your bakery products with great impact

Think you are managing a business of foods like a restaurant, a bakery, a café or some other thing. The most important thing that you have to fulfill, to successfully run your business, would be to have a hygienic and safe place where you can keep the several types of food items so that they don’t get spoiled and remain as fresh for longs hours usage.

It is obvious that in a food business your product needs to look “good enough to eat” to earn your customers’ attention. As the saying goes, "People eat with their eyes first. If you have a restaurant that is appealing, contemporary, and relevant both from the street and interior, the food tastes better."

The large amount of baked and prepared products cannot be placed any place because some products need to be placed under cold temperature, while others at hot or dry places. On the other hand, presenting attractive display is a way to gather visual appeal from passers-by and customers. Advanced technology products that can cater all aforementioned needs of a successful catering business are bakery cases.

Choose a bakery display cabinet

Bakeries, usually, use bakery cabinets to show off their food verities to public. According to the products you are selling or want to sell, you can select the dry or refrigerated bakery cabinet considering with your space and budget requirements.
Refrigerated display cases: Often, desserts or pastries with fresh dairy components like fruit topping, custard, whipped cream, cakes etc. needs cold temperature to restore their aroma, taste and freshness for long hours. Most refrigerated display cabinets are manufactured with two basic types of refrigeration: Forced air, or Gravity coil.
  • Forced air: As name implied, forced air display systems rely on fans to circulate cold air throughout the cabinet to keep things inside, cool. This air flow can dry out display products, is they are not covered and keep them fresh too long. These display cases are most often used for pre-packaged products, bakery products, or in café and restaurants. Systems that use this type of refrigeration are called, Refrigerated bakery display cabinets.
  •  Gravity Coil: Commercial refrigeration manufacturers have added a feature a coolant or refrigeration coil at the top of the system that helps to preserve the food by dropping down a cool air over the food. Suck type of display cases are an ideal choice for preservation of seafood, raw meat, and for other deli applications where you don’t want constantly circulating air to give a dry effect on eatables. Systems that use this type of refrigeration are called, Refrigerated deli Cabinets.

Monday, April 8, 2013

Starting Bakery? Know your options for bakery displays!


Many of you may have heard this expression, “People eat with their eyes first. If you have a restaurant that is appealing, contemporary, and relevant both from the street and interior, the food taste better." That means along with good food with attractive presentation is also necessary to catch an eye of public, which in turn will help you in increasing your sales and profits.

In order to make passers-by see what variety of products you are selling, you need to displays those varieties appealingly using right type of bakery cases. Food display cabinets are the hygienic food serving equipment that are manufactured in such a way that customers can clearly see you have to offer. Traditionally, these cabinets came with their only shortage features. But significant advancements in current engineering made it possible for users to keep their food products under the required temperature so that they can serve their customers fresh and delicious food.

Food display cabinets come in different categories. Based upon the space, price, and food storage requirements you can select the one that exactly go with your food storage as well as presentation needs. Before deciding on which type of deli case is most suitable for your business, first determine the variety of food products you want to display, and how many products need to be kept hot and how many under cold temperature. After knowing your requirements you can make the best selection among various types of display cases available such as non-refrigerated, refrigerated, dual temperature, counter tops to name a few. In the upcoming section, we will discuss the most commonly used deli cases for commercial purposes.

Non-refrigerated: You can choose these cabinets to show off your freshly baked goods that need storage to prevent them from humidity such as biscuits. They need not to be placed under hot or cold temperature.

Refrigerated: Refrigerated display cases are used to store the products that need to be placed under cold temperature so that their freshness, aroma, and taste can be restored for long houses. Refrigerated cabinets are manufactured with a coolant that helps them to keep the food cold. The products like cakes, pastries, ice-creams etc. can be placed in these cases.

Dual temperature cabinets: Dual temperature display cabinets provide everything your business need in one commercial bakery display. These display cases offer the most technologically advanced features by allowing users to place products that need hot temperature on one side, while to place the products that need cold temperature on the other side in the same display case. This can be a best option if you don’t have large space in your bakery.