There are a variety of food display cases that you can buy, but not all of them will be right for your business or products. For example, you wouldn’t want to display your hot food in a cold storage case, or your prepared foods in a closed case where people couldn’t access them. Considering the right type of case for you can take time, but there are a few easy choices that can help you narrow down your options.
Hot or Cold?
Food display cases can be refrigerated or not, depending on your needs. If you’re working with products that need to stay cool or frozen for health reasons, such as raw dough or meat, then you will definitely need to look at refrigerated cases. If you’re dealing with items that could be left out for the day at room temperature without consequences, like bread or baked goods, then you won’t need to spring for refrigeration.
Open or Closed?
You can get food display cases that open from the front or the back, depending on who you want to be handling the products. For example, most cake cases have solid glass panes along the front and sliding doors on the back. This is so the employees are the only people handling the cakes and putting them safely in boxes before handing them to customers.
Open cases are great for pre-packaged products that you want customers to grab as they walk by. Things like packaged meals, bread loaves or even cookies could be on an open display case. Some stores even have open display hot bars with hot food ready to eat.
Before you purchase your new food cases, think about these two important factors to make sure you start on the right track for your decision, your products and your store.
