Catering refrigeration is one of the most important products for any catering establishment and should be considered carefully. When choosing food storage equipment you must think about several key points:

Health and safety. Food must be consistently stored within set temperature guidelines for the health and safety of your customers and your valuable stock

Reliability. For the reason above, your stock is valuable in more ways than one. An unreliable fridge or freezer can cost you a lot of money. Not only in repair bills and down time but also the possibility of losing your stock

Efficiency. Too many people look at the bottom line figure, the machine cost, without looking at what the unit is actually going to cost to run. The majority of commercial refrigerators and freezers run 24hrs a day 7 days a week. An inefficient machine can cost more than double that of an industry leading unit. With energy bills on the increase this should be a key factor in your decision making process

Quality. With the global market as it is there has never been so much choice when it comes to commercial refrigeration. The build quality is important; this will help determine the general life expectancy of the unit. These units will run continuously and be used frequently and not always in the most delicate manner. A quality refrigerator will give a much longer life span than a cheaply built one.

Support. If the worst is to happen you want to know that an engineer is going to get to site promptly. You want to know they are going to be able to repair it and have it running as quickly as possible. This means a company needs a good service network and parts availability. A very important question to ask when choosing and buying and equipment

Eco-Friendly. Today, as individuals, we are taking more responsibility for the environment but more and more now companies need to show their commitment to the environment and their social responsibility. Leading manufacturers are making their products not only more efficient but also recyclable. Consideration should be made to what is going to happen to the unit when you have finished with it. Not only will it be helping the environment but you'd be surprised at what benefits can be had in the way of tax relief and the positive signals this can send out to your customers if you make them aware of your commitment

When buying any commercial catering piece of equipment you need to consider the build quality, reliability, service support, parts availability and life expectancy. These should all be key to your decision making. A quality unit can out live an inferior machine by many years. The efficiency of a refrigerator or freezer can make big savings in a year let alone the life of the unit. So remember it may seem it's 'just a fridge' but with a little research and the correct purchase you can benefit in many ways.

We at www.eco-catering-equipment.co.uk supply Foster refrigeration equipment. The simple reason being that they tick all of the points raised above and lead the way in commercial refrigeration equipment. We have yet to find a better manufacturer. For more information please feel free to contact us or to see the Foster product range please visit our refrigeration section or see this Foster product guide pdf