Which Ice Merchandiser Suits Your Need?

Ice merchandisers are ideal for storing, dispensing and displaying bagged ice to provide customers with the convenience of self-service. These units allow customers to get their own bags of ice, freeing up your employee to be utilized elsewhere within the store. These ice merchandisers are made with the highest quality materials and components to provide quality ice without compromising on aesthetics.

1 or 2 Doors?
Ice merchandisers come in a variety of sizes and capacities and indoor or outdoor. The usually come in either 1 or 2 door models in steel or glass depending on the location of the unit. 1 door is good for small size businesses such as a small gas stations since they hold less bags of ice, while the larger are better suited for larger supermarkets. Apart from different quantity of doors, these merchandisers come in different kinds of door styles, a more common swinging door type and the newly popularized sliding door variety.

Pros and Cons of Locking Mechanisms
The type locking mechanism should not be overlooked as they could have a significant impact on your overhead. The sliding glass door is a popular with large supermarkets and big box retail stores. These ice merchandisers do a great job of displaying bagged ice, showing it availability and type. This is helpful so they user does not have to open the door to see what is inside saving energy. The swinging door mechanism is typically stainless steel and is more common with outdoor ice merchandisers because of its durability and ease of locking the door. It is more commonly used by gas stations and small retailers who use these merchandisers as advertising to attract customers inside. They all have bold graphics and are easily recognizable from afar.

Cold Wall or Auto Defrost

Cold Wall ice merchandisers are a utility friendly option as opposed to auto defrost models. They require less energy, but do require someone to manually defrost them on a periodical basis. The Auto Defrost indoor ice merchandisers rely on two core components, the air circulation fan and the condenser. These components working in unison add to utility and maintenance cost, but do not require periodic defrosting.

Whatever model you choose, bagged ice is a great business as well as an even better marketing tool for your location to bring in new and repeat customers.