Convenience Store Shelving and Racking for Fresh Produce

To compete in the convenience store industry, rising numbers of businesses are offering fresh goods and self-service counters to provide hot and chilled produce to customers on the go. Convenience store customers often pass by on their way to work or school or pop in on their lunch break for something quick and easy to eat. Offering fresh goods means that your store traffic will increase as you become a handy stop for all sorts of customers. In addition to packeted goods, newspapers and popular items stocked on wall shelving and gondola shelving, you can also provide customers with fresh items displayed in refrigerated shelving units and counters, for example:

• Freshly-baked pastries and bread
• Self-service hot drinks machines or a coffee counter
• Chilled snacks, sandwiches and drinks
• A staffed counter serving sandwiches, delicatessen goods or even hot food
• Freezer storage for ice creams and frozen foods

The type of fresh goods you can stock will depend on the space you have available for the appropriate refrigerated shelving unit or retail racking unit. If you are serving freshly made food on the premises you will also need to obtain any relevant health and safety accreditations to ensure quality control.

Visit our website to find out more about any of the items above and to browse our huge range of new shop shelving and accessories, including:

• ·     Gondola shelving - A popular choice in many stores due to its versatility and functionality, gondola shelving is a staple shelving option for stores of any size. You can use this shelving to create aisles within your store and the range of heights and widths we stock mean that we have the shelving size for you.
  ·     Wall shelving - Use wall shelving around the edge of your store to provide plenty of shelving space while optimising the floor space you have available.
  ·     Shopping baskets - By having stacks of baskets at the front of the store and dotted around the aisles you will encourage customers to purchase more items as it is easier to carry them in a basket than with their hands.
  ·     Wire stacking baskets - These are an excellent way to display sale and impulse purchase items in your store. As these are freestanding they can be used to fill empty spaces and can be easily moved to create new interesting displays.
  ·     Corner shelving - Utilise every inch of floor space you have in your store by using specialist corner shelving to bring life back into an overlooked corner.
  ·     Peg board shelving and pegs - Not all products sit well on classic flat shelving, our range of pegboard shelving allows you to hang products to ensure they are displayed in the best way possible. All of our bays can be slotted together to ensure a seamless shelving display.

 Call our team on 01455 221512 to talk about incorporating fresh goods into your retail shelving configuration.

What's the Story? Shelving4shops in Balamory!

Do your kids watch Balamory? You might recognise this corner shop from one of our recent jobs then... The old converted church which was used as a convenience store in Tobermory sadly had to close its doors last year. With no help locally, the Shelving4Shops team was called in to take away the used shop shelving and multideck chillers.  Being based in Leicestershire and having good travel connections all around the UK this was no problem. The winding roads of the small village did however pose a particular issue for an articulated lorry with a forklift strapped to its back! Permits needed to be granted to allow the large vehicle through the streets of Tobermory but our team was able to sort all of this for the shop owner so he had no need to worry.

A forklift truck was brought in for the heavy lifting and as you can see it was a bit of a tight squeeze through the old church door but nothing the Shelving4shops team couldn't handle...

As the shop had been used as a convenience store there were a lot of chillers and fridges to be removed as well as used gondola and wall shelving. The lorry was ready and waiting and the dismantling of the store took just a day to complete.


While it is sad that the shop had to close its doors, the new owners have decided to turn this beautiful old building into a restaurant and tea room, and so we wish them every success with the new business.

Second-hand shop shelving is available to purchase from Shelving4Shops. We are always on the lookout for quality used shop shelving so if you have a store closing and would like a quote on your second hand shelving, please send us some photos and details to sales@shelving4shops.co.uk. Alternatively, if you would like to buy used shop shelving for your store, please call us 01455 221512 and we can let you know what we have in stock.

As well as second-hand shop shelving we stock a full range of new shelving:

• Gondola shelving - A classic choice for many retail stores, gondola shelving is a truly versatile shelving option and as it comes in 4 heights and 4 widths you can be assured you will find the correct size shelving for your store.
• Wall shelving - Using wall shelving can save space and utilise your empty back wall! This shelving sits against the wall optimising your available floor space and allows you to have aisles that accommodate pushchairs and trolleys.
• Promotional end bays - The best place to display your sale items is in the direct path of customers, not all customers are going to go down every aisle but they will walk past the end of them to reach other sections of the store or to get to the checkout. Utilise this prime space in your store by putting sale/promotional items in end bays and use clear signage to highlight great savings.
• Corner shelving bays - Corners are often a dead space due to the shape of more popular shelving but the simple addition of corner shelf can open up forgotten space and optimise the floor space you have.
• Magazine shelving - One of the biggest selling points of magazines are the front covers, by using magazine shelving you can clearly see the front cover and attract customers. These units can also be used to sell other paper goods where it is important to be able to see the front, like greeting cards.
• Pegboard shelving - Some items do not work well on a flat shelf, pegboard shelving allows you to hang items allowing them to be viewed better. If you no longer need hanging space, shelves can be fixed to pegboard shelving to ensure you always have the best display options for your store.
• Dump bins and wire baskets - This style of display can utilise a dead space of the store or can be used to create a section near the checkout so people know where to queue. Alternatively, use dump bins and wire baskets around the store to encourage impulse purchases or to promote sale items. 
• Shelving accessories - Customise your shelves to your store, from coloured EPOS strips to shelf dividers you can take any shelving and make it work perfectly for your store.

Why not look at our website for all of your shelving needs at www.shelving4shops.co.uk or call us on 01455 221512 and our team will be happy to help.