Commercial Applications

Grocery Stores

Grocery stores are constantly under scrutiny for food safety and produce waste. The most challenging task for cold-area employees is monitoring the freezer and refrigerator temperatures. The Endotherm Thermometer takes the guess work out of food temperature monitoring.

In most supermarkets and grocery stores, management places air-temperature thermometers in their display cases approximately every 8ft. Staff members are constantly reading temperatures using a laser probe for surface areas because the indication on traditional thermometers is unreliable at best. Even with laser probes, it is difficult to get a precise measurement every time—in part because so many products are "clear wrapped" in plastic, causing a reflection that disrupts the probe.

Laser probes are still very accurate and have been used for many years in all kinds of food sectors. The Endotherm Thermometer is the only thermometer that can perform the same function as a laser probe, only without being affected by reflection. By simply placing the Endotherm thermometer within any refrigerated area, it measures the surface temperature within a ? degree.

The Endotherm has been tested in: dairy, deli and seafood display cases, meat counters, produce coolers, walk-in refrigerators and freezers, and even floral cases. Whatever product it is placed alongside, the Endotherm demonstrates incredibly accurate temperature readings of that product.

Another incentive for businesses such as supermarkets to use the Endotherm is the ability to ensure refrigeration equipment is working properly. A produce cooler, for example, may seem cold, but circulating air, a blocked condenser or insufficiently-sized fans—which are incapable of producing the same temperature throughout the cooler—can make for varying air temperatures in different parts of the often overstocked units. The Endotherm enables employees to identify "warm or cold spots" and rotate the products accordingly as well as make any necessary adjustments to the equipment itself. An employee can get a temperature reading by simply glancing at the Endotherm.

Once a customer has complained, it's already too late. The Endotherm is a preemptive solution to make sure the grocer is doing everything possible to offer the freshest products. If, by using the Endotherm, a staff member notices a piece of equipment is two degrees warmer than it should be on one day, and an additional two degrees the following day, the business can then prevent the loss of product, the breakdown of the equipment, and most importantly, the complaints from consumers who have purchased spoiled food.

This technology also helps with consumer loyalty; by assuring consumers that the business is taking every measure in its power to provide only the highest-quality meat, produce and other food, their consumers—who put food safety ahead of anything else—will return time and time again.

Some of the best feedback we have received is from staff members who are responsible for their own departments within a store. They have told us that the Endotherm makes their job easier for monitoring temperatures and some staff members even use the Endotherm as a conversation piece with their customers when selling food items from within their areas.

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