Kearnstd
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join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ
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Re: What about backup generators
and that they might not have enough generator capacity to keep the chillers at full power, i mean even most supermarkets cant run the reefers on backup power even if the lights and registers are on and they stand to loose a lot more then if you shut off some servers for a few hours.
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Moon1234
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| said by Kearnstd  :and that they might not have enough generator capacity to keep the chillers at full power, i mean even most supermarkets cant run the reefers on backup power even if the lights and registers are on and they stand to loose a lot more then if you shut off some servers for a few hours. You would probably be surprised to know that many grocery stores have NO backup generators. I work as a night manager on the weekends in a million dollar a week grocery store in Wisconin. We have NO backup generators. When we were purchased by Roundys I asked if we would be getting them. They said no. They would never recoup the cost of the genertors. Everything in the reefers is good for around 12 hours provided the doors on the sales floor are no opened. The freezer is kept at -25 and is good for 12-24 hours provided that no doors are open. The only thing that we really have a problem with is ice cream which melts aroun 20 degrees farenheit. Some melts lower or higher depending on fat content.
Roundys has insurance on all perishable items in the store. Should we have an outage that lasts more than 4-5 hours they would be reimbursed for any loss. I have worked there for 15 years and we have had maybe 5-10 thousand dollars worth of shink due to loss of refrigeration. We have 27 compressors to run. A generator sized to keep all of them operating would be very expensive.
Almost all grocery stores work this way. We used to have a contract with a dry ice company for the main freezer in case the power went out, but Roundys eliminated that as well. They do keep about 4 pallets of bagged ice in the freezer which is intended to be sold to customers, but does act as a nice backup insurance plan as well. |
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wierdo
join:2001-02-16
Tulsa, OK
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| A few months ago I was at a nearby supermarket when the power crapped out. I was quite happy that they had a generator, since it allowed them to run half the lights and the registers.
Had it not been for the generator, I wouldn't have left with any food that evening. Not that I could do much with it when I got home, since my power was also out, but still! 
Thank god for megacorp grocery stores?
Once your company gets to a certain size, the cost of insurance is greater than either absorbing the loss on your own or taking steps (like generators) to mitigate the chance of loss. |
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