Retail scales

Retailers are facing new challenges at the fresh food counter—from rising labour costs to changing customer expectations. Hybrid counter concepts aim to solve both. We spoke with Alexander Pogacnik to learn how the combination of on-demand slicing and integrated packaging technology is reshaping operations, improving hygiene and supporting flexible in-store strategies.

Incorrect registrations on self-service scales lead to a loss of sales, while staff are tied up in the fresh food areas and the shopping process is delayed. At SPAR, AI-supported scales solve several problems at once and make shopping smart and convenient.

Time and again, we discover lovingly maintained Bizerba inclinometers from the 50s and 60s with our customers. Claudio Pontarollo, owner of the Hotel Hamann in Balingen, has a special passion for these elegant devices. Not only does he display them in the window of his RISTORANTE "La Galleria", he even has a mini-collection in his cellar. And even in the kitchen nothing works without the classic appliances from Bizerba.

Meet Anneke, a passionate Dutch fishmonger from the picturesque fishing village Yerseke at the North Sea, who is now using the Bizerba fish scale Q1 400 to modernize her traditional fish stand. In our interview, Anneke tells us how the mobile and precise scale is helping her to make changes in her daily routine and improve the service of her mobile fish stand. Read how this new fish scale is changing the way she runs her family business, maintaining old traditions while embracing new technology.