New Lettuce Harvester to Use Water Jet Technology

According to notes from the United Fresh 2009 expo by The Packer, specialized harvesting manufacturer Ramsay Highlander, Inc. plans to release in June a patented commercial lettuce harvester that uses water jets. Advantages of using water cutting for lettuce harvesting, says Ramsay Highlander CEO Frank Maconachy, include food safety. Water jets’ precision cutting will not cause bleeding or browning as conventional harvesters sometimes do. Although it is best known for things like glass cutting, water jet technology’s efficacy in food cutting has long been established. Food Production Daily magazine wrote in 2005 that “water jet technology is one of the fastest growing major machine tool processes in the world due to its versatility and ease of operation…The technology offers processors sanitary advantages over other mechanical cutting methods, since there is no bacterial transfer from food to food or from tool to food. There is also no downtime for sharpening as there is with knives. Operator safety is improved because water jets can be remotely controlled by robotics.” Using water jets for food cutting has also gained popularity due to its preservation of the material being cut and the very small kerf width—this means that very little food is wasted in the process. Additionally, water jet cutting does not produce harmful vapors or hazardous...

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Gridwall Can Help Make Your Store Merchandise Pop Off Of Shelves

Seeking out some added touches to make your store merchandise as appealing as possible can include putting up some gondola shelving, or other appealing fixtures obtained from a display source. These added touches can really add to your store merchandise to help you increase sales and overall better improve the customer experience in your store.  By making your products more appealing, you will be able to give your customers more to look at than just your products.   By making products more appealing, you will increase demand for them that will in turn allow you to charge more for products, as they will come across as having higher quality.  This can help you with your inventory turnover, shrinkage, and more.  Appearance is a major factor in standing out against the competition.  Seeking out improved fixtures and displays for your store can give you a serious edge, a differentiating factor.   There are many methods and tactics you can take to achieve this type of increased demand across the board for your products by improving the appearance of your store.  Some common tactics include using gridwall.  This type of shelving can help you display all types of products including clothing, hardware, and more.  Other examples include the use of slatwall.  If you want to get a good idea of what is out there and available at your disposal, it is certainly worth checking out as they have a wide variety of fixtures that can make your store look better than it ever...

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