Why Retail Scale Calibration Is So Important When Weighing Food

A scale that reads inaccurately is of no use to you, your team, or your business. This is the main reason why you need to frequently calibrate all the scales at your site. An uncalibrated scale that delivers incorrect weight measurements can have far-reaching consequences for many areas of your business and undoubtedly holds consequences for your bottom line. When your scale is not reading correctly, then your business may be experiencing some of the following problems.

Inconsistent Recipes

Did you know your business could save over 2% of its yearly ingredient costs if you choose the correct scale and have it calibrated frequently? Scales not working properly can lead to bad batches, as well as over- or under-weighing of ingredients, leaving a useless, wasted batch of products. In order to guarantee you are maintaining consistent batches and keeping your recipes precise, consider investing in a formula control scale.

Loss of Product Leads to Loss of Profit

Overweight products could be costing your business thousands a year. Calibrating your retail price scales is a great way to increase profitability as it boosts accuracy, efficiency, and productivity from your scale. This means your customers get what they are paying for, and you do not lose out on overweight stock. Calibration is the single best way of making sure product is not wasted, and that your raw product is not given away for free. Do not cheat yourself or your customers and make sure your business is running as efficiently as possible.

Finished Product Ends Up Weighing Less or More Than Label Suggests

Place yourself in your customer’s shoes for a moment. If you purchased a product that was labelled as weighing 2 kg, but you only received 1,8 kg worth, would you feel cheated? Calibration of your retail scales is important to make sure customers do not get cheated, as well as to keep your business on the right side of the law. The best way to avoid all these inconveniences is to invest in great quality retail price scales, and to calibrate them frequently.

Take Your Business Forward with Our Retail Price Scales

We are one of the top manufacturers and suppliers of a full range of retail and manufacturing equipment in Southern Africa. As experts in the electronic scale industry, we are involved in every stage of the process involved in setting up a new retail supermarket or food factory. From the installation and implementation through to its completion, we offer continual functional and technical support to our retail customers.

Our retail price scales are renowned for their accuracy, quality and innovation. The DS-782 scale is known for its accuracy and user-friendly operation, producing speedy weighing transactions in which both business and customer can put their faith. Its exceptionally compact body makes it perfectly suited to use on sales floors, and its high-contrast LCD display with backlight ensures excellent visibility at all times.

It comes with up to 99 PLUs that are fully programmable, so that your retail staff will not have any problems calling up the correct information for products in no time at all. Thanks to its low power consumption, rechargeable batteries, and its intelligent backlight, you can look forward to great efficiency from the DS-782.

Our Own Weigh and Label Manufacturing Plant

Solidifying our position in the marketplace is our large label manufacturing plant that produces our self-adhesive label rolls that are used on all our electronic scale printers, thermal label printers, and other applications. It is but one of the many examples of how we continue to drive innovation in the retail sector, and speaks of our commitment to become your one-stop solution for all retail equipment needs.

Thanks to our great purchasing power, we are also able to keep our products as competitively priced as possible. Not only does this ensure maximum market saturation of our products, but also greater accessibility by retail stores. Every retailer in South Africa can now benefit from our state-of-the-art retail price scale technology and other retail solutions. To learn more about us, and for the professional insight and advice needed to make the best purchasing decision for your business, speak to us today.