Epta, with its recent innovations Arcade/Avenue and GranBering Integral Ultra/SkyLight Integral Perform branded Costan/Bonnet Névé, guide the new era of the Discount channel, one of the most dynamic and evolutionary formats of the Large-Scale Retail sector, increasingly more relevant in the European Retail Sector.     Discount supermarketization In the last twenty years, Discount stores have been the protagonists of a deep transformation towards an increasingly

Epta, with its sub-brand EptaTecnica, is pure efficiency thanks to its approach to natural refrigeration.

Epta achieves class A with Tango Ultra, the vertical refrigerated plug-in cabinet by Costan, boosted to reach an even higher energy performance, in great style. The cabinet furnishes the fresh product area merging performance, sustainability and aesthetics.   TIPS BY EPTA The goal of Epta innovation is to develop refrigerated solutions compliant with the European standards, namely Ecodesign and Energy Labelling, able to satisfy Retailers’ needs.

EptaTechnica, with its new Eco2Middle refrigeration pack, completes the Eco2Small and Eco2Large series.

Epta supports the European Union in its goal of achieving ever greater energy independence while fully respecting the environment. The project is ambitious, but also possible, if we immediately start moving in the right direction together.

Click & collect, set up in 2011, is an efficient purchasing method which saves time, by allowing the customer to choose and collect the products more quickly. It is a new way of shopping which allows you to purchase by clicking and collecting from a practical refrigerated locker. Following a first adjustment phase, it has experienced a considerable development in the English-speaking world since 2018.

Epta, with its Costan brand, responds to the new trends of the Hard Discount segment with Arcade. The positive chilled display cabinet belongs to the new Fundamental family, designed to furnish the fresh product area. This format has become increasingly like that used by soft discount stores in recent years.

Freezing is part of our daily lives and is synonymous with quality and convenience for food consumption. But where does the idea of freezing foods come from? Many imagine – but few know – that to surprise and inspire the American Clarence Birdseye in 1928 was precisely the texture, but above all the taste, of those foods preserved by the Eskimos in Northern Canada. The practices used by these people succeeded in maintaining their freshness as no other technique known until then in the USA. Freezing: a true revolution for proper nutrition

Seasonal, zero-kilometre and sustainable: these are the key elements which drive Costan in the development of commercial display refrigerators which furnish and enhance the deli departments. In recent years the attention to the origin and quality of the ingredients which are brought to the table has increased.

The sector of frozen products in the retail world is continuously transforming and growing. In recent years, the key purchase drivers have included:

• the need to eat healthy, safe products with a high nutritional content
• sustainability
• waste reduction

These are the key factors which affect the evolution of the sector, and consequently, the organisation of the aisles.