Asian Grocery and Supermarket Shopfitting

An Asian grocery typically carries far more lines per square metre than a mainstream supermarket. Sauces, noodles, snacks, dry goods and imported brands, many in small packaging, often several variants of the same product side by side. Then rice and bulk goods in heavy sacks, and fresh produce at the front.

Most of these stores also trade from strip-shop or converted premises with narrow floors and awkward walls. The fitout has to fit a large range into a space that was never designed to hold one.

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What an Asian grocery fitout involves

Dense shelving

Double sided gondola at 1200mm bays with shelves set at close heights. Small packaging on standard grocery spacing wastes most of the bay, so adjustable shelves that can run five or six levels instead of four make a real difference to how many lines fit.

End units on every run for new imports and promotions.

Walls

Slatwall with hooks and scan hooks for bagged snacks, noodles and packaged lines. Scan hooks carry the price on the hook, which matters when a single wall holds hundreds of lines.

Bulk goods

Rice, flour and bulk dry goods come in heavy sacks. Floor-level bays and heavy duty shelving for the stockroom, since this is where most of the weight in the store sits.

Fresh produce

Stainless display at the front for fruit and vegetables. Washes down daily and takes wet produce without staining.

Checkout

A checkout counter sized to the floor. An L-shaped stainless lane where space allows, or a display shelving counter in smaller premises.

Baskets and trolleys

Hand baskets and rolling baskets suit narrow aisles better than full trolleys. Trolleys where the floor is wide enough.