Convenience stores and supermarkets are often compared, and they are both similar and very different from each other. Supermarket shelves and convenience store gondola shelves are both for merchandise. What are the differences between them?

Difference in Shape

Convenience store gondola shelves and supermarket shelves are generally double-sided shelves or single-sided shelves with steel structures. The shape of supermarket shelves is relatively larger than that of convenience store shelves, which is specifically reflected in the length, width, and height of the entire shelf and the size of the accessories used on the shelf.

Supermarkets place all kinds of goods on single/double sided supermarket shelf as much as possible. In order to put the most goods in a limited space, the size of the supermarket shelves will be made larger for display.

Convenience stores are small in scale and there are not many types of goods. Convenience gondola retail display shelving has the characteristics of being small and exquisite, and the design sense of the convenience gondola shelving system is stronger, bringing customers a more comfortable visual experience.    

Difference in Height

Convenience stores and supermarkets have different display requirements, and the height of convenience store gondola shelves is about 1.35 meters. However, metal supermarket shelf is generally higher in height to meet the need of displaying more commodities.

Difference in Load-bearing Capacity

Convenience store gondola shelves and display supermarket shelves both have a quality load-bearing capacity, but since supermarkets will have heavier goods, supermarket shelves have a wider load-bearing range.

Difference in Style

There are many styles of convenience store gondola shelves. High-end convenience stores will use aesthetic steel and wooden shelves, which have certain requirements for the appearance and color of the shelves; supermarket shelves are mostly made of all steel, one is to save procurement costs, and the other is to facilitate daily cleaning and maintenance at ordinary times.

Gondola Metal Supermarket Shelf

Gondola display supermarket shelves refer to the shelves for placing goods in supermarkets. The earliest shelves in China are often called counters. There are iron, steel, wood, glass, and so on.

Neat and aesthetically pleasing is the biggest feature of standard supermarket shelves, and more attention is paid to the display effect and humanized display of goods. Supermarket shelves of a wide range of categories, supermarket shelves according to their use in the store location are mainly divided into:

1. Single-sided Shelf (mainly used against the wall)

2. Double sided gondola supermarket shelving

3. End frame (gondola end shelving, for both ends of a row of double-sided shelves)

With the continuous development of the supermarket industry, in order to meet the display needs of supermarkets, a series of special shelves were developed by supermarket shelving manufacturers.

Advantages of Gondola Display Supermarket Shelves:

1. Displaying products on shelves can efficiently use limited business space, arrange products in an orderly manner, make customers clear at a glance, and transmit product information to customers as quickly as possible. It is also a basic operating facility for salespeople to provide high-level services to customers.

2. Displaying goods on shelves can effectively prevent moisture, dust, theft, and vandalism, so as to improve the quality of material storage.

Supermarket shelves can be made of iron, steel, steel wood, wood, and many other materials. Different materials have different display effects and load-bearing capacities, and there are differences in quality and price.

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