The best way to conserve the overall quality and presentation of fish is to keep it in ice. The advantage of sub-cooled flake-ice is simple : it stays cooler longer ! » That comment was from Michael Stewart, refrigeration services manager of Quinnsworth, the Irish supermarket chain that was recently acquired by Tesco. In fact, ice is used far more extensively for fresh fish displays in the Republic of Ireland than it is in the United Kingdom. Take the new Bloomfields shopping complex in Dun Loaghaire, an affluent Dublin suburb. The Quinnsworth supermarket in Bloomfields always has a spectacular fish display using ice |
 Fish display on Geneglace flake-ice at Quinnsworth store, Dun Loaghaire
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from a 500 kg/24 hrs capacity Geneglace F15 flake-ice generator. The flake-ice is made in a temperature controlled holding room for fish stock immediately behind the display area. Specially designed horseshoe display counter cases carry the flake-ice with drainage through the pillars. During the day, the cases are refreshed with new supplies of Geneglace flake-ice. It is kind of sales display that creates what Pierre Brisset, Geneglace’s export manager calls a « shopping experience ». On the basis, no doubt, that if it looks as good as this it usually tastes good as well ! |
