Popularity of Nugget Ice helps beverage sales

Popularity of Nugget Ice helps beverage sales
Tags: Equipment & Supplies, Food & Beverage, Operations Management, Professional Services
October 1, 2005

VERNON HILLS, Ill. - Finding the right ice for beverage offerings can be your ticket to higher profit margins. Scotsman Ice Systems, a division of Enodis and a world leading ice machine manufacturer, helps operators increase beverage sales with Scotsman Nugget Ice, The Original Chewable IceTM, preferred by 85 percent of participants in a recent taste test conducted at the National Association of Convenience Stores annual trade show1. Chalk it up to the fun factor, or maybe chewability, but operators are watching ice take center stage and delighting all types of consumers. Nugget Ice is not only a growing consumer trend, but also provides bottom-line benefits. It's slower to melt than flaked varieties and uses less water and electricity than cubed. Unlike anything else in the industry, Scotsman Nugget Ice™ ice machines are sources of operational savings. Utilizing a highly efficient rotating auger to harvest and form the product, Scotsman machines forgo the standard shape/release cycle that expends water and requires heat-which means they use up to 60 percent less water and energy compared to cube machines.

With Scotsman, you can depend on innovative technology to ensure that your machine performs to the highest standards. With the AutoSentry™ Monitoring System and simplified diagnostics, Scotsman Nugget Ice™ ice machines are streamlined for performance and equipped for dependability. In fact, they're so reliable, that the best warranty in the industry comes standard. The machines also feature flexible dispensing options and are available in modular air-, water-, remote-cooled and remote low-side ice models.

Invigorate your beverage sales by creating a thrilling fountain beverage program with greater appeal, bigger profits, and more reliable machines from Scotsman Nugget Ice, The Original Chewable IceTM. For more information call 888-ICE-2823, e-mail nuggetice@scotsman-ice.com, or log on to www.scotsman-ice.com.

Scotsman Ice Systems, an Enodis Corporation member, is a full line manufacturer of ice machines and offers a wide variety of ice forms, machine sizes (over 100 different models), storage bin sizes, icemaker dispensers and ice only dispensers. In 2002, Scotsman was named one of the Top 25 Best Plants in the U.S. by IndustryWeek magazine and is currently the only ice machine manufacturer to obtain ISO9001:2000 certification. To learn more about Scotsman, visit our web site at www.scotsman-ice.com or call us at (800) SCOTSMAN.

About the Company Enodis plc (www.enodis.com) is a worldwide company focused on the design, manufacture, and supply of food equipment. Through its two operating groups, Global Food Service Equipment and Food Retail Equipment, it has 27 factories in 8 countries and a large portfolio of premium brands, including Scotsman, Garland, Frymaster, Cleveland, Delfield, Jackson, Lincoln, Convotherm, and Merrychef in foodservice, and Kysor/Warren and Kysor Panel Systems in food retail equipment.