5 ways a refrigerated van can benefit your business
A refrigerated van can provide many benefits to lots of different businesses, opening up new doors and helping them to grow and expand further.
It’s a common misconception that refrigerated vans are solely used in the catering or food transportation industry — but actually, they can be hugely useful to a variety of different industries including beauty, pharmaceuticals and fresh flowers.
Transporting perishable goods or those that can easily spoil in inadequate temperatures can be a costly mistake for businesses, which ultimately makes it a necessity to invest in suitable transportation to best prevent this situation.
With that being said, here’s 5 ways that your business could benefit from having a refrigerated van…
- Expand your business’ reach
A refrigerated van allows you to grow your business outside of your shopfront, and be able to reach more customers out of the local area.
For example, for florists that may wish to be able to deliver their fresh flowers to customers’ doors, a refrigerated van will ensure that their goods are kept at optimum temperature throughout the journey, helping to extend their already short life-span.
This will open up the business to customers who perhaps aren’t able to collect in-store, or wish to request for home delivery to the recipient as a surprise. It goes without saying that this could ultimately attract new customers, therefore generating more revenue and overall profit. Once the initial investment is made, the returns are bound to cover this in the long-run.
2. Dual compartments are available
A refrigerated van can be a hefty investment by itself, so it can potentially be slightly off-putting if you feel like you may have to buy more than one in order to transport different goods at different temperatures.
However, this doesn’t need to be the case — as there are vehicles with dual compartments available. This is particularly useful if you are transporting both hot and cold food, or chilled and frozen produce at the same time.
You can manually control the temperature of each compartment with the in-cab controls, ultimately cutting down on journey times and frequency by transporting all goods together, making it a great cost-effective solution.
3. You can leave goods in the van overnight
Expecting to have to leave your produce in the van overnight? Not a problem. Refrigerated Vans with electrical standby systems are available, to ensure that all produce is kept at the required temperature overnight, or for any long periods of time.
This means that the van doesn’t need to be turned on to keep the goods cooling, as the electrical standby kicks in when the engine is turned off. It’s also a great time-saver compared to on-loading and off-loading all of the goods in between deliveries.
4. They come in different sizes
If you want your investment to be cost-effective — which of course, you do — then it’s important to know that you can get different sized refrigerated vans. Don’t be fooled into paying an extortionate amount for a large box van, when really you don’t have the load for that and could’ve easily made do with a smaller van such as the Mercedes Vito.
This is why it’s important to know your requirements before committing to buying, as once you know how many goods you have to transport you’ll have more knowledge about which size of van you’ll need to get more for your money.
5. You can find flexible solutions
Not got the budget to invest in a refrigerated van? Not a problem. At Cool Running Rental, we offer short-term rental and long-term leasing of our fleet of refrigerated vans, which are also capable of heating.
We have a fantastic fleet of all different sizes to suit your requirements, with different minimum cooling and freezing temperatures. All of our vehicles are late models and fully serviced and valeted before leaving the forecourt. This way, you can be safe in the knowledge that you’re getting a good quality vehicle, with breakdown cover also included should you require it.
We can tailor our quotes to your needs, with flexible delivery and collection dates to suit. Get in touch with us to find out more. We are based in Rochdale, Greater Manchester but cover UK Nationwide.
Email: info@coolrunningrental.co.uk
Tel: 01706 640055