Is a liquidated supermarket display shelf cheap or expensive – Should you buy it or not?

Liquidation supermarket shelves are a suitable option to save costs when opening a supermarket. However, not everyone knows how to choose a place that sells cheap and quality liquidation supermarket shelves. The article below will help you gain more experience in choosing liquidation, used supermarket shelves…

Classification of liquidated supermarket shelves

Liquidated supermarket shelves are products that have been used or have manufacturing defects and are resold at a lower price than new shelves. This type of shelf will not be of the same quality as new products and usually will no longer have a warranty. However, if you know how to choose, you can find a product of stable quality at a good price.

Supermarket shelves with defects or damage due to manufacturing

This type of shelf is newly manufactured according to customer requirements. However, during production, it was not made exactly to the customer’s specifications regarding size, or there was some minor defect that the customer did not accept. Therefore, it must be liquidated to recover raw material costs.

For this type of shelf, there are many products that are still 99.99% new and at an excellent price compared to similar products. So, to save costs, this might be a “bargain.”

Used supermarket shelves

Used shelves are models that have been used by supermarkets and retail stores. After a period of business, due to some objective reasons such as business losses, the entire store had to be liquidated. Some stores also wanted to change all the shelves in the store to a new, uniform look, so they liquidated their old ones.

After distributors purchase these products, they repair and “spruce up” the shelves’ appearance a bit before reselling them to businesses that need them.

Pros and Cons of Buying Used Supermarket Shelves

Pros

• Low price:
• Many price segments
• Diverse colors and sizes

Cons

• Used
• No longer under warranty
• Poor quality
• Not the right standard size for your store
• And many other disadvantages.

Should you use liquidation supermarket shelves?

If you don’t have much capital, you can consider using liquidation shelves. But if you have enough capital, you should invest in new supermarket shelves for the following reasons:

No warranty or support during use

One of the disadvantages of using liquidation shelves is the lack of warranty and support during use.

Unclear origin, high risk of damage

You will not be able to know what purposes these shelves have been used for, or whether they have carried heavy products. There is a high risk of damage and rapid deterioration.

No clear specifications on load capacity, safety

There are no clear specifications, only visual assessment is possible. However, to evaluate a quality product, you need to use it for a period of time.

May be warped, paint peeling, poor load-bearing shelves

After a short period of use, you may encounter bad cases such as the product being warped, shaky, unable to bear heavy loads, and the electrostatic paint layer peeling off, losing its aesthetic appeal.

These are common cases when choosing liquidation shelves. It can be said that liquidation shelves have a very advantageous price, but the benefits do not outweigh the disadvantages. If you are interested in new, quality supermarket shelves at good prices, you can contact Viet Pos Rack for detailed advice.

Why choose supermarket shelves at Viet Pos Rack

As one of the manufacturers and distributors of supermarket shelves, Viet Pos Rack offers supermarket shelf products that meet many criteria:

• Quality: all production stages are closely monitored, high-quality materials, ensuring the best finished products
• Cheap price: as a direct manufacturer, supermarket shelves at Viet Pos Rack do not go through intermediaries. So it is certain that the price of shelves at Viet Pos Rack is much better than that of distributors
• Long-term warranty: Each shelf product distributed by Viet Pos Rack comes with a 3-year warranty. Fast, on-site warranty so you can rest assured.
• Professional installation consultation: Before installing shelves, Viet Pos Rack staff will receive customer information and requirements, conduct actual surveys. Then advise on suitable shelf models, draw 2D drawings for customers to visualize, if the customer accepts, construction will be carried out

Some supermarket shelves produced by Viet Pos Rack

Mesh shelving is the cheapest among all types of supermarket shelving. However, the quality of mesh shelving is not inferior to other types of shelving. With a mesh back panel, customers can easily view products from both sides. Additionally, you can use hooks to hang products directly onto the mesh back panel to maximize space.

Perforated back panel shelving

The perforated metal shelf is optimally designed with round holes that can be combined with hanging hooks. With Việt POS Rack’s perforated metal shelf, you can load heavy products.

Supermarket shelves combined with wood

Supermarket shelves with wood have a luxurious, beautiful design that creates a highlight for the store. The wooden shelves have been meticulously treated for termites and warping, so you can be assured of their quality. Viet Pos Rack has produced many shelf models: mesh shelves with wood, perforated shelves with wood, solid shelves with wood…

Custom supermarket shelves

In addition to available products, Viet Pos Rack also designs custom shelves, paints shelves…