Meat

High-quality meat is portioned to order by experienced and professional butchers. The subsequently packaged meat products are then weighed fully automatically by an ESPERA weigh-price labeller and provided with all the the product relevant information. In this process, all necessary product data such as price, best-before date, or even the origin of the meat is applied to the package via a label "That was different once, too," Mischa Schmitz remembers well. In the meeting room, Fred de Blanken and the account manager reminisce about the cooperation between "Nice to Meat" and ESPERA, which now goes back around ten years. "In 2011, we installed a manual weight-price labelling system from ESPERA in the butchery of "Nice to Meat" for the first time. At that time, this system consisted of a separate terminal, a stand-alone scale and a single printer."

In the years that followed, both companies grew equally. Today, weigh-price labelling at "Nice to Meat" is fully automated. "They have now chosen a compact labelling system from our ES 5000 series in combination with a fully automatic high-performance ES 7000 machine," Mischa Schmitz explains the current equipment. "We have grown quickly. Every year by up to 20 %," explains Fred de Blanken. "Less than ten years ago, we moved into this building, and it is already too small. We have plans to double the size of our space, but due to the Corona pandemic and its impact on our customers, we've had to temporarily postpone it."