Retail Scales

Buy Retail Scales Online at ESSMANN Shop: Certified Scales for Retailers

Weight, item price, and total price often go hand in hand in the retail business: for instance with vegetables, fruits, meat, fish, and other weighed goods that retailers offer for sale on-site. Some scales today are used in a self-service manner, such as an initial measurement in the produce department as a first indication for the end consumer, while others are operated by the staff themselves - such as at the meat counter. What all these retail scales have in common is that they must meet legal requirements while simultaneously providing a transparent, comprehensible billing process.

ESSMANN Shop: Here business customers can buy retail scales and price-calculating scales online

Please note: Since January 1, 2020, a new regulation applies in Germany: Retail scales and receipt-printing scales must have a technical security feature (short: TSE). Furthermore, the German Calibration Ordinance requires that retail scales are necessarily certified. For this reason, you can buy pre-certified scales online from ESSMANN. The certification of these scales, including control scales and for instance label-printing scales, is consequently already included in the stated price.
When buying retail scales online, also consider the permissible maximum weight. Generally, retail scales and price-calculating scales can handle weights up to a maximum of 30 kg. In this regard, it is important to remember that the weight item exerts a temporarily disproportionate load on the scale when placed on it. Thus, if your customers or employees frequently weigh goods that weigh 11, 12, or for example 14 kilograms, you should opt for a scale with a maximum capacity of 30 kg, and not a model with a maximum load of 15 kg. This gives the weighing cells enough leeway to compensate for the momentary higher load during placement. It is also always important to ensure that the retail scales you buy online also match your product range and the goods to be weighed in terms of the minimum weight.

Types and Applications of Retail Scales

You can buy different types of retail scales here online: While these typically always find use with retailers, there are differences in their functionality and suitability that should be considered. Not only do you ensure strict compliance with legal requirements, but you also lay the foundation for efficient economic processes.
Here is an example for better orientation: The weighing range significantly determines the later place of use. Retail scales suitable for weighing fruits and vegetables are generally not suitable for weighing items like gold or silver. You should therefore consider which trade goods are weighed and the typical weight range they fall into. In general, as soon as the price of goods is linked to their weight, you will need price-calculating scales and certified scales. As this is often the case in practice, retail scales that you can buy online typically also come with a pre-certification. According to EU Directive 90/384 EEC, under these conditions, you will need a demonstrably certified scale:

- the price of the goods in the commercial area is determined by the weight of the goods - ready-made packages are produced that have a certain weight - for all official purposes, e.g., fees or fines

A differentiation of the retail scales you can buy online at ESSMANN is possible according to their additional functionality.

Price-Calculating Scales Online Purchase - Save Work Steps and Create Transparency

Price-calculating scales offer several advantages: On one hand, they relieve staff since the price is automatically formed based on the determined weight and this step, including the otherwise involved time, is thereby eliminated. On the other hand, price-calculating scales create an added level of transparency for end consumers, which in turn has a positive effect on retailers and traders.
The price-calculating scales you can buy here online come with different sizes of weighing platforms and additional functions. Typically, they can be combined with a variety of goods, whereby the price results from the selected category of goods. Customers can thus select, for example, that they are currently weighing bananas, after which the price is formed based on the base price of the bananas - this is how price-calculating scales work with all other goods in the range. It obviously presupposes that prior price programming takes place directly on the retail scales.
To facilitate use, price-calculating scales often come with some accessories such as bowls or drawers. These primarily ensure the fixation of goods, which is especially important for round items, such as apples.

Receipt-Printing Scales Online Purchase - Weigh First, Then Print the Receipt Directly

Receipt-printing scales are another tool familiar not only to traders and commercial users but also to end consumers themselves. The unique benefit that receipt-printing scales offer is already evident from the name: they are able to record the measurement on paper by printing a corresponding receipt. While many retail scales can also be extended with a receipt printing function, receipt-printing scales have this integrated from the factory.
The retail scales usually print at least the price and weight on the receipt, and typically these can also be customized - for example, with printed brand logos, contact information, or special discounts valid in connection with the receipt. Fresh food counters use receipt-printing scales due to the legal requirements. The advantage that characterizes receipt-printing scales is clear: they combine two work steps into one, and they save a lot of space on-site - because the printing unit is made as compact as possible and "hidden" in the retail scales. It also does not interfere with the actual weighing process - which is, of course, a basic legal requirement for the use of such certified retail scales.

Label-Printing Scales Online Purchase - Directly in Specialty Stores at ESSMANN