Lighting Your Food With LED Lighting

Have you ever walked through a grocery store and noticed the lighting?  Next time you’re there take a closer look at the fruit, vegetable and fresh meat displays.  I’m willing to bet that you’ll notice how appetizing these foods look, and for good reason; grocers have long known that proper lighting can cause those shiny drops of dew and ice to dazzle under the lights, adding a “fresh” look to the food.  Not only can lighting turn common food items into crowned jewels, it can also help with operating costs.

Since LED lighting is known for its bright white light, in contrast to the yellow glare of incandescent and fluorescent lighting, it makes them an ideal candidate for grocery stores and markets everywhere.  Additionally, LED lighting has been proven to use a fraction of the energy of incandescent and fluorescent lighting.

An industry that relies so much on keeping its products fresh, cannot afford to have bad lighting solutions in place.  For example, more than 35 percent of energy use is on refrigeration, with the greatest usage occurring in display cases, freezers, coolers, and beverage dispensers.  If a store used fluorescent lighting in one of these areas, they would experience a large waste of energy due to fluorescent lighting putting off heat equaling a 25-50% increase in energy consumed.  Replacing this lighting with more cost effective LED lights can drastically decrease energy consumption.

LED lighting can also have industrial applications for food packaging and processing plants.  These warehouse areas are typically well-lit with rows of heavy duty tube lamps.  Lighting such a large space with these types of lights is a huge drain on energy and LED lighting can only help to lessen that burden.  There is also a new movement of horticulture companies experimenting with LED lighting for plant growth; ultimately, this could help grow more food for the world’s increasing population and impact the pricing at your local grocer.

Whether it’s food growing applications, better product placement or simply energy conservation, there is a place for LED lights in an industry were lighting is rarely noticed by consumers.  New Tek Partners provides proper lighting solutions to equip the smallest restaurant or bar all the way up to a large grocery store or industrial warehouse.  Their lights can brighten a display case or dim to set the mood in a bar.  It is a great time for food retailers to invest in LED lighting and New Tek Partners can help lead the way in equipping your retail business with cost-effective LED lighting.

New Tek Partners is an LED technology based company and our mission is to develop and produce high quality LED lighting products and provide alternative lighting solutions to our clients.  Please don't hesitate to contact us with questions about how we can help you reduce your electric costs, as well as reduce your effect on the environment.  Also connect with us on our Facebook Page.