Caas for Modern Trade: How Phase Shields Ensure Reliable Frozen Food Deliveries

Introduction:

In the fast-growing modern trade sector, ensuring the safe and efficient movement of frozen food products is critical. Ice creams, frozen foods, and desserts must maintain strict temperature requirements while travelling from central warehouses to supermarkets, cafés, and retail stores.

Traditionally, refrigerated trucks have been the preferred solution. However, they come with challenges such as high operational costs, maintenance issues, and carbon emissions.

Tan90’s Cooling as a Service (Caas) Model, using Phase Shields, offers a smarter, more flexible way to maintain temperature integrity during frozen food deliveries, without the need for costly refrigerated trucks.

Challenges in Frozen Food Logistics

Transporting frozen products, especially in cities and urban centres, faces several hurdles:

• High fuel and maintenance costs are associated with refrigerated vehicles.

• Temperature fluctuations are caused by frequent door openings during multi-stop deliveries.

• Limited availability of refrigerated trucks leads to scheduling delays.

• Higher carbon footprint, conflicting with sustainability goals.

Modern trade businesses need a more efficient and scalable solution that can maintain product quality without inflating logistics costs.

How Caas with Phase Shields Solves These Challenges

Tan90’s Phase Shields are specially engineered panels that absorb and release thermal energy, ensuring stable low temperatures during product movement.

Here’s how the Caas model works for frozen food logistics:

• Pre-conditioned Phase Shields are frozen at the central warehouse.

• Frozen goods and Phase Shields are loaded into insulated containers or vans.

• Passive cooling maintains the required temperature throughout the delivery process.

• No active refrigeration is needed during transportation, even across multiple delivery points.

Key Benefits of Using Phase Shields for Modern Trade Deliveries

✅ Cost-Effective Logistics

• Reduces diesel consumption as insulated vans can replace refrigerated trucks.

• Cuts down maintenance and operational costs significantly.

✅ Temperature Stability

• Maintains the required temperature range (-18°C to -20°C) even during multiple stops.

• Reduces spoilage and ensures better product quality upon arrival.

✅ Flexibility and Scalability

• Enables the use of different vehicle types, not just specialised reefer trucks.

• Suitable for small, medium, and large delivery loads.

✅ Environmentally Sustainable

• Cuts down greenhouse gas emissions by minimising reliance on diesel generators and refrigeration units.

Operational Impact: With vs Without Phase Shields

Use Cases for Modern Trade Businesses

• Central Warehouse to Supermarkets: Reliable frozen product movement without heavy logistics costs.

• Last-Mile Deliveries: Flexibility to deliver to multiple stores, mini-marts, and cafés efficiently.

• Cold Chain for Online Grocery Platforms: Enhances speed and temperature control for e-commerce frozen deliveries.

Conclusion

Tan90’s Cooling as a Service (Caas), powered by Phase Shields, provides a modern, efficient, and scalable solution for frozen food logistics in the modern trade sector. It addresses the high costs, rigid operations, and sustainability concerns of traditional refrigerated transportation.

By leveraging Phase Shields, businesses can maintain product integrity, lower operational expenses, and contribute to a greener supply chain, making frozen food logistics simpler, smarter, and more sustainable.