You’ve stocked your coolers with the highest quality meats and cheeses, invested in a sharp, reliable slicer, and hired a friendly, knowledgeable associate to manage your deli department.
What’s missing?
You need a deli scale with a printer to ensure fast, accurate deli service and checkouts.
In this blog, we’ll help you find the perfect deli scale with a printer for your grocery store. Keep reading to learn how to shop for this must-have tool and explore our three favorite options.
What To Look for in a Deli Scale With Printer
When customers visit your store’s deli counter, they take the time to carefully evaluate your options and choose the brand, slice thickness, and quantity they need.
You should be just as particular when shopping for your grocery store’s deli scale.
This critical tool speeds up operations at your deli and checkout counters, prevents inventory and pricing errors, and ensures your customers always receive the right amounts of meat and cheese.
Here’s what to consider when looking for a new deli scale.
- Point of sale (POS) system integration: Most importantly, your deli scale and printer should integrate seamlessly with your POS system. This prevents confusion at the checkout counter and ensures your inventory and sales records accurately reflect each meat and cheese sale.
- Ease of use: Without the right tools, lines at your deli counter can quickly get out of hand. Make sure your deli scale and printer are user-friendly, include the right features, and empower your employees to provide fast, accurate service.
- Label specifications: Your deli scale should let you print labels with all the right information, including the product’s name, price per weight, calculated price, and a barcode. Some labels also let you list ingredients and nutritional information.
- Dimensions: Be careful not to crowd your deli counter with a scale setup that’s too large. Carefully measure your space to ensure the new scale fits perfectly.
- Cost: Purchasing a deli scale with printer is a significant investment — which is why you should choose carefully. Don’t forget about ongoing maintenance costs like recalibration and replacement label paper.
Keeping these factors in mind will help you choose a deli scale that fits your space, simplifies your deli department operations, and improves your customers’ shopping experience.
Now, let’s look at our three top favorite deli scales with printers.
P.S. Each of these options is compatible with our grocery store POS software! Markt POS integrates with deli scales, scanner scales, and barcode printers to make weight-based sales and perishable inventory management a breeze.
1. CAS CL5500 Label Printing Scale
First on our list is the CL5500 Label Printing Scale by CAS. This scale is a great option if you’re on a smaller budget but still want a powerful tool for selling products by weight.
You can program the scale’s keyboard to align with your most popular deli products, and an operator-side LCD screen displays the tare weight, product weight, price per unit, and total price.
It can also store up to 45 preset label formats, allowing you to print different labels for various products.
Weight capacity: You can choose between a 30-pound or 60-pound capacity.
Dimensions: The CL5500 has a total footprint of 16 x 17 x 6.8 inches, with a platter size of 15 x 9.6 inches.
Price: Pricing for the CAS CL5500 ranges from $2,245 to $2,475.
2. CAS CL7200 Touchscreen Label Printing Scale
The CAS CL7200 Touchscreen Label Printing Scale is one step up from our previous pick.
Along with the CL5500’s standard features, the CL7200 includes a touchscreen menu and customer-facing display.
You can upload photos of your most popular products and customize the touchscreen interface to put your deli associates’ most-used features right at their fingertips. The customer-facing display shows the product type, weight, price per unit, and total calculated price.
The CL7200 is also equipped with a faster, clearer label printer.
Weight capacity: You can choose between a 30-pound or 60-pound capacity.
Dimensions: The CL7200 has a total footprint of 16.1 x 19.7 x 17 inches, with a platter size of 15 x 9.8 inches.
Price: CAS charges $2,895 for most CL7200 models.
3. Hobart HT Scale With Linerless Label Cassette and Auto Cutter
Want to deck out your deli counter with the best of the best? The HT Series Scale by Hobart might be the right choice.
This advanced scale includes a customizable touchscreen, a built-in computer, and an advanced label printer that uses linerless labels for quicker labeling and less waste. Hobart also offers a patented touchscreen design that promises to make deli operations smoother.
The only downside is that this is the largest and most expensive option on our list.
Weight capacity: Hobart offers two capacity options: one that can handle weights between 0 and 12 pounds and another capable of weighing 12 to 30 pounds.
Dimensions: The Hobart HT Series Scale has a footprint of 19.3 x 25.7 x 8.5 inches, with a platter size of 14 x 15 inches.
Price: Hobart doesn’t publicly list pricing information for the HT Series Scale, so reach out to their sales department for a quote.
Enjoy Smooth Deli Scale Integration With Markt POS
You’ve found the deli scale for your grocery store; now all you need is the perfect POS system to complement it.
Markt POS is an all-in-one POS solution designed for specialty grocery stores just like yours. Our software seamlessly integrates with these scales and more, helping you manage perishable inventory and make weight-based sales effortlessly.
Plus, our team of grocery industry experts is available 24/7 to help you take advantage of Markt POS’ inventory management tools, customer loyalty options, marketing features, and more.
Ready to see how Markt POS can improve operations in your deli department and beyond? Schedule your personalized demo today.
