Patton Named Regional Sales Manager

Mike Patton was named Regional Sales Manager for U.S. Cooler’s South Central Territory including the states of Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico.

Mike comes to U.S. Cooler with over 17 years of experience in the industry. He has an extensive commercial foodservice equipment background as well as design work in the convenience and grocery store industry. U.S. Cooler is confident that his abundance of experience, knowledge of the industry, and work ethic will lend itself well toward serving their customer base.

Polyurethane: One More Option For Your Walk-in

It’s Your Choice.

U.S. Cooler is one of the few manufacturers who can now offer both extruded polystyrene and foamed-in-place polyurethane insulation for walk-in coolers and freezers. As any good business does, we are always seeking new ways to serve our customers better and stay competitive in the marketplace. One of these ways is to provide additional services to our customers and dealers. Recently, we have added foamed-in-place polyurethane to our product offering. Previously, U.S. Cooler only offered extruded polystyrene insulation.

U.S. Cooler’s new polyurethane panels are foamed-in-place filled with class 1 polyurethane foam made from CFC and HFC free materials. By utilizing state of the art horizontal presses and technology, panels lie flat during the foaming process which reduces voids in the insulation. The panels’ structural tongue and groove, cam-locking system provides an air-tight seal between the panels restricting air infiltration into the insulation core.

U.S. Cooler’s polyurethane walk-in products are made with the same exceptional quality and performance construction that has proven successful in the industry.  By adding a new product line to our manufacturing capabilities our product excellence has not changed.  U.S. Cooler still provides the same premium, high-quality products and customer service we have been offering for over 25 years. Every walk-in is pre-assembled in our manufacturing facility before shipment to ensure precise quality control and ease of assembly in the field. All our panels come with our standard 10 year warranty.

Polystyrene Walk-in Brochure

Polyurethane Walk-in Brochure

NAFEM 2011: It is Your Choice

U.S. Cooler views NAFEM as the most important show in our industry, allowing us to introduce new products and display existing products. This year at NAFEM some of our new concepts will be showcased as well as our new product launch.
NAFEM will be our first opportunity to introduce the new foamed-in-place product line. We are now leaving it up to you to decide which insulation you prefer in your walk-ins. U.S. Cooler now offers both extruded polystyrene and foamed-in-place polyurethane. Our polyurethane walk-ins offer the same high-quality features and services you have been receiving from U.S. Cooler for over 25 years.
U.S. Cooler has an exciting display again this year. Come visit us at NAFEM booth #843 in Orlando, FL, February 10-12, 2011.

Two Years of Cooler Connection

Cooler Connection started publishing articles two years ago in January 2009. We have always aimed to be a trusted voice in the walk-in refrigeration industry, with articles that are useful to walk-in owners in the convenience store, grocery and foodservice industries. Many of these articles can save you time, money or educate you on a subject. We have compiled a list of several of our most useful articles you may have missed over the past couple of years.

Articles you may have missed:

Maintaining Your Walk-in Cooler or Freezer

Tips to keep your walk-in clean and operating efficiently.
Operating Cost for Walk-in Coolers and Freezers

Get a rough estimate of the cost per month to run your walk-in cooler or walk-in freezer.

Cooler Insulation- Extruded Polystyrene Vs. Polyurethane

Comparing the effectiveness of the two most common insulations used in walk-ins.

Preventative Maintenance for Refrigeration Systems

How to keep your refrigeration running trouble-free for years.

Retrofitting LED Lights Can Pay Off In Your C-store

Learn about the advantages of replacing your existing fluorescent lighting with LED lighting.

Own a restaurant? Tips to save time, energy, and money.

Twelve tips to make your restaurant more efficient.

Walk-in Cooler & Freezer Shopping Tips

What to be aware of when shopping for walk-in coolers and freezers.

Walk-in Installation Tips

Guidelines to follow for a problem-free setup of your walk-in.

New Website walkincoolerparts.com

Has your walk-in cooler or freezer seen a lot of use and abuse over the years? Door parts on walk-ins are particularly susceptible due to heavy traffic and may become worn or break. In the past we have exclusively provided walk-in parts for our units by calling our parts line 866-261-2797 (8-5PM CST). U.S. Cooler is proud to announce the launch of our new parts website walkincoolerparts.com. The site will allow you to create an account and save items in your cart to be purchased at a later date. It also offers the convenience of 24/7 ordering, free shipping, secure checkout and no minimum purchase amounts.

Currently, our online catalog only offers parts that are standard on U.S. Cooler walk-ins. These include hinges, gaskets, closers, cam locks, light fixtures, screeding, handles and more. In the coming months, we will begin adding additional items to our catalog encompassing parts that require specific sizing or aren’t found on U.S. Cooler manufactured units.

Walk-in Cooler Parts accepts Visa, Discover, and Mastercard. Appropriate sales taxes will be charged for shipments to Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, and Texas.

Firehouse Renovation on Illinois Stories

Craig Industries / U.S. Cooler’s corporate offices are located in a renovated firehouse in Quincy, Illinois. Engine House No. 4 was originally built in 1898 and housed two horse-drawn fire wagons. It was used by the fire department until 1940 and has subsequently been used for textile manufacturing. In the Fall of 2008, Craig Industries completed a restoration of the building that was faithful to the original design. The interior features modern amenities but still has a nostalgic feel with the original brick walls and  wooden supports intact.

Engine House No. 4 will be featured on the PBS program Illinois Stories at 6:30pm, December 10th (WSEC – Jacksonville/Springfield, WQEC – Quincy, QMEC – Macomb).

Illinois Stories: From the river heritage of Quincy and Hannibal, to the bounty of the richest farmland on earth, Mark McDonald hosts this Emmy award winning series about the people and places of central and western Illinois. PBS

U.S. Cooler Flickr Photostream

Visit U.S. Cooler’s new Flickr photostream. Flickr is a photo and video sharing site owned by Yahoo. You can view pictures of our completed walk-ins and promotional photos. These pictures represent the wide range of custom design possibilities available for your walk-in cooler, freezer or combination unit.

U.S. Cooler at the National Restaurant Association Show

U.S. Cooler will be exhibiting at the NRA Show in Chicago, May 16-19.

Since last NRA, U.S. Cooler has been busy working on new and innovative processes to reduce waste, inventory, time, and costs while increasing productivity. All of these factors together equal savings for dealers and consumers.

Providing customers with quality, affordable walk-ins in a convenient amount of time has always been U.S. Cooler’s highest priority. Earlier this year, we launched our new Hybrid panel for walk-in coolers. The hybrid panel is the best designed and engineered, competitively priced panel in the market.

U.S. Cooler, through their discount dealer program, passes savings on to consumers via the internet. Quick delivery, quality product, and competitive prices have drawn customers from across the nation to buy walk-in coolers and freezers from U.S. Cooler’s internet dealers online. Recently, prices were discounted even further, saving consumers even more money. Check out www.fastcooler.com, the internet’s best resource for discount walk-in cooler and freezer dealers.

Stop by U.S. Cooler booth 1834 to learn more about our discount internet program and how U.S. Cooler can save you money.

Sign Up to Receive Our New Newsletter

We have just completed the first issue of our newsletter “Cooler Connection News”. You can subscribe to our newsletter or view the online version.

In this issue we detail NAFEM 2009, the Department of Energy Meeting, New Hybrid Panels and more.

This will be a monthly newsletter and future editions will have more focus on news from around the industry.

If newsletters aren’t your style, you can always check this blog for the latest info, or sign up for our RSS feed.

U.S. Cooler literature now online for printing or download.

Discount dealers and consumers can now visit our walk-in literature page. Find everything from information about insulation to glass doors and refrigeration units.

All the files are in pdf format. You will need a pdf reader to view them.