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What a typical butcher's shop uses and pays across the UK, from published benchmarks.
Figures are estimates from published UK benchmarks priced at 25p/kWh electricity, 7p/kWh gas and about £365 a year in standing charges. They are not quotes. See how we estimate.
Independent high street and market butchers. Serve-over display counters, a walk-in chiller, freezers and often a prep room or cooked-meats kitchen behind the shop.
A serve-over counter and walk-in chiller holding temperature 24 hours a day for a shop that trades eight
Hanging cold rooms that have to stay cold through weekends and bank holidays
Cooked meats, pies and sausage-making adding an oven and blast chiller onto a small supply
Short trading hours making the bill look wrong until you realise the cold never stops
Typical equipment loads across convenience and food retail, with annual kWh and cost bands from published benchmarks.
| Equipment | kWh a year | Cost a year (est.) |
|---|---|---|
| Multideck Display Chillers (open front, 2.5-8 metres) | 9,000–35,000 kWh | £2,250–£8,750 |
| Walk-in Cold Room | 4,000–17,500 kWh | £1,000–£4,375 |
| Frozen Wall / Chest & Upright Freezers | 2,500–20,000 kWh | £625–£5,000 |
| Shop, Window & Canopy Lighting | 3,000–16,000 kWh | £750–£4,000 |
| Bake-off Oven & Hot Food Counter | 1,500–12,000 kWh | £375–£3,000 |
| Space Heating & Door Air Curtain (gas at 7p, or electric at 25p) | 6,000–22,000 kWh | £420–£5,500 |
Refrigeration can be up to half of a butcher's electricity bill, so start there before anything else
Keep serve-over counters stocked properly, because half-empty cabinets lose cold air faster and the compressor runs longer
Fit strip curtains on the walk-in chiller and check the seals monthly
Do not site fridges and freezers next to the oven or the cooking room, and keep condensers clear of the wall
Run the blast chiller and any cooking in one block rather than in dribs and drabs across the day
Illustrative example
A symbol-group store with 8 to 12 chiller doors and a freezer
Open-fronted chillers and freezers are 24/7 baseload, so the unit rate matters more than the standing charge.
Illustrative example, not a real customer. Figures are estimates based on published UK benchmarks. See how we estimate. See all worked examples.
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