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What a typical farm shop or deli 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.
Farm shops, delicatessens, food halls and rural produce stores. Chilled deli counters and cold rooms year round, big draughty retail barns to heat in winter, and very often a café kitchen, butchery counter or bakery on the same meter.
Chilled deli and cheese counters running year round in a building that is hard to keep at temperature
A big draughty retail barn swallowing heating through the whole of winter
A café kitchen and coffee machine sharing one meter with the shop refrigeration
Seasonal trade swinging hard while the cold room load stays completely flat
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 |
Split your seasonal peak from your baseload before renewing, because a supplier who prices flat profiles well may price a spiky rural site badly
Insulate and draught-proof the retail barn before spending anything on the heating system itself
Zone the heating so the café, the shop floor and the back-of-house are not all heated to the same temperature
Fit night blinds on the deli counters and shut the café side of the building down properly at close
Rural sites with roof space and a flat daytime refrigeration load are often the strongest candidates for solar, so get the tariff right first then look at generation
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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