Refrigeration
for the Irish coffee & food trailer trade.
Cold storage, display fridges, freezers
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Refrigeration for the Irish coffee + food trailer trade covers under-counter chillers, upright fridges, chest + upright freezers, blast chillers, ice makers, refrigerated prep tables, ice cream display freezers, and cold-display cabinets. Most Irish trailer + café operators source through Dublin / Cork-based distributors + a handful of UK-based bulk importers; the festival-vendor segment runs heavily on refurbished + ex-rental ColdStream / Foster / Polar units which keep capital costs down for the 6-month outdoor season.
Under-counter + upright commercial fridges
Foster, Williams, Polar, Gram, True and Tefcold are the most-listed commercial-fridge brands in the Irish trade. Single-door under-counter fridges (200-260L) cost €450-€900; double-door (400-440L) €750-€1,400; full-height single-door upright (600L+) €900-€2,200. For trailer fitouts, look for low-current draw (typically 1.5-2.5 A on Polar/Tefcold compressor designs) so a 4 kVA festival generator can carry the load. Refrigerated prep tables (chiller below + cold pan top) cost €1,200-€3,500 — effectively combining storage + service in one footprint.
Freezers — chest, upright, blast
Chest freezers (200-500L) anchor most festival caterers — Polar G-series, Tefcold, Husky are the trade-popular brands at €350-€900. Upright commercial freezers (440L) run €900-€1,800 — better for high-rotation operations where staff dig through stock multiple times an hour. Blast chillers (Foster BC36, Friginox, Williams) cool cooked food rapidly through the 60°C → 5°C danger zone for HACCP compliance — mandatory for any operator pre-cooking + chilling stocks; expect €2,500-€5,500 for trailer-sized units.
Ice makers + display
Ice makers — Hoshizaki, Manitowoc, Scotsman, Ice-O-Matic — are essential for cocktail trailers + coffee trailers serving iced drinks. Modular cube machines (45 kg/24h up to 200 kg/24h) cost €1,200-€3,500. Most Irish coffee trailers don't install onboard ice makers (water tanks + power are tight) and instead bulk-buy bagged ice from Polarice / Pinguim / local cash-and-carry. Display refrigeration — counter-top deli cases, gelato cabinets, cake fridges — runs €1,500-€8,000 depending on size; popular in café fitouts and ice cream trailers.
Festival-grade refrigeration logistics
Festival caterers in Ireland face a specific challenge — refrigeration must run 3-5 days off-grid through Irish summer weather (occasional heat-spike but generally cool + damp). Plan generator capacity: a typical 8-cubic-foot upright fridge draws 0.8-1.2 kWh/day, freezers 1.5-2.5 kWh/day. Most festival-vendor operators run fridges + lights + small appliances on a 5 kVA silent diesel generator with battery + solar buffer. Cold chain compliance is non-negotiable — temperature logging is the first thing the EHO checks at festival gate-in.
Repair, service + capital options
Refrigeration repair calls in Ireland typically run €120-€300 for thermostat + door-seal work, €300-€700 for compressor diagnostics, €700-€1,800 for compressor replacement + regas (R290 / R600a / R134a depending on age). Annual servicing runs €100-€200. Many Irish refrigeration suppliers offer 24-48 month finance packages on capital equipment; refurbished commercial fridges from ex-restaurant stock cost 40-60% of new and come with 6-12 month warranty when sourced from a reputable Irish dealer.
Counties served
Refrigeration suppliers on Food Trailers Marketplace serve all 32 counties. Dublin and Cork concentrate the largest service-engineer footprint; Galway, Limerick and Belfast each have refrigeration specialists; rural counties typically order via a Dublin or Cork distributor with delivery + onsite install. Use the county filters above to narrow to suppliers near you.
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