Learn the physics and practical methods behind successful frozen food transport in South African conditions. Our best practices guides cover proper freezing timelines (spoiler: it takes longer than you think), packaging selection for humidity and temperature challenges, and quality control processes. Based on 8+ years operational experience and 770,000+ kilometers of real-world frozen deliveries. No marketing fluff—just thermodynamics, economics, and what actually works.
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When your frozen goods travel between Johannesburg, Cape Town, and Durban, they move through a chain of handlers, forklifts, and vehicles before reaching their destination. How you palletize determines whether your products arrive intact—and whether you’re covered if something goes wrong.
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Every refrigerated vehicle build involves seven interconnected cost levers: insulation, TRU sizing, compressor type, condenser design, defrost systems, compressor lifecycle, and evaporator sizing. Get them wrong, and each bad decision cascades into the next—poor insulation forces larger TRUs, which run longer, which kill compressors faster. We break down how a “budget” build at R90,000 upfront becomes R947,500 over 10 years, while an engineered build at R170,000 costs just R575,000. That R80,000 you “saved”? It costs you R4.66 for every rand.
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We don’t deliver everywhere with refrigerated trucks—economics won’t allow it. But professional dry ice packaging extends frozen delivery beyond our routes.
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Ice pack frozen delivery makes 3× more profit per delivery than professional refrigeration—but collapses in 3 years. Here’s why margins don’t matter.
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Ice crystals in containers? Cracked packaging? Learn the correct cool-down, freeze, and seal process for frozen meal delivery. Container recommendations included.
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Even in -12°C trucks, poor packaging causes thawed deliveries. Learn why virgin double-walled cardboard outperforms recycled boxes, how humidity from multiple door openings attacks packaging, and the correct way to use polystyrene cooler boxes for frozen food transport.
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Most people freeze food for 8-12 hours and think it’s ready for delivery. Wrong! Proper freezing takes 24-72 hours through 5 distinct phases. Learn why “frozen solid” on the outside doesn’t mean ready for transport, and how to avoid costly thawed deliveries.