Commercial Double Glass Door Beverage Cooler with Top Lighting Box

Product Overview

The ES series is a commercial double glass door beverage cooler built for stores that sell drinks all day and want the cabinet to look busy while it does it. Two full-height glass doors open onto 900L or 1400L of shelving, held between 0 and +10 °C by fan cooling and a digital controller, so bottled water, soft drinks, juices, energy drinks, dairy and packaged chilled food can share one run at a steady temperature.

Above the doors sits the detail that separates this range from a plain merchandiser: an illuminated top lightbox. It gives the cabinet a lit fascia standing at roughly eye level down the aisle, which is the height a shopper actually scans when deciding which part of the store to walk into.

The range splits two ways. Hinged-door models swing wide for full-access stocking; sliding-door models track sideways and need no swing clearance at all. Inside each door style there are two cabinet sizes and two cabinet depths, so a small store and a busier site can sit in the same fixture run without the cabinets looking mismatched.

Every cabinet comes from our own 2 door beverage display cooler factory, which means door style, capacity and lightbox artwork are fixed before the container is loaded rather than changed at the dock.

Model Range & Specifications

Door Configuration & Footprint

• Hinged doors where there is room to open them. The hinged versions swing wide, so staff can reach the full depth of a shelf with both hands and restock a whole door in one pass. They suit a run with a comfortable aisle in front and stocking done in quiet hours.
• Sliding doors where the aisle is the constraint. Sliding models track sideways instead of swinging into the walkway, so shoppers keep their path even at the busiest end of the store. For a light box drink fridge for convenience store aisles, that lost swing clearance is usually the first thing to notice.
• Width adds up along a run. The 1400L cabinet is roughly 210 mm wider than the 900L, which is enough to change whether a second cabinet or a checkout counter still fits beside it. Measure the whole run, not just the wall the cabinet stands against.
• Two cabinet depths, one decision. Standard versions are 610 mm front to back; the B versions add 45 mm. That extra depth pushes the cabinet further into the aisle and matters most at the end of a run or beside a doorway.
• Check the height with the panel on. The taller 1400L cabinet adds 30 mm over the 900L, and the illuminated panel sits above the cabinet itself. Confirm ceiling height, sprinkler clearance and any fascia above the run before positions are fixed.
• Leave the back of the cabinet breathing. Air has to move across the condenser for the cabinet to pull down properly. Plan a gap behind the cabinet and never box it flush against a wall or a closed joinery panel.

Cooling System & Cabinet Build

The cabinet body is painted steel inside and out. That is a practical choice for a commercial double glass door beverage cooler on a shop floor: the finish wipes clean, shrugs off scuffs from trolleys and stock cages, and holds its colour so cabinets from different orders still match years apart. Interior surfaces being the same material matters more than it sounds, because the inside is what your staff look at every time they restock.

Behind the panels, the cooling circuit uses a copper evaporator with copper ends and a web-type painted steel condenser, also finished with copper ends. Copper at both ends of the coil keeps the brazed connections consistent instead of mixing metals at the most stressed point of the circuit. The web pattern on the condenser is open enough to be brushed clean during a routine service visit rather than needing to be stripped down.

Fan cooling moves air through both door sections rather than letting cold settle at one end, which is what keeps the shelf nearest the door as cold as the shelf at the back when the cabinet is opened all day. The hollow glass doors carry a PVC frame, balancing clear visibility against the insulation you lose every time a door stands open.

Inside, the shelves are PVC with an integrated price-tag strip, so pricing sits on the shelf edge rather than on the bottle, and the shelf face does not rust at a chipped edge the way bare metal can. Vertical LED strips light the full height of the cabinet, top shelf to bottom, and a self-evaporating water tray deals with condensation without a drain connection. The digital controller sets the working band for the cabinet, and one setting covers the whole chilled drinks and dairy range.

Top Lightbox & Branding

• A lit fascia, not a printed strip. The panel above the doors is illuminated, so it reads from the far end of an aisle and from the doorway of a small store. That is the practical difference between a plain merchandiser and a light box drink fridge for convenience store frontage, where the sign has to work from the street.
• Brand first, product second. Shoppers read the top of a cabinet before they read the shelves. Putting your store name or your own label up there means the cabinet advertises on every pass, not only when somebody is already looking for a drink.
• Room for a campaign. The panel carries a season, a price message or a new product launch, and it can be changed when the promotion changes instead of staying fixed for the life of the cabinet.
• A matched run across a chain. Because every cabinet in the range carries the same top panel, a store running one 900L unit and a busier site running a 1400L unit still look like the same brand from the entrance.
• It works with the interior lighting. The top panel and the vertical LED strips inside are lit together, so the cabinet reads as one bright block rather than a dark box with a lamp on top.
• Decide the artwork with the order. The panel is made for the cabinet it sits on, so the graphic is agreed at the same time as the door style and capacity rather than added afterwards.

Temperature Control & Daily Routine

1. Stand the cabinet in its final position and let the refrigerant settle after transport before the first power-up.
2. Switch on and let the cabinet pull down empty, giving it time to reach its band before any stock goes in.
3. Set the working temperature on the digital controller to suit the mix you carry, then leave it alone rather than adjusting it through the trading day.
4. Load the shelves from the back forward and keep the air path at the rear of the cabinet clear, so fan cooling can still circulate through both door sections.
5. Fit prices into the PVC shelf strips so labels sit at the shelf edge and never on the product itself.
6. Wipe the glass and the PVC door frames daily; a clean glass door is the whole point of the cabinet.
7. On the same walk-round, check the self-evaporating water tray and the door seals, and have the condenser brushed during scheduled service.

Applications by Store Format

• Convenience stores and small-format shops. The two-door layout puts a chilled drinks range behind the glass at grab height, and the illuminated panel pulls attention from the doorway. This is the format the sliding-door versions were shaped for: tight aisles, fast turnover and constant opening.
• Supermarkets and grocery aisles. A commercial double glass door beverage cooler slots into a chilled run without taking the floor space of a four-door wall unit, so a category can be extended or trialled without rebuilding the aisle.
• Beverage shops and drinks specialists. Two doors give a natural split — water and juices behind one, soft drinks and energy drinks behind the other — while the price strip keeps the facings tidy and the reordering obvious.
• Cafés, bakeries and deli counters. Bottled water, juices, milk and packaged chilled food sit within reach of the counter, and the cabinet's steel and glass finish matches the equipment already in the front of house.
• Promotional and seasonal displays. It is also a practical light box drink fridge for convenience store promotions, because the top panel can carry the offer while the shelves carry the stock behind it.
• Chain operators and multi-site rollouts. Standardising on one cabinet across sites keeps the signage, the shelf plan and the stocking routine identical from store to store.

Ordering & Delivery

Every cabinet is built to the configuration on the order at our 2 door beverage display cooler factory, so door style, capacity, cabinet depth and lightbox artwork are fixed before production starts. Ordering for this glass door merchandiser line starts at 1 container, and container plans are built model by model — tell us the mix of 900L and 1400L units you need and we will confirm what fits into the load. Please confirm voltage and plug standard for your market with your sales contact before the order is placed, and check the packing specification the same way, because both follow the destination rather than the cabinet. After-Sales Support & Warranty runs through our own team, so ask your sales contact for the terms that apply in your market and for the spare-parts arrangement you want behind the cabinet.

Versatile Refrigeration for Commercial and Foodservice Applications

These cabinets are built in 900L and 1400L capacities for convenience stores, supermarkets and foodservice operators who need a serious amount of chilled beverage on display rather than a token shelf. Both sizes come with hinged or sliding doors, so a narrow aisle and a wide stocking bay can be served by the same model family. The double glass door system uses hollow glazing, which keeps the products clearly visible while holding the cold in, and the top lighting box gives your brand a lit panel above the doors.

Advanced Cooling Technology and Durable Construction

The cabinet runs within a controlled range of 0~+10 °C, held there by a high-efficiency fan cooling system that moves air evenly across the painted steel interior so no shelf runs warmer than another. A copper evaporator with copper ends and a painted steel condenser are the working parts behind that stability, chosen for long service life rather than lowest cost. Vertical LED lighting brightens the interior without adding much to the load, digital temperature control lets staff set the cabinet precisely, and a self-evaporating water tray takes the routine drainage work out of maintenance.

Scale & Supply Capability

ESCOLO has manufactured commercial refrigeration equipment in Foshan, Guangdong since 2010, and the team now numbers more than 800 people. Fifteen-plus years in the trade, a network of 3,000+ qualified partner factories and an annual output of 200,000+ units let us run container-scale programmes and repeat orders for supermarket, convenience and foodservice buyers. OEM and ODM work is standard: size, colour, function and your own branding are set to the specification you send. Factory audit, pre-shipment inspection, consolidated shipping and after-sales support are handled in-house.

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