FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: (of interest to editors covering: Retail / C-Stores, Foodservice/Beverage, Colo. Business) Convenience Stores Put Expenses on Ice Kloppenberg's ProfitICE(TM) Builds Profit Centers in Convenience Stores! ENGLEWOOD, Colo., May 7, 2009 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Kloppenberg is pleased to announce its newly designed ProfitICE(TM) Ice Bagging machine. "ProfitICE is the convenience store's new profit center; thus the name," says Joe Kloppenberg, President of Kloppenberg. And he added, "According to convenience store owners, the net difference between purchasing bagged ice and having in-house ice bagging operations is melting away some of the red in their operating expenses." *(PHOTO 72dpi: www.Send2Press.com/mediaboom/09-0507-Kloppenb_72dpi.jpg) *(Photo Caption: ProfitICE Single Dispenser.) Phil Moyle, Inside Sales and Customer Service Manager for Kloppenberg, says, "In today's cost-tightening reality, the difference between a store purchasing ice from an outside vendor compared to owning/leasing the ProfitICE(TM) ice bagger and making their own ice supply turns an expense into a profit center. What I'm hearing from the convenience store owners is that anything to help the bottom line is essential, especially in today's economy." In terms of functionality, the 30-inch wide design takes little back room space and fits comfortably through a standard front door. Merchandisers can easily create on-hand customer incentives to receive a free bag of ice with gas or specific product purchase to increase additional sales as well as provide additional options for cold drink merchandise throughout summer demand. Existing employees can easily operate the bagger and maintain needed supply quantity. The foot pedal operation eliminates physical demand and allows for employees to bag, on average, 50 to 60 eight to ten pound ice bags per hour for the minimal cost of less than 8 cents per bag; according to the manufacturer's specifications. Phil added, "Considering today's cost of ice is upwards of a dollar a bag from an outside vendor, the savings, convenience, and flexibility of bagging an ice supply in-house adds bottom line profits without increasing costs. It also keeps costly employees busy." Kloppenberg is offering retailers a $1 buyout lease purchase and no money down with low monthly payments on their complete system consisting of the icemaker, bagger, and merchandiser. The lease payment option is also a 100 percent tax-deductible benefit as a business expense. For more information, contact Phil Moyle, Inside Sales and Customer Service Manager, 1.800.218.1819, or visit: http://www.kloppenberg.com. All trademarks and service marks are the property of the respective parties. Send2Press(R) is the originating wire service for this story, Copr. 2009. NEWS SOURCE: Kloppenberg # # # // RELEASE END // MEDIA ONLY CONTACT(S): [ contact info below not for publication online or in print ] Melanie Goetz of Hughes & Stuart for Kloppenberg +1-303-798-0601 mgoetz @ hughesstuart.com //Notes to editors: Print-ready images may be requested from the above media contact. ......... Plain Text Copy, and Story Permalink: http://www.Send2Press.com/mediadrome/2009-05-0507-006.txt Release PDF: http://www.Send2Press.com/mediadrome/news_2009-05-0507-006.pdf Get our full-text news via RSS: http://www.Send2Press.com/RSS2/rss.xml RSS feeds by news topic: http://feeds.send2press.com/idx_RSS.shtml Add our news to your blog or website automatically: http://feeds.send2press.com/ ......... Text provided by news source (and/or the source's authorized agency), who is solely responsible for accuracy and legality of content transmitted. ......... This news story from Send2Press Newswire may be redistributed and re-posted in part or in whole by members of the media. Copr. (c) Send2Press, a unit of Neotrope(R). For news aggregation sites, blogs, and bureaus, you must retain Send2Press as the original wire service source. You may capture and self-host images linked to in above release, but do NOT stream from our server. ......... The original version of this release was issued on behalf of the above organization (the "news source"), by Send2Press(R) Newswire, a service of Neotrope(R). http://www.Send2Press.com/ ......... MAY 2009 Press Release / PRT = / S-IND US=CO / pre = / ytv = / agency = Hughes & Stuart Marketing / keywords = appliances, beverages, brewing, food, wine, cooking, grocery, supermarkets, vending, water and waste management