Adam WBZ retail scales offer a big, easy-to-read and superbly backlit LCD on both front and back panels. The scale shows weight, unit price and total price in a choice of multiple currencies. Additional features include considerable sealing inside and out, supplying the WBZ an advanced level of protection for wet applications, making cleaning straightforward. WBZ is light-weight and easily transportable, taking up little desk space. It may be transported to different locations due to internal rechargeable battery pack, that provides fifty hours of operation before the need to be recharged. A low-battery indication lets end users know once the battery needs charging. An auto-sleep/power-down function helps to conserve battery life, and an AC power adaptor comes with the scale for those instances when electrical power is easily obtainable.

When you get down to business, we make use of a scale because we want to know a precise weight and trust the information we receive. When selecting a scale to weigh your bananas, or packages, or dose of medicine, can you select one that’s been tested as accurate, or one that’s never been tested at all? There may be a market for all kinds of equipment. But think about why a scale hasn’t passed the test. It probably costs less, and just how long will the load cell last? How will you know for sure it is accurate? And if you have to change it sooner than expected, just how much have you really saved when it is all said and done?

Frozen blueberries were found to have the highest organophosphate residue at 28%, with strawberries coming in at a close second at 25%.  Celery had a 19% contamination rate. How do we protect ourselves from pesticide contamination?  Here are some helpful hints.  If possible, buy local and organic.  Even if you do, make sure to still peal your fruit when you have the option. For fruits and vegetables that can’t be peeled (like strawberries and celery), make sure you wash them thoroughly.    See whole article here

Scales must conform to National Type Evaluation Program (NTEP) standards. Scales that comply with NTEP guidelines typically will be marked with the NTEP logo and the associated accuracy class which is normally “III” with produce scales. Scales marked “not legal for trade” are not acceptable for retail use in Tennessee. Scales must also comply with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Handbook 44 (H44) which mandates tolerances, specifications and other technical requirements for all weighing and measuring devices. Both NTEP and H44 requirements are national standards utilized by the vast majority of all states. See article

Why can foods?
Canning can be a safe and economical way to preserve quality food at home. Disregarding the value of your labor, canning homegrown food may save you half the cost of buying commercially canned food. Canning favorite and special products to be enjoyed by family and friends is a fulfilling experience and a source of pride for many people.

 

Many vegetables begin losing some of their vitamins when harvested. Nearly half the vitamins may be lost within a few days unless the fresh produce is cooled or preserved. Within 1 to 2 weeks, even refrigerated produce loses half or more of some of its vitamins. The heating process during canning destroys from one-third to one-half of vitamins A and C, thiamin, and riboflavin. Once canned, additional losses of these sensitive vitamins are from 5 to 20 percent each year. The amounts of other vitamins, however, are only slightly lower in canned compared with fresh food. If vegetables are handled properly and canned promptly after harvest, they can be more nutritious than fresh produce sold in local stores. The advantages of home canning are lost when you start with poor quality fresh foods; when jars fail to seal properly; when food spoils; and when flavors, texture, color, and nutrients deteriorate during prolonged storage. The information and guides that follow explain many of these problems and recommend ways to minimize them.

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This is actually pretty easy to accomplish. First, do your homework and determine what price per ounce you wish to charge your customers in order to make a profit. Next, you’ll want to purchase at least two legal for trade price computing scales that display weight in ounces for each frozen yogurt shop since the weight of the items is imperative to your operation. If one scale was to fail for some reason, you would have another in place. And with the two scales in place, you can now charge customers for their frozen yogurt and get paid dollars per ounce. You simply fill up the cup with frozen yogurt, place it on the scale and obtain your price per ounce. Now if a customer or an employee adds more or less yogurt to a “medium” cup, the customer is paying for what they get.

In this case we will look at the traditional standard 30 x 0.01 lb scale versus the 0-15 x 0.005 lb / 15-30 lb x 0.01 lb dual range CAS Model.  We’ll weigh the same item and it will have the same price per pound.  See example below.

Standard ……………………………………… CAS S2000JR
0.01 scale……………………………………. 0.005 lb scale
$8.99 ……… Price Per Pound …………….. $8.99
0.90 lb …….. Weight registered ………….. 0.905 lb
$8.09 ….. Amount Your Customer Pays….. $8.14
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Result:  5 cents extra on this transaction

Now, multiply your 5 cents by 100 transactions a day = $5
Finally, multiply your $5 gain per day times 365 days = $1825

With this example, you can easily see how a dual range scale can provide you with higher accuracy and put a lot more money in your pocket.

Standard features of the RS-130 include:
• NTEP-certified Legal-For-Trade
• Customer display on rear of unit
• Operates on 110 VAC or 6V internal battery
• Configurable for lb, kg or oz
• Calculates customer change

BUILT IN RECHARGEABLE BATTERY
The battery has 100+ hours of use before it needs recharging. When the battery is low, the TOTAL $ display shows -LO- and there is a continuous beep.
Press the CLEAR key to remove -LO- and end the beep. After the initial warning of low battery, the scale has aproximately two to three hours of battery life left. Allow eight to ten hours to fully charge.

AUTO-OFF FEATURE (helps save battery life)
1. Turn on the scale and press and hold the CHANGE key until 6.3 (version) shows in the WEIGHT display (approximately three seconds).
2. Press and hold the ZERO key until the WEIGHT display shows SEtUP (approx. three seconds).
3. Press the 3 key, WEIGHT display shows USUAL.
4. Press the 2 key to enter the Auto-Off mode. WEIGHT display shows -30- (minutes).
5. Use the CLEAR key to select -30-, -15-, -5-,-OFF-.
6. Press the CHANGE key to confirm setting.  Scale will automatically restart.

BASIC OPERATIONS
M1 – M8 8 direct PLU’s for saving different unit prices or figures.
For example: to save 7.50 in theM8 setting,
1. Key in 750
2. Press and hold the M8 key until the scale beeps (approximately three seconds)
• Every time you press the M8 key the UNIT PRICE $ display shows 7.50
• To change the setting of one of the memory keys, follow the steps above.

PLU
Set up to 89 different indirect PLU’s. (10-99 allowed)
1. Key in the unit price
2. Press the PLU key once
3. Enter the first digit of the PLU number, when entering the second digit hold the
button until the scale beeps (approximately three seconds)
• The PLU is displayed in the WEIGHT display
• To recall a PLU, press PLU and enter the number you want to recall.
• To change the PLU settings, key in the new unit price and follow steps 2 – 3

UNITS
This key selects the unit of measure (kg, lb or oz) in weighing mode.
1. Press the UNIT key, WEIGHT display shows ch9-
2. Press: 1 to select kg, 2 to select lb or 3 to select oz. (default is lb)
• The annunciator will flash above the selected unit of measure in the UNIT PRICE $ display.

CHANGE
Compute the amount of change to be given back to a customer for their purchase. For example: when TOTAL $ shows 15.00 and you receive $20.00 from the customer; Press the CHANGE key and enter 2000. The UNIT PRICE $ display shows C 5.00 (change due). The TOTAL $ display shows 20.00 (cash received).

ERROR MESSAGES
WEIGHT display shows “Err-1″ — IC93C66 data-loss or IC93C66 damaged/faulty

WEIGHT display shows “Err-3″ — At power-up, the weight on the platter is more than 5% of the maximum capacity Remove the weight from the scale, or to under 5% of capacity and restart the scale

TOTAL $ display shows “E” — The total price value is larger than 9999.99 Remove the measured object from the platter and press CLEAR to clear the unit price setting

HOW TO ENTER PRICES ON THE LPC-40L
The product price per pound is entered on the L-PC-40L scale by pressing the numbers of the keyboard to indicate the desired value. This value will appear in the “PRICE” indicator and the total amount to pay will be calculated automatically being shown in the “TOTAL” indicator. For example, if the product price per pound is $8.20, just press 8 2 0 and place item on scale platter. The LPC-40L scale then weighs your item and calculates the total dollar amount to be charged.

HOW TO CLEAR WRONG PRICES
When a mistaken price is entered, you can clear it in two ways:
a) Manually: Simply press the clear key and enter the correct price.
b) Automatically: The price is automatically cleared removing the product from the plate, except
if it’s not enabled the fixed price function.

FIXED PRICE FUNCTION
When it is necessary to constantly be weighing the same kind of product over and over and one does not change its price, you can use the “FIXED PRICE” function. It is used to keep the price “FIXED” in the “PRICE” indicator avoiding it to be automatically cleared when the weight is removed from the scale.

To fix a price, follow these steps:
1.- Place the product on the platter.
2.- Enter the product price per pound.
3.- Press P-PACK button.

After these steps, a small arrow will light up in the upper right corner of the “TOTAL” indicator, pointing to the label “P-PACK” (fixed price). To clear the fixed price function, just press the key.

USE OF THE “TARE”
When you wish to weigh a product in a container but you do not want to consider the containers weight during the operation, you can use the TARE function. To use this function follow these steps:

1.- Place the empty container on the scale.
2.- Press the Tare key. After some seconds the digital display will show 0.00
3.- Remove the container and put the item(s) inside it. When you remove the container, a
negative number (weight of the container) appears in the UPPER-LEFT indicator.
4.- Place the container on the scale and put in the items. Then enter the price per pound amount.

It is important to mention that this function is subtractive from the scale maximum capacity.
For example if you have a container that weights 7 lb, The scale will only be able to weight up to
33 lb of product to complete the maximum capacity.

HOW TO LOAD A MEMORY KEY:
1) Press the key RCL and then the memory address (00-99) you wish to load or just press any of
the (8) direct access keys.

Example:
If you wish to save $26.60 in the memory address 6, follow these steps:
1) Type 2 6 6 0.
2) Press STO button.
3) Type or just press the direct access key # 6.

With this sequence the price is saved in the memory address 06. If you wish to load the memory of this example just type RCL or just , and in the “PRICE” indicator will be displayed the price stored in memory, in this case will be $26.60. To change the price stored in a memory just type the new price and store it in the memory address you want to change following the procedure described above. These keys are very useful to avoid type the same price constantly. To use these memories we suggest to have at hand the product list that are saved in each memory address.

USE OF THE BATTERY
As mentioned before, the LPC-40L scale can operate with a 6 volt built in battery or with an AC/DC power supply. The battery is rechargeable using the AC/DC power supply.

BATTERY RECHARGE
To make this operation, just connect the AC/DC power supply to the scale for 10 HOURS  (or overnight)  making sure that the scale was turned off.  When you recharge the battery for several hours but the battery can not get enough charge to turn on the scale, then you must have to change the battery, in this case contact to your authorized distributor.

The charging capacity of the rechargeable battery in this scale decreases according to the number of charge/discharge cycles, this causes the service life to be reduced to 1000 cycles.  For these reasons the warranty period for the battery is limited to six months after the purchase date of the scale.

LOW BATTERY INDICATOR
If the battery does not have enough energy to keep the scale operating a long time, a low battery message will appear flicking in the “PRICE” indicator “LO bAt”. This is the first warning signal indicating that it is necessary to recharge the battery.  Even with this signal, it is possible for the scale to keep on operating for a short period of time (30 minutes), but after a second warning signal appears “LO bAt” fix in the display, the scale stops itself and does not respond to the instructions until the battery is recharged or  connected to the AC adapter.

For use with larger packages or for use in delis, grocery and convenience stores, the OHAUS RE price computing scale features a large 9.5 x 13.5 inch weighing pan made from thick stainless steel to stand-up to years of use. Available in both a regular form factor as well as with a 16.7 inch tall column for the display, the RE line quickly displays weights on its large backlit LED display. All RE models can be powered by 6 “D” cell batteries for up to 60 hours continuous use with a easily visible battery status indicator, or using the included AC powerpack. To conserve power the RA has a battery-saving low-power sleep feature.  The RE is available in two 30 lb models – one with the column – as well as a 60 lb model without column. The Prepack Pricing mode is a key feature for stores who price-out larger runs of items, especially for smaller stores and delis.