QED supplies a distinctive range of coffee shop display systems, refrigerated counters and storage refrigeration. The company recently supplied and installed modular serve-over counters to the new Valentina Fine Foods delicatessen, coffee shop and restaurant in the fashionable Notting Hill district of London.

Valentina Fine Foods is a traditional family business offering fresh produce and own label groceries, with four outlets in London and the Home Counties. The new Notting Hill Gate location includes a fifty seat restaurant, with traditional Italian menu and adorned with classic Italian motorbikes suspended from the ceiling.

The refurbishment project was carried out by idr Associates, a Surrey based commercial interior design and construction consultancy. They selected ‘Azur’ counters from the QED Continental Coffee Shop System. The sweeping curves and dark wood veneer of the Azur system perfectly complimented the vintage Italian look and feel of the shop and restaurant.

The Azur counters are available in a selection of temperature ranges for cooked meat, dairy, cakes, chocolates and hot food. They include multi-tier shelving, internal illumination and refrigerated storage. The tempered-glass display cabinets can be combined with a range of bar and counter units to suit retail and catering environments. There is also a large choice of wood veneer and coloured laminate finishes, composite marble worktops and matching mirrored back bar shelving.

As well as the Azur counters, there are six further Continental Coffee Shop System designs, with a solution for almost any style of interior. QED operates through a national network of refrigeration engineers, installers and shopfitters.