As of 13 August 2026, AI can only partly choose a commercial fridge for your food business.

What to actually do

1. Hand it to a person

   The route this page recommends

   A person who owns the outcome does this end to end, worth it when the failure is dear.

2. Use a tool built for this

   Second choice

3. Do it yourself

   The distant third

   A chat interface, chat-fluent skill, and roughly 1 hour until you can act on the result.

   How to actually do it

   1. Measure the proposed fridge position, doorways, corridors and lift, then record the available width, depth, height, clearance and power supply.
   2. Write down the foods, containers, stock levels, access frequency, room conditions and storage process the fridge must support.
   3. Open manufacturer specification pages, supplier listings and any service or installation information for suitable UK commercial fridges, then save the links or download the specification sheets.
   4. Paste those measurements, business requirements, product sources and supplier quotes into the prompt, and ask the chatbot to produce the comparison and ranked shortlist.
   5. Compare every quoted dimension, capacity, temperature range, ambient class, power requirement, warranty and delivery condition in the draft against the current manufacturer documents and supplier quote.
   6. Send the shortlisted model and the site measurements to a commercial refrigeration engineer or competent installer, and ask them to confirm access, electrical, ventilation, installation and operating suitability before ordering.
   7. Ask the supplier to confirm in writing the exact model, included installation, delivery conditions, warranty, servicing arrangements and return terms, then make the purchase decision using the confirmed information.

   Prompt

   I run a UK food business and need to choose a commercial fridge. Use only the product information and links I provide, and do not invent specifications, prices, availability or certifications.
   
   Business requirements:
   - Type of food business: [describe]
   - Food and containers to be stored: [describe]
   - Expected stock and usage: [describe]
   - Required internal capacity: [if known]
   - Maximum external width, depth and height: [measurements]
   - Doorway, lift and access restrictions: [describe]
   - Available power supply and plug or electrical constraints: [describe]
   - Room conditions, including heat, ventilation and whether the fridge may be outdoors: [describe]
   - Budget and delivery deadline: [describe]
   - Cleaning, maintenance and service requirements: [describe]
   - Food-safety or HACCP requirements already identified: [describe]
   
   Product sources:
   [paste manufacturer pages, specification sheets, supplier quotes and delivery information here]
   
   Create a comparison table for the most suitable options. Extract and cite the source for external dimensions, usable capacity, temperature range, ambient operating class, energy information, refrigerant, noise, door arrangement, power requirements, warranty, delivery, installation and servicing. Separate stated facts from your inferences. Flag every missing or conflicting specification and do not fill gaps with assumptions.
   
   Reject any option that clearly fails the stated site or storage requirements. Then give a ranked shortlist with reasons, risks, questions to ask the supplier, and checks a commercial refrigeration engineer or food-safety adviser should confirm before purchase. Do not make a final purchase decision for me, and state what I must verify in the current manufacturer documentation and supplier quote.

   Open it prefilled in ChatGPT or Claude, or copy it into Gemini, which takes no prefill link.