Fox Meadows Creamery

Family owned creamery creates a slip-resistant atmosphere with Altro

Altro Atlas 40, Altro Stronghold 30, Altro Puraguard

Fox Meadows Creamery is a family owned and operated farm-to-table dairy farm that specializes in milk quality, animal husbandry and milk production. Known to many locals as their “happy place,” Fox Meadows Creamery is a place where guests can slow down, focus on relationships with family and friends and enjoy delicious, handcrafted ice cream and food. Located primarily in Ephrata Pennsylvania, Fox Meadows Creamery is expanding with a new facility that recently opened in Leola Pennsylvania.

GCI Design worked closely with Fox Meadows staff to get a full understanding of the project needs and discussed what the ideal finished product would have to offer. Along with being easy to clean, the flooring material had to have long lasting slip resistance. Ice cream production facilities deal with some unique problems. Specifically ice cream contains a heavy concentration of fat particles that tend to build up on surfaces which can make surfaces very slippery.

Years ago, Fox Meadows Creamery installed epoxy flooring in their original ice cream production room and unfortunately, they soon started to see chipping in the paint and the amount of overall wear and tear after just a few years was concerning. In addition, they noticed the slip resistant properties had really deteriorated since the initial installation. Ice cream production facilities are also dealt with some unique problems.

With this information, they realized they needed a flooring solution that would combine heavy duty slip resistance, fatigue reduction and be rigorous enough to withstand the heavy traffic demands for their ice cream production space. In addition to these flooring solution properties, Fox Meadows Creamery needed a lasting wall protection solution that was easy to clean, strongly built and looked aesthetically beautiful.

For the flooring solution, GCI Design decided to go with Altro Stronghold 30 in the color Tundra and Altro Atlas 40 in the color Pewter Grey. Designed for areas where heavy duty industrial equipment is used, Altro Atlas 40 is Altro’s most robust safety flooring option and still maintains impeccable slip resistant properties throughout. This product was perfect for the ice cream production room inside the new facility. Altro Stronghold 30 was designed to provide the highest level of slip resistance, achieving a 1 in a million slip resistance rating, even with grease, oils and other contaminants that are commonly found in food related areas. Altro Stronghold 30 also has a cushioned backing which provides staff with underfoot comfort and ultimately reduces fatigue, which is exactly the flooring solution they needed for their lunch kitchen, front of house serving area and ice cream inclusion kitchen.

The wall protection solution chosen was Altro Puraguard in the color Salt which matches perfectly with both flooring choices, showing off a flow of neutral colors throughout the facility making it feel more welcoming and like home. Altro Puraguard is a hygienic PVC wall protection that promotes durability and hygiene and is resistant to bacteria growth, avoiding loose airborne fibers that could harbor potentially dangerous bacteria within cracks. In addition, Altro Puraguard is easy to clean and maintain, and its homogeneous construction camouflages superficial scratches, keeping your walls attractive long after their installation.

The combination of products used for this project met all the required design and technical needs from Fox Meadows Creamery. Creating a professional environment that the staff can be proud to work on, the added underfoot comfort throughout the entire facility has made the staff less fatigued throughout the day. “They really appreciate and value how they can safely move around our wet production room floors without worrying about slipping and falling” said Chad Fox, Owner of Fox Meadows Creamery. Now that they are equipped with a lasting floor and wall protection solution, they can carry on serving their local ice cream artisans cow to cone.

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