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Introducing the NEW Flexeserve Zone Xtra Heated Food Display

08 July 2025

The latest innovation in the award-winning Flexeserve range has arrived – and it’s redefining what’s possible in hot food merchandising. Introducing the Flexeserve Zone Xtra, the largest capacity countertop heated display available, powered by Flexeserve’s patented convection air technology.

With 80% more merchandising space, Flexeserve Zone Xtra lets you display more menu options at once – from ready meals and pastries to tall delivery bags and sharing boxes. Whether you’re operating supermarkets, petrol stations, cafés, quick service restaurants, or foodservice retail, Flexeserve Zone Xtra will empower you to offer more, sell more, and waste less.

Why Flexeserve Zone Xtra Heated Food Display?

Flexeserve Xtra is designed to meet the evolving needs of modern food-to-go operations:

  • 80% more capacity: Display more, restock less.

  • Patented convection airflow: Say goodbye to soggy chips and dry pastries.

  • Increased shelf life: Keep food fresher for longer.

  • Reduced waste: Sell more, make more sales with food that preserves its true taste and texture.

  • Improved energy efficiency: Lower your running costs.

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Same Pioneering Technology

Not all heated food displays are created equally!

A major difference between heated food cabinets is the technology used and how they are heated. Flexeserve uses convection heat rather than outdated contact heat. Hot air is continually circulated throughout the entire volume of each zone or shelf, and creates a consistent and stable environment for the food.

Unlike Flexeserve’s convection technology, displays that use radiant or contact heat behave more like a hotplate – continuously cooking the food while it’s on display. This often results in dry, overcooked products, diminished visual appeal, and a much shorter shelf life. Learn more here.

Designed for Operational Excellence

Despite its increased capacity, Flexeserve Xtra retains the same small footprint and power requirements as the standard Flexeserve Countertop. The new mezzanine shelf streamlines airflow and enhances food visibility while creating an extra merchandising level – ideal for ready meals, single-serve items, or tall items, such as delivery bags.

The 2-tier models feature two multi-temperature zones, giving you the flexibility to serve a wider variety of food at their ideal holding temperatures.

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Tailored Accessories and Smart Connectivity

Flexeserve Xtra’s new premium-feel accessories – including trays, racks, inserts, and dividers – are fully interchangeable and designed to streamline loading and display. Stack items up to five levels high and still maintain exceptional food quality and temperature consistency.

What’s more, Flexeserve Xtra is Connect-ready, enabling cloud-based control across multiple units. Remotely adjust settings, monitor performance, and optimise your operation for peak efficiency – all in real time.

Ready to transform your hot food-to-go offering?

Book a free demo of Flexeserve Xtra today with Meris Food Equipment.
📞 Call us on 1800 265 771 or reach out via our contact form.

About The Author

Andrew is Partner and Director of Sales at Meris Food Equipment. Andrew is passionate about connecting the right product to the right customer, and seeing them thrive in the ever competitive food industry.

What Our Clients Say

We have benefited greatly from the individual temperature-controlled shelves, allowing us to hold food at the perfect temperature

“The benefits of the Flexeserve are as promised. We have benefited greatly from the individual temperature-controlled shelves, allowing us to hold food at the perfect temperature, preserving its freshness and increasing the variety of food items we offer, meeting peak mealtimes throughout the day.”

– Clinton & Tanya Loftus, IGA Busselton

We went from $600 to now $5,000 in food a week!

“If you’re not in hot food now, you are 5 years behind. Just go for it and dip your toe in, remember you don’t have to do everything all at once.

We went from $600 to now $5,000 in food a week!”

– John Blazely, Store Owner & Operator, Shell Service Station, Colac

We have benefited greatly from the individual temperature-controlled shelves, allowing us to hold food at the perfect temperature

“The benefits of the Flexeserve are as promised. We have benefited greatly from the individual temperature-controlled shelves, allowing us to hold food at the perfect temperature, preserving its freshness and increasing the variety of food items we offer, meeting peak mealtimes throughout the day.”

– Clinton & Tanya Loftus, IGA Busselton

Country Grocers & Liquor Ballan

Sales increased by a staggering 41%. With year-on-year sales up by 81%

Sales increased by a staggering 41%. With year-on-year sales up by 81%

“The results were almost immediate. Within 2 months, sales were up by 37%. In just six months, sales increased by a staggering 41%. With year-on-year sales up by 81%”.

– Ashlee Plucke, Store Manager, Country Grocers & Liquor Ballan

FoodWorks

“When we were looking to purchase a heated merchandiser for our chickens and hot food, we got a quote on the Flexeserve from Meris as well as an alternate unit from another supplier. The Flexeserve® was more expensive, so we went with the other unit. From day one of installing the other unit we had a myriad of issues.

After three months of this and an inability for anyone to be able to fix it, we re-approached Meris about the Flexeserve® unit, and they helped us out. The Flexeserve has done all the things they told us it would, and we have not had an issue. Clearly, you get what you pay for, and the Flexeserve® is worth it”

Shane Cantania - FoodWorks
Country Grocers & Liquor Ballan

“Our previous hot food display was too hot to touch and was melting the food packaging. The harsh heat was drying the food out, which was limiting shelf life and leading to more food wastage.

With Flexeserve, the results were almost immediate. Within 2 months, sales were up by 37%. In just six months, sales increased by a staggering 41%. With year-on-year sales up by 81%. ”

Ashlee Plucke, Store Manager - Country Grocers & Liquor Ballan

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Super easy to clean and nothing ever sticks.

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It enhances flavours by cooking at low temperatures.

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Chef Francesco di Maria, - LA FIORENTINA Ristorante-Pasticceria Roma - Italy

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