In 1993, the popular Fruit & Veg City brand launched their first store. Their success continues through the well-known Food Lovers Market today. Technical Finishes recently partnered with Food Lovers Market for the new store in Ferndale, Johannesburg.

Creating an ambience

The brief from the client was to design a custom flooring solution that would capture and recreate the ambiance of a fresh marketplace in a modern theatre of food, where their visitors would have an experience like no other. The was chosen for the prestigious project as the unique exposed aggregate system provides industrial durability and decorative elegance.

The versatile flooring solution met the demanding retail requirements, including the ability to withstand heavy foot traffic and maintaining a high-performance finish and practical maintenance regime. The Polyscreed RT and MD systems were specified for the back of house areas, including the butchery, kitchen and sushi areas. One of the added benefits of the Polyurethane systems is the anti-microbial silver ion technology, which has been scientifically proven to inhibit bacterial growth by up to 99.9%.