24/7 staffed refrigeration alarm monitoring for grocers

Keep the cold. Cut the cost.

Grocery refrigeration monitoring, with a person on every alarm.

Kalder’s 24/7 alarm desk calls your team the moment a case fails. KalderIQ finds the refrigerant leaks and struggling compressors before they do. Built by Neelands, with over 65 years of refrigeration experience.

  • Copeland E2 and E3, Danfoss and Micro Thermo controllers
  • BACnet and Modbus devices, including electricity meters
  • One store to national chains, across North America
Glass-door freezer cases in a supermarket aisle
Neelands

Kalder is a Neelands company.In commercial refrigeration since 1958, with grocers including:

See case studies
  • Costco Wholesale
  • Longo’s
  • Goodness Me!
  • Sobeys
  • Save-On-Foods
  • IGA
  • Safeway

What goes wrong when nobody is watching.

Four failures that cost grocers the most, and what happened when Kalder was watching.

From one store to a national chain.

Independent grocers use Kalder as their night shift: a desk that answers alarms, and analytics that tell a busy facilities manager where to go first.

National chains use the same platform to see every store on one screen, hold every site to corporate setpoint standards and send the right contractor to the right rack.

Refrigeration monitoring for grocers of every size
  • Keep your contractors.We call them when product is at risk and give them the data to fix it first time.
  • Keep your equipment.Copeland E2 and E3, Danfoss and Micro Thermo controllers connect as they are, along with BACnet and Modbus devices and electricity meters.
  • Start anywhere, scale everywhere.Begin with the stores that worry you, then roll out across every region on the same platform.

Backed by Neelands, in commercial refrigeration since 1958.

Kalder is a Neelands company. Neelands has spent over 65 years installing, servicing and maintaining refrigeration for grocers. That field experience is built into how KalderIQ ranks problems and how our alarm desk decides who to call.

EPA leak rules now cover almost every rack in your store.

Since January 1, 2026, HFC systems with 15 lb or more need a leak rate calculated at every top-up, repair within 30 days above 20%, and a report to EPA if they lose 125% of their charge in a year.

How getting started works.

How to plan a pilot that proves something
  1. 1

    Send us your store and controller list.

    We confirm which stores connect as they are and what the rest need, in writing.

  2. 2

    Connect your first stores.

    Agree your escalation list and what success looks like, then go live.

  3. 3

    Expand on results.

    Review what the alarm desk and KalderIQ found, and roll out from there.

Common questions

What is supermarket refrigeration monitoring?

It connects to the refrigeration controllers in your stores and watches racks, cases and walk-ins around the clock. Kalder combines a staffed 24/7 alarm desk, which calls your team when something fails, with KalderIQ analytics that find refrigerant leaks, compressor problems and setpoint drift before they become alarms.

Is Kalder for independent grocers or large chains?

Both. Independent grocers can start with a single store, and national chains run Kalder across their whole estate with store groups, corporate setpoint standards and scheduled reports. Everyone gets the same staffed alarm desk and analytics.

Which refrigeration controllers and systems does Kalder work with?

Copeland (formerly Emerson) E2 and E3, Danfoss and Micro Thermo refrigeration controllers, plus BACnet and Modbus devices such as electricity meters. Send us your equipment list and we will confirm each store before you commit.

Do we keep our refrigeration contractor?

Yes. Kalder calls your contractor during an alarm escalation when product is at risk, and can give them remote access and data for the stores they service.

Where does Kalder operate?

Across North America. Kalder is based in Ontario, Canada, and monitors grocery stores in Canada, the continental United States, Hawaii and Mexico.

See your stores the way our alarm desk does.

A 30-minute walkthrough with someone who knows refrigeration. Bring your store list and controller types; we’ll tell you what connects and where we’d start.