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Recently, we were contacted by Andrea, the owner of an ethnic food restaurant in Columbus, OH. Despite over eight very successful years in business, the pandemic created a significant struggle for her operation.Andrea was in the process of expanding her establishment to offer to-go food through a take-out window and needed a reliable food portioning scale to ensure that her business was functioning as profitably as it possibly could.Andrea reached out to us and asked: "What's the best food porti

Are you in the market for a new shipping scale? If so, you may have already browsed our huge selection of shipping scales, ranging from large, heavy capacity options to small, low-capacity ones.But with so many options to choose from, how do you know which one will be right for you and your business? Allow us to narrow down your search from over 340 great shipping scales to just the one incredible one: The Mettler Toledo BC60.Mettler Toledo has been manufacturing high-quality scales for over a c

At Scales Plus, we sell loads of load cells.We sell load cells of all shapes, sizes, and capacities.We sell load cells for a wide variety of scales, balances, and weighing applications.We even sell load cells from many leading manufacturers, such as Rice Lake, Anyload, and Coti Global.In other words, we know a thing or two about load cells. But with so many kinds of load cells to choose from, you may be asking yourself: Which types of load cells are the most popular amongst scale manufactur

While most of us know better than to drive a full-size sedan over a small bathroom scale, what many people don’t realize is just how often heavy objects get placed on a scale that exceeds its maximum capacity.Fortunately, scale manufacturers are aware of this issue and have purposely designed their products to allow for a particular amount of overload. What is scale overload?As the name suggests, scale overload is a term that refers to any weighed object that exceeds a scale’s maximum capacity r

Whether you raise 100 head of beef cattle on a single farm or run a large-scale dairy operation across multiple facilities, purchasing a heavy-duty livestock scale is a major investment. Because of this, you want to make sure that you’re choosing the best possible scale to meet your unique weighing needs.At Scales Plus, our experts have worked directly with ranchers, veterinarians, breeders, and other animal care professionals, so we know the right questions to ask in each industry. When it come