Your Guide to Glassware - Good, Better, Best!

When selecting glassware for commercial use, consideration is given to material composition, the manufacturing process, design and shape. Specific production processes, including the addition of special ingredients, improved production techniques, and “tempering” will provide the glass with a commercial feature.

Our glass selection includes wine, beer, tumblers, flutes and cocktail glasses made up of Good, Better and Best standards.

GOOD
Soda-Lime glass is our basic no-frills offer, named after Sodium Carbonate (Soda), and Calcium Oxide (Lime) which are two of the principal materials added to Silica (molten sand) to produce this glass type.

BETTER
This glassware is toughened; mostly the whole glass, or sometimes just the most vulnerable areas: the rim and/or foot. This toughening process actually prestresses the glass, making it resistant to breakage or chipping caused by mechanical shock (crashing & bashing), or thermal shock (severe temperature
change, e.g., when “hit” with hot water while cold, or filled with a cold drink when hot). It works by spreading the stress at the point of impact to the other tempered points of the glass to absorb the shock. However, tempered glass has a limited life—the glass
is weakened every time it’s shocked. It has a memory, and over time the stress builds up to a point when it shatters—often in the dishwasher. To minimise loss by thermal shock, the best solution is to allow glasses to return to ambient temperature before they are next used or washed.

BEST
Our “Best” standard is the result of new glass technology designed to improve glass quality, such as Krysta from Arc. One such innovation is Crystal Glass, where specific metals (such as Barium and Potassium) are added to improve durability (resistance to stem twisting, rim chipping, mechanical and thermalshock), improve clarity and brilliance, provide total transparency, and resist dishwasher chemicals. By increasing the strength of the glass, the thickness of the side walls can be also be reduced. And generally, the rims of this quality glassware are “cold cut” to remove the rim bead to allow a free flow of the liquid onto the tongue.

Our Glassware is sourced from around the world
Arc—our Arc range extends from their “good” standard “Arcoroc” brand with typically thinner walls and shorter stature, to a “better” quality fully tempered range, to their Chef & Sommelier (C&S) brand of Krysta “premium” quality Crystalline glass which features increased shock resistance, ultra fine rim, and prolonged clarity after multiple washes.
Borgonovo—an excellent commercial product range from Italy, competitively priced and designed to meet the requirements of the food service industry.
Essentials—our own in-house brand. A package of competitively priced glass for the budget market.
Libbey—Libbey glass features thicker walls, some with a tempered (toughened) rim and/or foot. An excellent food service product with a wide range of options in capacities suited to our market.
Lucaris—our premium crystal glass offer from Ocean Glass in Thailand.
Crown, Ocean, Bormioli Rocco, Luigi Bormioli & Pasabahce—internationally renowned glass brands designed for food service operators.

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Printing on Glass
We also offer in-house printing, our facility produces a one-colour “Pad print” to suit most requirements.
Please email us your glassware printing enquiries or talk to your Account Manager