The 1959 Acme Market Food-O-Mat (above) in Nottingham Plaza, Syracuse, New York, features the "carton flow" form of shelving that uses a gravity-feed rear-load design. Lansing Shield, President of Grand Union Company, formed a company called Food-O-Mat to sell the carton flow system by 1948. Gauer Metal Products manufactured the carton flow units for Food-O-Mat markets. The carton flow rack shelving system always keeps items within easy reach. The carton flow design has gone through countless changes over the years and has now evolved into full shelving units, more widely used in warehousing.
A modern sectional shelving unit
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