Supermarket fitouts Melbourne
Creating high-performance grocery retail environments
Your supermarket space needs to do more than just house products—it must optimize operations, enhance shopper experience, and drive profitability.
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Temperature control and food safety
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Energy system integration
Streamlined project delivery
Intelligent design drives your basket value
A supermarket is more than just shelves and refrigeration—it's an orchestrated retail space where layout, flow, and functionality combine to create an optimal shopping experience. For Melbourne-based grocery retailers, we excel in converting spaces into high-performance stores that boost your bottom line.
Our expert team manages every detail of your retail fitout, from cold chain management to energy-efficient lighting solutions that reduce operational costs. We deliver custom refrigeration integration and shelving systems designed specifically for grocery retail, ensuring product freshness while maximizing visibility and accessibility.
With our comprehensive project management approach, we coordinate every detail from compliance to completion. The result? A supermarket space that enhances operational efficiency, delights shoppers, and sets new standards in Melbourne's competitive grocery retail sector.
We’ll work with any business in any industry
Our services
Explore our range of design and build services. At your consultation, we’ll discuss your ideas and objectives and plan the best path forward.
Commercial fitouts
Give us a blank space (or let us create one), and we’ll transform it into your perfect workspace or venue for guests.
Design & construct
Sphere will assess, design, and build your space, seamlessly handling every detail from start to finish.
Workplace refurbishments
Renovate your existing site and optimise every square metre for function and aesthetics.
Defits & strip outs
Exactly what it says on the tin: when your lease is up, we’ll make good before you leave.
Workplace consultancy
Our workplace consultants bring your culture to life, activating a space that screams you.
What’s the process?
Every retail space demands attention to detail, operational efficiency, and careful staging. Our process adapts to your specific needs, whether you're upgrading an existing store or building from the ground up.
Site evaluation
We assess your location’s potential, reviewing power infrastructure, drainage, and delivery access. This ensures your space can handle modern refrigeration and peak trading without costly surprises.
Smart planning
Our technology-driven approach maps out every detail—from traffic flow to temperature zones. We create precise 3D visualizations of your space to maximise available space. This reduces design revisions and accelerates approval processes.
Value engineering
We identify opportunities to enhance efficiency without compromising quality. Our team reviews material selections, system specifications, and construction methods to maximize your investment while ensuring durability for high-traffic retail environments.
Precision build
Construction begins with a carefully staged plan that protects your revenue during fitout. Our proven methodology allows partial trading where possible, coordinating critical installations during off-peak hours to minimize business disruption.
Built to last, designed to impress
We pride ourselves on exceptional service and stress free retail shopfitting
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Testimonials from our gracious clients
Our clients have been gracious enough to write us a few words of recommendation.
Why work with Sphere?
We redefine shop fitting with our unwavering commitment to reliability, honesty, and transparency. Our innovative approach to service delivery ensures that once you experience our way of doing business, you'll never look back.
Professional shopfitters
Integrating critical systems from refrigeration and lighting to point-of-sale and energy management, delivering end-to-end solutions for supermarkets of every scale.
Industry experience
We work with every scale of food retail—from national supermarket chains to local independent grocers.
Fixed project budget
Our comprehensive planning addresses every operational detail—from loading zones and restocking efficiency to customer flow and safety compliance—ensuring cost clarity before construction begins.
Reimagining project delivery
We challenge conventional construction timelines and methods, proving there's a better way to deliver supermarket fitouts without compromising quality.
FAQs
We’re just answering a few basics. Feel free to get in touch if you have any questions.
How do you maintain trading during renovation?
In Victoria's competitive food retail market, we understand continuous trading is non-negotiable—especially for independent grocers who rely on daily revenue. Our staged construction program maintains up to 75% operational capacity during renovations. Critical installations like refrigeration upgrades happen overnight when your store is closed, and we create temporary fresh food zones to maintain sales during department upgrades. This approach has helped our clients maintain an average of 85% of normal trading revenue during renovations.
What solutions do you offer for rising energy costs?
With Victorian energy costs rising 20% in 2024 and refrigeration consuming up to 60% of a supermarket's energy usage, efficiency is crucial. We implement smart monitoring systems that have reduced our clients' energy costs by up to 40%. Our solutions qualify for Victorian energy efficiency grants, and our integrated approach keeps refrigeration running at peak efficiency while minimizing load on backup systems during maintenance.
Can you handle complex compliance requirements?
Modern retail fitouts demand a deep understanding of food safety regulations, council requirements, and shopping centre standards. Our integrated approach addresses compliance from day one, coordinating with relevant authorities throughout the design and construction process. We navigate these requirements daily, ensuring your project moves forward without unnecessary delays or complications.
What's your approach to back-of-house logistics?
Modern supermarkets demand precision in stock flow and waste management. Our designs optimize loading dock accessibility, create efficient unpacking zones, and streamline paths to shelf, reducing labor costs and minimizing product handling. Smart waste management systems and clear staff workflows protect your operational efficiency.
Can you future-proof supermarket spaces?
The retail landscape evolves rapidly with changing consumer habits and technological advances. We build flexibility into every fitout through modular display systems and adaptable service points. Our infrastructure planning accommodates future technology integration.
How do you optimize power and comfort?
Our approach integrates power systems and climate control from the ground up. We analyze total connected load across all systems, then design intelligent power distribution that adapts to daily trading patterns.
By capturing waste heat from refrigeration for winter warming and implementing smart controls that respond to customer traffic patterns, we maintain consistent comfort while reducing overall energy demand. This systems-first approach typically delivers 20-25% more efficient operation than traditional designs.
How do you ensure quality, efficiency, and sustainability in supermarket fit-outs?
We leverage cutting-edge AI technologies alongside our extensive industry expertise to deliver exceptional results in a retail fitout. AI enables us to optimize designs, streamline project planning, and monitor construction in real-time, ensuring precision, efficiency, and superior quality.
By using AI-driven tools for accurate scheduling, resource allocation, and cost forecasting, we minimize delays and unexpected expenses, keeping your project on time and within budget.
Additionally, AI helps us adopt sustainable construction practices by optimizing material usage and reducing waste, ensuring environmentally responsible outcomes.
A little light lunch-break reading
Read through our guides and explainers to better understand what’s involved with commercial fit outs.
Our accreditations and partnerships
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