Kurt gets it!
The food retail sector needs straightforward, scalable solutions to ensure products are safe and of the highest quality.
Kurt is here to help you find them.
Critical control points always in sight.
Ensuring safe food in every store.
Shelf maintenance, product presentation, customer service – with limited staff numbers, time-consuming temperature checks and complex documentation are rarely a priority in food retail. Yet reliable monitoring at refrigerated and fresh food counters is crucial for guaranteeing food safety at all times. Our Testo Food Safety Experts offer simple, individually scalable solutions for stores of all sizes, enabling you to reliably monitor critical control points and effortlessly meet HACCP requirements.
Kurt Kiekens
Our Food Retail Expert
Kurt is Testo’s Food Retail Expert in Belgium. Drawing on his leadership experience and in-depth knowledge of the retail sector, he led cross-functional initiatives as an innovation project manager, driving the development and rollout of new retail concepts and translating consumer insights and market trends into scalable solutions for every store.
At Testo, Kurt helps those responsible for food retail to improve food safety and quality assurance, boost operational efficiency and support HACCP compliance.
What sets Kurt apart:
Strategic retail thinker with a clear eye for the challenges, market dynamics and operational processes involved in modern food retail
Experienced innovation and project manager who turns trends into practical solutions – from concept development to successful in-store implementation
Trusted partner for retail and management, turning food safety, compliance and operational excellence into measurable business success
Scalable solutions are key to comprehensive food safety because discount stores and supermarkets with fresh food counters operate completely differently.
Kurt Kiekens
Food Retail Expert
5 expert tips from Kurt
The foundation of every HACCP plan is a thorough, site-specific hazard analysis. Many food retailers make the mistake of adopting generic templates without considering their own store’s unique circumstances.
Not every process step within your operations is automatically a critical control point. For your control system to be effective, you must clearly and unambiguously identify the right CCPs. Assess the relevant risk and set measurable limit values for each CCP.
A HACCP plan is only as good as the people who implement it every day. One-off briefings are not enough – food safety must become part of the company’s established culture. Train your staff regularly using real-world examples and competency verification.
Documentation requirements are often seen as a bureaucratic burden – but in reality, they are both a valuable management tool and an important legal safeguard! In the event of a food safety incident, complete records will enable you to demonstrate that all necessary measures were carried out properly.
A HACCP plan is not a static document, but a living system that must be continuously reviewed and regularly updated. Internal audits are an essential tool for verifying the system’s effectiveness and identifying potential areas for improvement.
White paper: “HACCP in Food Retail”
In our highly topical white paper, you’ll learn how to address the most pressing challenges in food retail, and discover practical measures you can implement to minimize risks, reduce food waste and ensure reliable HACCP compliance.
Intuitive operation, accurate measurements, HACCP-compliant documentation:
With Testo’s intelligent food measurement technology, you’ll easily overcome your daily challenges.
Intelligently connected.
Fully in control.
The testo Smart App and the compatible measuring instruments from the Food BT line will provide
instant access to all your key food safety metrics!
Efficient: Fast data capture and seamless digital documentation of all measurement results
Reliable: Stored measurements and report generation with precise traceability
Intuitive: Easy to use, even for less experienced or frequently changing staff
testo Saveris Food
The one-stop solution for your food safety management
Check out our comprehensive solution for reliable food safety management with testo Saveris Food! Our system combines sensors, software and services for HACCP- and FDA-compliant monitoring. Flexibly combinable modules and seamless sensor-software integration ensure uninterrupted data recording – even during WLAN or power outages. Use precise measurements and detailed data analyses to optimize your process and cost efficiency.
Stephanie Burchardt
Our Frying Oil Expert
Stephanie is a qualified nutritional scientist who worked for many years as a quality manager in the food industry. At Testo, she introduced cooking oil testing to the global foodservice industry.
“In retail, only solutions that are simple, seamless and easy to integrate into day-to-day store operations really work.”
Kurt Kiekens - Food Retail Expert
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