Enercare Centre for Shopify | The Cesario Group

01 · The buyer

What they needed

Shopify’s event team needed a temporary foodservice setup operating inside Enercare Centre before guests arrived.

02 · The risk

What could go wrong

Events leave no time to spare. The gear, the delivery, the setup, getting in the doors, and the test run all have to happen before the event starts.

03 · The coordination

What had to stay together

We handled the unloading and the setup, step by step, so the food area was ready in time for a packed venue.

04 · The result

What changed

The event team had a working foodservice area on schedule, without separating delivery, placement, connections, and startup.

01 · Project photos

Inside the Enercare Centre build.

A temporary build has no second chance. We trucked, staged, installed, and commissioned the full refrigeration and service package into an empty hall on the event's schedule.

Enercare Centre exterior signage in Toronto — 01The venue: a hall booked to the day, with no room to run late.

Empty exhibition hall at the Enercare Centre before installation — 02What we started with. Everything below arrived on a truck.

Edge Food Equipment delivery truck at the Enercare Centre loading dock — 03Our own trucks and our own crew at the dock.

Equipment being unloaded through the Enercare Centre loading dock — 04Unload runs to a dock schedule shared with every other trade.

Crated refrigeration equipment moved on pallet jacks inside the venue — 05Crated units moved to their floor positions before uncrating.

Rows of refrigeration cases staged across the Enercare Centre floor — 06The full package staged on the floor. This is the scale of one activation.

Installation crew in high-visibility gear assembling equipment at the Enercare Centre — 07Install crew working to the event's opening time, not ours.

Technicians assembling refrigerated shelving at the Enercare Centre — 08Assembly, levelling, and commissioning happen on site.

Finished refrigerated merchandising island with branded graphics — 09The finished merchandising island, lit and holding temperature.

Branded glass-door cooler wall stocked for the Shopify activation — 10A cooler wall stocked and running for the first guests.

Finished activation floor with signage and seating at the Enercare Centre — 11The hall from the first photo, open for business.

Catering service line running during the Enercare Centre event — 12Service running: the only test that counts.

01 · Project video

The foodservice setup had to be live before doors opened.

Shopify's setup needed the gear delivered, placed, plugged in, tested, and running before the doors opened.

What had to go right

Unload, stage, set up, and start up on one fixed schedule.
The temporary kitchen needed the same connection and startup checks as a permanent one.
The work had to fit the venue’s access and event schedule.

UnloadField footage

A temporary foodservice setup built for a fixed opening time.

Unloading and staging the equipment inside the venue schedule.

InstallField footage

Power, placement, connections, and testing.

Delivery, installation, and startup for the temporary kitchen.

Shopify activation foodservice setup at Enercare Centre — The finished setup had to be ready for a busy, packed event.

Rows of event refrigeration units staged inside Enercare Centre

03 · How the work was handled

01 · The clock

The setup deadline could not move.

The event starts at a set time, no matter what. If the gear, the delivery, or the setup runs late, everyone sees it.

02 · The sequence

Delivery and placement were part of the schedule.

The job included unloading, on-site planning, placement, connections, and a test run before the event opened.

03 · The result

Unload, placement, connections, and testing stayed on one schedule.

The event team needed the foodservice area ready at the same moment as the rest of the venue.

Running before the doors opened.

04 · Need / role / result

Project summary.

What they needed

A working food area inside a fixed event window, where delivery, loading dock access, placement, and a test run all had to land before guests arrived.