In recent years, convenience stores have become a foodservice destination. The convenience store, once serving as a quick stop to grab a candy bar or a soft drink, has transformed into an amalgam of coffee shops, quick-service, and fast casual restaurants. Busy consumers are looking for convenience and quality when it comes to foodservice, and c-stores are more equipped than ever to provide just that.
Topics: refrigeration, commercial refrigeration, convenience stores, c-stores, convenience store foodservice
The new school year is a time for fresh beginnings. For students, that means new school clothes, a new backpack, and a shiny new lunchbox. For school directors, that often means selecting new school foodservice equipment for the cafeteria. While it may not cause the same stress as a 3rd grader deciding what superhero shirt to wear on the first day, choosing foodservice equipment is a taxing experience for administrators. Especially for those who don’t have the information to make an educated decision.
Topics: refrigeration, Foodservice Director, commercial refrigeration, energy efficiency, school, Retrofitting
Say your commercial kitchen has multiple walk-in coolers and freezers. It also has several prep tables that need proper cooling temperatures. For foodservice consultants or operators, this might present a complex challenge to implement an efficient refrigeration rack system.
Topics: refrigeration, commercial refrigeration, Eco-Cool, Digital Scroll Compressor, footprint, refrigeration rack system, rack system
Many people look at frost in a walk-in as a good thing. It means it’s properly cooling, right? Wrong. Frost in a walk-in can have detrimental effects on your commercial kitchen.
Topics: food safety, freezer, freezer burn, food waste, energy efficiency, Walk-Ins, Ingredients
In the restaurant industry, every inch of space is valuable. Each piece of foodservice equipment, like refrigeration systems, is a piece of a puzzle that must fit together in the space provided. And restaurant operators, especially of smaller restaurants, face a big challenge when it comes to their refrigeration rack systems: the footprint.
Topics: refrigeration, commercial refrigeration, energy efficiency, Eco-Cool, Digital Scroll Compressor
One of the most important things in a commercial foodservice operation is food safety. When most people think of food safety, they think of proper food handling. However, proper storage of food is also extremely important to the integrity of your food. Consider these tips when storing food and organizing your walk-in.
Topics: food safety, refrigeration, food waste, commercial refrigeration, HACCP, food storage
Commercial foodservice equipment needs to do more than just keep food items cool, it needs to be efficient and up to today’s technological standards. These days, you can pretty much control your entire life in the palm of your hand. The Eco-Smart controller by RDT allows you to monitor and control your commercial kitchen refrigeration systems from the convenience of your tablet, smart phone, or computer, too.
Topics: food safety, refrigeration, commercial refrigeration, energy efficiency, Eco-Smart
One way of thinking is to see the frost in your commercial walk-in freezer as a good thing. It's cold. It's icy. Therefore, it must be holding ingredients at the right temperature. In reality, though, frost in your walk-in freezer is bad.
Topics: food safety, freezer, freezer burn, food waste, energy efficiency, Walk-Ins, Ingredients
The hot summer months bring rising waves, rising temperatures, and rising energy bills. Keeping your restaurant, school, hospital, or cafeteria costs down is imperative throughout the year. However, without an energy-efficient game plan for the summer, the sun won’t be the only thing making you sweat these next few months.
Topics: food safety, refrigeration, commercial refrigeration, energy efficiency, Eco-Cool
Let's say you operate a large hospital in Nevada. Maybe you're a facility manager or a food and beverage director who's responsible for the operation and upkeep of all the heavy foodservice equipment on campus. Now let's say it's the middle of summer. It's 105 degrees in the shade, and your walk-in freezer is about to crash. Are you ready to hear why redundancy is important for commercial refrigeration?
Topics: bacteria, refrigeration, sustainability, Foodservice Director, food waste, commercial refrigeration, Walk-Ins, hospitals, Eco-Cool, Facility Manager, Digital Scroll Compressor
