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Cooking Oil Recycling for Food Courts
Food courts contain a variety of restaurants clustered together, and many use a significant amount of cooking oil in their daily operations. While tastes have changed and the food served isn’t quite what it was a decade or two ago, food courts in the northeastern...
Cooking Oil Management Safety Tips
Commercial kitchens regularly use cooking oil. It is a necessary component used in restaurants and almost all other food establishments. Because of this, workers in the kitchen must handle cooking oil on a daily basis. It can become so much of a routine that it’s easy...
How Smart Operations Can Set Your Kitchen Apart
It’s important to build sustainable systems that will work every day in the food service industry. Successful kitchens don’t look for quick fixes but solutions that will get things done and keep costs under control. Smart operations mean running your kitchen in a way...
The Rise of Restaurant Sustainability and Why Cooking Oil Collection Matters
Consumers in many industries have started to align purchases with their values, which often makes sustainability a key factor when choosing businesses to support. The shift from niche interest to mainstream expectation is changing consumer behavior and how business...
Why Cooking Oil Collection is Essential for Fast Food Restaurants
Used cooking oil collection and disposal is an essential part of kitchen operations for fast food restaurant owners. Managing cooking oil collection responsibilities will help keep the kitchen clean and staff from getting overwhelmed. Here are some reasons why getting...
Essential Principles of Commercial Kitchen Design
A poorly designed commercial kitchen can cause headaches for staff and can even be dangerous. Because of this, it’s important to consider commercial kitchen design carefully when opening a new restaurant or re-designing an industrial space. With the right layout and...
Who’s Responsible for Grease Trap Cleaning?
Commercial kitchens are required to install grease traps on-site to prevent grease and similar substances from going down the drain. Restaurant cooking generally produces fats, oils, and grease (FOG) that can end up in the kitchen drain system. Grease traps intercept...
Eco-friendly Restaurant Practices
Restaurant sustainability practices can help restaurants of all sizes limit their impact on the environment. There is increasing awareness around the importance of eco-friendly approaches in the food-service industry and how they can play a big part in improving the...
How to Keep Restaurant Kitchen Workflow Moving
Things move very fast in a restaurant kitchen and small disruptions back-of-house have the potential to cause ripple effects throughout a shift. Making sure things run smoothly can often come down to optimizing your kitchen layout, using a clear communication...
Restaurant Oil Recycling: Step-By-Step
Restaurants generate a considerable amount of used cooking oil everyday. Because of this, used cooking oil collection and disposal is an essential part of operations. The used oil can also be recycled and processed into biofuels to help protect the environment. If...