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The Power of Preventative Maintenance

Modern Restaurant Management

When you decide to purchase your equipment such as ice machines, you expect it to work for at least 10 years, with the regular preventative maintenance it will. However, PM’s are the first to go when money is tight and some machines will last less than five years because of poor maintenance habits.

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What Are the Germiest Surface Areas In Your Restaurant? (Infographic)

Modern Restaurant Management

Regular cleaning and maintenance of ice machines, including the use of sanitizing technology, are crucial for preventing contamination. This includes frequent cleaning of high-touch surfaces (as mentioned earlier), using effective disinfectants, and training staff on proper hygiene practices.

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Prioritizing Restaurant Maintenance – The Recipe for Long-Term Success  

Modern Restaurant Management

There are many factors that drive the bottom line for restaurants and properly managing maintenance is chief among them. Maintenance impacts multiple critical aspects of restaurant management and operations. Restaurant maintenance ensures technical difficulties don’t compromise food production and quality.

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How to Reduce Technology Management Costs in Hotels

Hotelogix

On-premises or server-based hotel management systems require you to invest upfront in costly hardware, a dedicated IT team, and ongoing maintenance expenses. As these solutions are extremely easy to use, you can spend less on training new/temporary staff that you hire to handle the peak season rush.

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Restaurant Safety: How Restaurateurs Can Improve their Risk Profiles

Modern Restaurant Management

First, restaurant owners must recognize that regular cleaning and maintenance is vital, staff members should thoroughly clean floors for grease and if there are any spills, ensure those spills are immediately wiped up. Second, in the kitchen, training is a critical component of a safe workplace.

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Best Practices for Cooking Oil Maintenance

Modern Restaurant Management

Train your staff to regularly skim cooking oil. It is a wasteful, inefficient use of that pricey oil you are trying to conserve because a higher oil level means that batch will take longer to reach proper frying temperature, it also increases the risk of an overflow or spill.

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How Better Cooking Oil Management Enhances Efficiency and Reduces Costs

Modern Restaurant Management

Employee Safety Practice : Train staff on best practices for handling, storing, and disposing of cooking oil to minimize waste and promote sustainability. How should operators be training their staff? When it comes to Efficiency Gains, two of the more obvious are Oil Life Extension and Operational Streamlining.

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