Save energy by boiling only the water you need

If you're in charge of a catering business – whether it's a sandwich or snack bar, or an exclusive restaurant – your biggest overheads will include the bills for the energy you use for cooking and heating.

That means that it's probably even more essential than for your home that you shop around to find an energy supplier which can help you minimise these costs.

According to Powerhomebiz.com, the size of those overheads will depend on how much of the work you can do in your own home, and how much you will need to carry out using specialist ovens and other catering equipment – which is much more expensive to run and maintain.

Caterers and those looking to get involved in this line of business are doubtlessly taking advantage of a demand for their services which has been proven by many surveys, from influential bodies such as the American National Restaurant Association.

If you're running a catering business, be it a simple sandwich shop or a large hotel kitchen, you won't be able to take advantage of the reduced running costs which can be achieved by the most often advised means – that is, by boiling only the amount of water needed at any one time. Indeed. If your enterprise becomes anywhere near successful, the chances are that you'll need to have access to a constant supply of hot water in order to make the drinks your customers demand.

But technology has come to the aid of even those businesses which don't need to boil large volumes of water, but for which the ability to have boiling water on tap can be useful. For an embryonic sandwich shop or takeaway, one of the most efficient modern solutions is a Breville Hot Cup water boiler.

This appliance can boil 1.5 litres of water in very little time, and dispense it straight into a cup or mug. So customers of a small cafe can get their hands on a hot drink whenever they want it.

From the point of view of the caterer, such a machine is easy to use to help them streamline their hot drinks service. With a large, illuminated water window they can see instantly how much water is left in the device, and they can regularly top it up to keep pace with demand.

This is a major advance on a domestic kettle, which has the obvious disadvantage of the water cooling down very rapidly after it has been boiled.

Catering is a hugely popular field into which budding entrepreneurs pitch themselves. And no one can argue that a new cafe or restaurant does not help bring new business into a local shopping area. At the same time, many community centres and other local facilities are becoming wise to the benefits that being able to offer their users an instantly-available supply of boiling water can have in adding to the appeal of their facilities.

So while some businesses still soldier on by boiling water using an old-fashioned kettle, many more are cottoning on to the benefits of using a commercial-standard hot water machine, such as the Breville Hot Cup, and its capacity to help people quench their thirst for a good cup of tea or coffee at any time.

 

SOURCES:

http://www.which.co.uk/news/2012/01/hot-water-dispensers-vs-kettles-in-new-which-test-276382/

http://www.powerhomebiz.com/business-ideas/how-to-start-a-home-based-catering-business.htm