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Consider your menu when planning the layout of your restaurant kitchen and which equipment you're going to invest in. For instance, if you serve a lot of grilled food, then a larger grill will help get the food out of the kitchen faster.

For your restaurant, chances are that you will need a walk-in refrigerated unit for storing foods from the service line that you have left over from the day. In this case, you want the unit to be accessible and easy to organize, as you may need to access some of these foods rather quickly.

Before you purchase restaurant equipment, it’s recommended that you first analyze the layout of your space. You want to make sure that your equipment supports the optimal layout for your kitchen that will promote an efficient and fast workflow.

Commercial dishwashers are one of the largest water and energy consumers in a commercial kitchen. Ensuring yours is as efficient as possible before purchase is a wise move. Lowering the rinse water consumption is one way to increase efficiency.

While you may think it's a money saver to install your equipment yourself, think again. This is one job that is better off left to the professionals, as a lot of large kitchen appliances can very easily be broken if installed improperly.

Ever heard of a greens machine? It's a restaurant sized salad spinner. Actually, greens machines were in wide distribution before home style salad spinners became popular in the U.S. Removing excess moisture from some produce items can effectively double their useful life. A few good examples are: lettuce, spinach and kale.

Care to guess the top restaurant trends based on information compiled by the National Restaurant Association? Here they are: locally sourced ingredients like produce, meat, and seafood; environmentally sustainable offerings; healthy meals for kids; and gluten free options.

Catering is a totally different ball game from a brick and mortar restaurant. Be sure to know what you food and services you plan to offer in order to determine your supply needs. If you’re using your clients dinnerware, your needs

When purchasing items like dishes, pizza pans or utensils, evaluate carefully how many of each item you will need. You don't want to purchase too few of something and then run out or too many of something and then waste your money.