Make Sure You Select the Right Type of Storage Boxes For Your Needs

When you have a business that requires you to run any sort of event, whether it’s a competition, an annual general meeting, a presentation of your products, a dance class, a history lecture, or anything else at all, you almost always have a lot of “stuff” that you need to transport to the venue in which it is being held. Even if it is held on your own premises, if it is not a one-off, there will be things that you need to store and re-use. If you hold the event four times a year or only once a year you need to be able to access all the bits and pieces that you need quickly and easily.

Of course, the more events you hold the more “stuff” you have. These could be notepads and pens for attendees, lanyards for your staff, booklets, small samples of a product, and much, much, more.

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How to Win New Clients for Your Catering Business

The catering industry has a great deal of potential for new businesses who can target the right markets. However, there are also a huge amount of competitors who are all trying to make a name for themselves.

To cut through the noise, we’ve outlined a few ways to brand and market yourself so you can win the kind of clients you want.

• Sampling and tester sessions

An old trick but a good one. Let your potential buyers develop a taste for what you can offer for free and start building up exposure in your market. Whether you are setting up a tasting stall at a wedding fair, giving samples to people on the street or delivering food to people’s desks, this is a great way to show people you can deliver quality food.

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What Equipment Do I Need For My Catering Business?

Don’t underestimate how much equipment you need to start and continually run a successful catering business, whether this is from the comfort of your own home or from a rented facility.

Ultimately, the type of equipment you need will always depend on the type of food you are cooking and the amount of people you need to feed.

Certain meals and menus will be incredibly easy to prepare in large amounts, such as sandwiches or large stews, however, others will require more specialised cooking and preparation methods.

The Basics

For the most basic catering operations, you’ll need refrigerators to keep supplies fresh, storage space for your stock, cooking equipment (including an oven, hob, fryer, and maybe a grill) and general food preparation and serving equipment like chafing trays.

If you are catering for a wedding, you will also need a number of tables, clothes and serving counters to function with the layout and style of the wedding event.

Sometimes, you won’t actually need to own every single piece of equipment you need. For instance, you can rent many of the essentials as and when you need them, such as catering boxes, glasses, plates and cloths. This should help reduce the cost of buying expensive and high quality items.

Always make a plan

There is a careful balance you need to strike when buying your catering equipment. You don’t want to get too excited and buy huge amounts of plates or knives when you just don’t need them. Equally, if you don’t have everything you need, you could be unprepared for various culinary challenges.

Detail all the equipment you might need in your business plan and factor this into your investment costs and profit forecasts.

Don’t forget about storage items and utensils

When you’ve factored in the larger pieces of equipment into your costs, don’t forget to calculate how much all the smaller things will add up to, including utensils and attached lid containers in the UK, for example. Costs will vary internationally so you might be able to buy your products in bulk depending on the supplier you choose.

• Knives
• Tongs/ Spatulas/ Serving spoons
• Sauce dispensers
• Chopping boards
• Peelers/ graters for peeling root vegetables and zesting rinds onto dishes
• Scales
• Mixing bowls
• Thermometers
• Can openers
• Containers (detached and attached lid containers, UK.)

If you’re a mobile catering business, then you’ll need a slightly different set of equipment to support your business, including an actual van or truck!

Essentials

You’ll need a regular supply of essential items to keep your catering business running. These things are often overlooked, and when added to the total sum needed to complete a catering job, the cost can be quite high. There are hundreds of online destinations where you can order these items on wholesale to get a good price.

• Blue roll
• Vinyl gloves
• Baking parchment
• Foil
• Clingfilm
• Cleaning spray
• Washing up liquid
• Sponges

Storage / takeaway boxes (aluminium, attached lid containers (UK), recyclable forks and knives.)

Folding Crates

Folding Crates are an easy way of making the most of your storage needs. You can use them to store crockery and glassware, either on your business premises or if you’re transporting items to a different venue. One reason why our folding crates are so useful is that not only are they ventilated, which avoids odours getting trapped, but also, they are of course, collapsible. This means that when you’re not using the crates, they can be stored to save you storage capacity and add to your transport space.

The crates are ergonomically designed, making it simpler for you to carry heavier goods with ease and confidence. Made from industrial-grade High Density Polyethylene (HDPE), our crates are made to take way more impact than the budget polypropylene boxes out there.

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What you need to know about Catering Equipment Transport Trolleys

Transport Dollies are an easy way of moving heavy objects and large quantities of items without exerting yourself too much. They are a functional way of moving glasses, chinaware and other products from place to place both inside and outside. We also call them Transport Trolleys. All our trolleys come with four swivel wheels that make them easy to move.

We have a wide variety of transport dollies available to make it easier for you to move things from A to B in no time at all. Depending on what you need, you can choose from different priced and sized dollies that are sure to save you space and strain!

Our dishwasher rack dolly is 500x500mm and compatible with our dishwasher trays, racks and baskets. They’re a great solution for a busy kitchen or catering business on the go. We’ve also got a fantastic timesaving dishwasher trolley with a drip tray. It’s great for those times when you don’t want to wait for your glasses and chinaware to dry in the dishwasher.

If your business deals in larger volume catering, you may need to handle heavier loads. That’s where our heavy-duty dolly trolley comes in. Very stable with a load-bearing capacity of 250 kg, suitable for Euro Containers 600x400mm and 400x300mm. You’ll be able to transport heavier items or larger quantity items without causing yourself an injury. We also have an incredible space-saving commercial dishwasher rack cart. It’s narrow and tall and will hold two fully loaded stacks of 500x500mm Caterbox Dishwasher Racks. There are two steering rollers and two rollers with fixes breaks that will keep the racks secure when they’re on the move.

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Dishwasher Cutlery Rack Or Dishwasher Cutlery Basket?

If you are considering buying a dishwasher cutlery rack for your catering establishment, there are a number of different choices. A dishwasher cutlery rack is also known as a dishwasher cutlery tray, but of course you can also get dishwasher cutlery baskets as well.

Whether you go for a dishwasher cutlery rack or a basket, the most important thing is how well the container permits the cutlery to be washed and dried. Some people consider that cutlery racks don’t allow for thorough cleaning and report that this is the case. However, how well the rack does or does not clean the utensils will depend on the design of it.

If you use a dishwasher cutlery basket the utensils should always be put into it pointing downwards. This is for reasons of safety as much as anything else because if they point upwards you can cut your hand if are careless when removing them after cleaning. It is also safer from a health point of view because you have germs and bacteria on your hands, so you want to minimise any contact with the part of the utensil which is going to come into contact with the food. It also means that you won’t get any smudges on the shiny knife blades.

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Some Things To Consider When Thinking About Storage For Your Business

Keeping things tidy around your business is important: you need to be able to find things quickly when you need them, yet at the same time keep them out of the way when you don’t. One of the best ways of storing many items is to use storage containers, and preferably ones that can stack one on top of another so that they can save you a lot of floor space. Even better is to use nest stacking containers which have slightly angled sides so that when they are empty, they can sit one inside another: this saves as much as 75% of floor space. Nest stacking containers are also ideal if you have to carry out a lot of deliveries and collect the empty boxes later. You might have to deliver four van loads when they are full, but you can bring all the empty containers back on one van, saving a lot of time and fuel.

When considering purchasing nest stacking containers, there are some things that you need to think about before rushing out and buying them. It may seem obvious to say this, but you need to ensure that the containers that you buy are fit for purpose – not too big and not too small.

You also need to consider the requirements of whatever it is that you want to store. For instance, do you need a box with solid sides, or would one with ventilated sides be better? Does the item need to be kept out of sunlight which might discolour or otherwise damage it?

When buying nest stacking containers, you also need to know whether or not you need to be able to see what is inside. If you do, and the item doesn’t have to be kept out of sunlight or hidden for security purposes, you could buy containers that are made of clear plastic. Of course, another method for quick identification is to use boxes of different colours. Many products are manufactured in several colours, so you can easily identify what is in each of the boxes, simply by the colour of the box.