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It only takes one food-borne
illness to ruin the reputation of a store or
an entire chain of stores!
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What can you and your company do about it? |
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With our program, we offer you
a significant edge in fresh food retailing, and we visit your
establishment for "on site" service, without any interference
to your employees and departments. |
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Resurfacing versus Replacement |
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Resurfacing cutting boards is not presented merely
as an alternative to replacement, but a method to improve sanitation
in food handling. In addition to improving safety in food preparation
areas, the related cost savings can be significant. |
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Save Time and Money |
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You save time and materials cleaning resurfaced
boards. If ten minutes per day can be saved in all departments
in clean-up time at an average rate of $9.00 per hour, the store
saves $547.50 per year per department. The reduced cleaning time
will also result in the savings of water, cleaning chemicals and
sanitizing agents. |
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Increase Customer Confidence |
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You know that your customers equate clean white
boards with a clean store that they can trust. Now you can give
your customers what they want without sacrificing your bottom
line. |
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Extend Shelf Life |
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Product shelf life is extended with clean boards.
Less bacteria and contaminants present on a board reduces spoilage
and extends shelf life. Although there is no way to exactly determine
the actual savings, anytime shelf life can be extended, profitability
improves. |
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Less Labor Costs |
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Purchasing new boards requires additional employee
handling which increases labor costs. There also are the compound
expenses in time and wages for purchasing, scheduling, receiving,
cutting, distribution and installation of the new boards as well
as disposing of the old boards. Our service is done on site, eliminating
these management and labor costs. |
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No Wasted Material |
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In most cases, the new boards
will have to be cut to size, resulting in increased labor costs
and the costs of tools. When new boards are cut to size, there
is also considerable waste and shrink (remaining cut pieces that
are too small to be used anywhere else).
By resurfacing old boards, you eliminate the prospect of cutting
mistakes and using boards that are not cut correctly for the table
or area on which they will be used. |
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Sanitation |
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Purchasing new boards is a pro-active approach
to sanitation problems. Unless all boards are replaced at the
same time, the problem of cross contamination is not eliminated.
Changing a board here or a board there increases the risk of contaminating
the new boards by using products on the new boards that have come
in contact with old boards. Resurfacing boards on a regular basis
"renews" all boards at the same time and you reduce
the likelihood of cross contamination. |
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Recycling |
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In most cases a 3/4" thick board can be resurfaced
annually for 5 or more years in a row. Since we only remove an
average of 60/1000 of an inch each time we resurface the boards,
after 5 years the boards remains approximately 1/2" thick
and can be recycled to other areas of the store (produce, deli,
etc.) for an additional 5 years. |