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10 Features You Never Knew You Needed in a Commercial Stand Mixer

Why does every restaurant kitchen need a commercial stand mixer? Here’s the simple answer: Power.

Compared to a hand-held mixer, a stand mixer brings unparalleled power to food preparation. The heavy-duty motor can handle demanding jobs like kneading sticky dough or beating airy batters. Choose your speed and attachment and just let the stand mixer do the work, hands free.

But not all stand mixers are created equal. We designed the CPM800 8-quart/8L stand mixer to meet the specific needs of professional chefs. Here’s what they wished for: the 10 features that define the best stand mixers for restaurant kitchens.

Topics: Food, commercial stand mixer, restaurant stand mixer, heavy duty stand mixer, foodservice equipment, foodservice blog, planetary stand mixer

Save Summer Produce (and Save Money) with the PrimaVac™ line of Commercial Vacuum Sealers

The “summer slowdown” is a well-known restaurant phenomenon. While dining establishments in tourist areas see a boom in traffic, many others experience a slump in July through September. We have an idea for keeping your kitchen staff busy during the slow season and reducing food costs: Get to work preserving the best summer produce!

The PrimaVac™ line of commercial vacuum sealing machines makes it simple to extend the usable life of fragile produce, such as berries and herbs. You can also seal and freeze produce that’s at its peak.

Here’s why a commercial vacuum sealer is essential equipment for every restaurant kitchen — in the summer and all year round.

Topics: Foodservice, PrimaVac, vacuum sealers, commercial vacuum sealer, commercial grade vacuum sealer, chamber vacuum sealer, vacuum chamber sealer, hydroshocking, foodservice equipment, commercial vacuum sealer machine, vacuum sealing applications, foodservice blog

What Operators Can Learn From the Top Restaurant Chains

“Why is eating out so expensive now?”

That’s a question millions of consumers are asking. And they’re not wrong — in the United States, the price of quick-service meals and snacks rose nearly 28% from 2019 to 2023. (Full-service restaurants saw a 24% price jump). In early 2024, the average quick-service check was $18, 4.5% more than last year.

Customers are also complaining about food delivery costs, which have been increasing because of new minimum wage laws in Seattle and New York City plus new fees tacked on by the delivery companies. All of this adds up to a tough environment for chain restaurants… yet many chains are not only surviving but thriving. What takeaways can we learn from their success?

Topics: Foodservice, Chain Restaurants, foodservice operators, foodservice equipment, Chain restaurant trends, restaurant trends, Top restaurant chains

Year-End Recap: Top 5 Posts for 2021 from the HBC Food Blog

Continuing with our recap series, here are the top blog posts from the Food blog for 2021. These posts got the most views, regardless of when they were published. You can read more by visiting the HBC Food blog.

Read on...and if you see content you like, be sure to join the HBC Community for regular updates, whether it's Beverage, Food, Hospitality or Recipes.

Topics: Food, commercial immersion blender, foodservice equipment, ghost kitchens

10 Features You Never Knew You Needed in a Commercial Stand Mixer

Save Summer Produce (and Save Money) with the PrimaVac™ line of Commercial Vacuum Sealers

What Operators Can Learn From the Top Restaurant Chains

Year-End Recap: Top 5 Posts for 2021 from the HBC Food Blog

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