SmartLever™ proves a smart choice for Creams’ first dark kitchen Designing and equipping a dark kitchen can be a vastly different concept to when planning a standard back of house kitchen. Not only is space likely to be even tighter, but there can be an even greater importance on workflow and processes. It is for exactly this reason that when Creams, the UK’s number one dessert parlour, looked to create their first delivery only site, they ensured that they installed the Metro SmartLever™ Productivity System from Jestic Foodservice Solutions to help give total flexibility whilst bringing order to the chaos
N
isar Hussain, Operations Director at AA Food
kitchen, they also introduced us to Jestic Foodservice
Concepts, franchisee of the site, explains how the
Solutions, who recommended we try the Metro
dark kitchen concept meant a new way of working
SmartLever™ system.”
for Creams both front, as well as back of house:
access to shelves which can mean 30-50% more storage
space is at even more of a premium in our Doncaster
capacity versus traditional four post shelving. In doing so,
kitchen and we ended up having to fit the same amount
SmartLever™ allows operators, like Creams, to configure
equipment in half the space, which was no easy task.
workstations for maximum productivity, as Nisar explains:
As such, we needed to be really organised to work efficiently and to maximise our productivity.
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SmartLever’s cantilevered design provides unobstructed
“In comparison to a typical Creams restaurant,
“The SmartLever™ system is a simple and effective storage and workstation solution consisting of a back
“We enlisted the help of national dealer, General
grid, a work surface, shelves plus baskets, and a variety
Catering who we have worked with previously, and as
of storage and organisational accessories which can
well as coming up with the design and concept for the
be put where you need to suit the height of each staff
Fastfood Professional • August and September 2021
August and September 2021 • Fastfood Professional
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