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10 Restaurant KPIs + One Easy Way to Improve Them

March 19, 2025 by Michael C. Rosone | Last Modified: March 10, 2025

If you’re serious about maximizing the success of your restaurant(s), you’re tracking restaurant KPIs to learn where you need to make changes to improve service and boost profitability.

Here’s an easy and relatively inexpensive change that pays off across your operation: invest in regular HVAC & refrigeration maintenance. HVAC maintenance improves the comfort of your dining room, making customers more likely to spend more and visit again. Refrigeration maintenance impacts food costs, safety, and quality.

Here are 10 restaurant KPIs you’re probably tracking, and how maintenance can improve your performance.

Low Cost Ways to Save Energy in Commercial Facilities

February 27, 2018 by Michael Rosone | Last Modified: March 6, 2025

Energy experts attribute 50 to 60-percent of energy costs to your HVAC system’s operation. Facilities managers: there are lots of simple, inexpensive ways to save energy without spending a bundle on equipment upgrades. Let’s look at ways to save energy by reducing energy consumption.

Low-Cost & No-Cost Energy Saving Tips for Restaurants

February 13, 2018 by Michael Rosone | Last Modified: March 5, 2025

If you’re interested in reducing energy usage and costs, you’ve come to the right place. There are plenty of energy saving tips for restaurants that lower energy consumption and your bills. Here’s the good news: not all energy saving tips for restaurants require a huge capital outlay.

First, let’s take a closer look at the root of the problem.

AC Tune Up: Should Your Installer Do It?

June 3, 2021 by Michael C. Rosone | Last Modified: March 4, 2025

When your air conditioner was installed, chances are the installer mentioned that your system needs maintenance at least every year (possibly more, depending on your usage). A regular AC tune up & maintenance visit keeps your system in good condition, prevents breakdowns, makes it run efficiently and use less energy.

So, if you’ve had your AC system for a year or more, it’s time to schedule your maintenance and AC tune up visit. But who should you call? Your AC installer might be your best option. Or they could be a very poor choice, even if they did a fine job on the install.

Here’s how to choose the right service provider for your air conditioner tune up and maintenance.

Who takes care of corporate cafeteria equipment maintenance?

January 21, 2025 by Michael C. Rosone | Last Modified: February 7, 2025

If you have outsourced management of your corporate cafeteria, there’s one aspect that may be a gray area: who is responsible for cafeteria equipment maintenance? Is it your cafeteria management company or your facilities management team? If you’re not sure who’s taking care of it, the answer might be nobody.

If kitchen and refrigeration equipment maintenance is neglected, that’s going to increase your costs and reduce the quality of service. Learn more about what needs to be done, and the risks of letting those tasks fall through the cracks.

Employee Attrition Linked to Workplace Comfort Conditions

February 20, 2025 by Michael C. Rosone | Last Modified: February 7, 2025

workplace comfort and employee attrition

With more organizations requiring employees to work in the office again, workplace comfort has become more important than ever before. High employee attrition rates happen when people are consistently uncomfortable at work. In fact, being too hot or too cold remains the biggest complaint from employees about their workplace.

Find out why and how to create a comfortable work environment by addressing HVAC and air quality issues.

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