How to Set Up a Takeaway Operation Quickly with Rental

Adding a takeaway quicky can be a difficult challenge, not to mention an expensive one.

How can businesses looking to set themselves up for takeaway and delivery do so without adding too much to their bottom line, or create challenges around equipment maintenance and usage?

In this blog, we examine what equipment businesses should be adding to create an efficient production setup and outlining how rental can help reduce the stresses and the issues which can arise from setting up a new production line specialised for takeaway.

What equipment should I use?

Setting up a successful takeaway means being efficient. You do not have the luxury of knowing who is going to order when – as you do with booked tables – so you need to be ready for anything and able to turn around orders fast.

For this reason, we suggest batch cooking to create your basic dishes and then having a system for fast heating when the orders come in.

A simple batch cooking setup could include:

A hot servery – To plate up meat and other dry ingredients

A Bain Marie – A simple way to keep sauces and vegetables hot

A combi oven – Perfect for quickly and easily re-heating previously batch-cooked foods.

An accelerated cooker – Great for items which need quick cooking – great for burritos, hot sandwiches, potatoes, pizza slices and more

A blast chiller –Chill meals after batch cooking safely and quickly

Why rental?

1. Short term commitment

Rental can be a great option if you are only looking to setup a takeaway operation for a short period of time – to cover lockdown, for example – and so do not want to buy equipment outright, leaving you with an expensive asset after only a few months.

2. Try out a new setup before buying later

It can help you to gather the data you need to understand if you want to invest in equipment for a takeaway setup later.

3. Maintenance is taken care of

Maintenance is covered under a rental contract and, with PKL, we have a 24hour support line for you to call should something not be perfect. We have engineers ready to come out, diagnose any problem and solve it. If they cannot solve it, we replace the equipment.

Conclusion

If you are hoping to create a successful takeaway operation, getting the right equipment in is vital.

With a rental contract, you reduce your liability, get the chance to test out a new production process without much risk and have the peace of mind that all maintenance issues will be dealt with quickly and efficiently by professionals.