Saturn Reach-In Refrigerators Available at MPM Today

The Saturn S23R Refrigerator and the Saturn S49R Reach-In Refrigerator are each on sale at MPM Food Equipment Group. Saturn reach-in refrigerators are essential pieces of equipment for anyone in the food-service, hospitality or supermarket industries. These are critical units for keeping foods at a safe temperature yet allowing them to be easily accessible in storage, prep and service areas. These units are powerful and are able to maintain their temperatures despite heavy use. They provide abundant storage space for their footprints, are easy to clean, and are extremely well constructed and built to last. Saturn equipment is highly regarded in the restaurant industry as providing enormous long-term value. These reach-in refrigerators are specifically constructed to hold up to the challenges of the most demanding commercial establishments. 

Saturn S49R Reach-In Refrigerator

MPM is offering the Saturn S23R Refrigerator and the Saturn S49R Reach-In Refrigerator at amazing prices. These units are in the MPM warehouse and can be shipped immediately. For cooling needs close to the line and where space is at a premium, the Saturn S23R is on sale for $2,004.00, a savings of $3,564.00 from the list price of $5,568.00. For larger storage capacity needs, the Saturn 49R offers 49 cubic feet of space and is on sale for $2,943.00, a savings of $5,233.00 from the $8,176 list price. These outstanding savings go right into the bottom line of your business.

Saturn S23R Reach-In Refrigerator

Built with durable stainless steel doors, sides and interiors, these Saturn reach-ins provide the peace of mind that you have purchased appliances that will keep your perishables at safe temperatures for the best prices you can find. These units are especially user-friendly, featuring thermometer displays and controls are digital. They also have self-closing doors that provide a stay-open component for easier usage by your staff and an open-door reminder for an extra layer of protection. The bottom-mounted condensers can mean that you have more storage options over the units.

Precise Temperature Control

These Saturn S23R and S49R reach-in refrigerators have external digital temperature control that allow precise control, helping you to have longer shelf life on your food product and resulting in money savings over the long term. Reach-in refrigerators store some of the more expensive perishable food, including meat, produce, eggs, and dairy products. The doors on these Saturns are self-closing, and for convenience, they also have a stay-open feature. The refrigerators have a door-open alarm for times like rush hour when harried employees forget to shut the door. These models’ quick recovery feature helps to prevent foods from drying out.

The appliances use an environmentally friendly R-134a refrigerant, and they are Energy Star rated. This means that they provide high efficiency compressors and fan motors. They operate on less horsepower, and it has been estimated that reach-in refrigerators that are Energy Star rated can save $150 or more annually for operating costs. In addition, these units have bottom compressors, which is the coolest and most grease-free area of the kitchen. This translates into operation that is more efficient in hot kitchens.

These Saturn reach-ins are high-end units that feature stainless steel construction both inside and out, making them easy to clean. Because replacing a reach-in refrigerator can be expensive, you are going to want to go with a quality unit. These units operate 24/7, and they receive heavy usage in foodservice operations. But, properly maintained, reach-ins can last 15 years or more; some stay in service as long as 30 years.

Call MPM Food Equipment Group at 800.976.6762 to discover more about how these Saturn reach-ins can help the flow of your professional food service organization and how they can enhance your bottom line. You can also email us, and for more information, go to the MPM website.

MPM Helps Big Y Open in Old Saybrook, Connecticut

MPM Food Equipment Group partnered with Big Y in August 2014 to open Big Y’s 67th store, a 54,300-foot facility in Old Saybrook, Conn. Big Y – a family-owned and family-oriented retail food company – has been working with MPM’s Vice President of Sales Ed Wiernasz for more than 20 years.

Big Y Foods in Old Saybrook, Conn. on Opening Day - MPM Food Equipment Group

Big Y engaged MPM to deliver the equipment and training necessary to fulfill the lifestyle needs of the Old Saybrook community – providing not only grocery but prepared foods. As part of this mission, Big Y ordered a Fri-Jado Multisserie, to provide up to up to 210 pounds of rotisserie chicken per cooking cycle.

One of the glass doors on the Multisserie shattered less than a week before the opening, but within a day MPM was able to get a new glass door, replace it, and get the Big Y team back in business to prepare for the store opening.

Additional Equipment Highlights

In addition to the Fri-Jado Multisserie, MPM delivered to Big Y an Alto-Shaam combi oven, refrigeration equipment from Leer, donut makeup equipment from Belshaw and food-processing equipment from Omcan.

But sourcing and delivering equipment is just part of the job. MPM also provided the startup and training, as well as standing by for Opening Day and subsequent follow up to ensure that there were no issues.

In part by working with MPM and using our offerings of energy-efficient products, Big Y was able to take advantage of the Connecticut Energy Efficiency Program that will reduce electrical consumption by more than 550,000 kilowatt hours per year, an equivalent to removing 80 cars off the road annually or providing electricity for 52 homes.

Visit MPM Food Equipment Group  to discover our one-stop shopping for food-service equipment, products and design services.

MPM Opens a Caputo’s Market in Downers Grove

MPM Food Equipment Group worked with Angelo Caputo’s Fresh Markets, a local Chicago grocery chain, to open its seventh store, a converted Dominick’s in Downers Grove. MPM was able to develop a solution that incorporated existing equipment with reconditioned and new pieces to complete the store in a truncated time frame.

Angelo Caputo in the new Downers Grove store (picture from Caputo's).

 The equipment highlights include:

• Pizza Master Pizza Oven
• Crepe Station
• Remanufactured Hussmann Deli Case
• Hot Foods Bar
• Cold Foods Bar

With a heavy emphasis on prepared foods, Caputos can offer their customers a wide scope of product, including:

• a variety of thin and deep dish pizzas
• a burrito station
• sandwiches
• ribs and chicken
• juice bar
• coffee bar

Caputo’s is a long-time Chicago-area institution – a fresh market business started in 1958 in Elmwood Park, Illinois. Starting with a second location in 1991, Caputo has slowly opened additional stores and now opened its seventh, the 72,000-square-foot space, at 42 Ogden Road in Downers Grove.

The new store includes “Bar Angelo,” a full-service restaurant and bar that serves beer and wine along with menu items such as steak and fish. It also includes a kiosk system, which allows customers to browse the store's deli offerings, place an order and continue with the rest of their shopping while it is filled.

Are you browsing for the best solutions in the food equipment business? MPM Food Equipment Group deliver projects on time and on budget, while providing world class service, unparalleled support, and competitive pricing. For more information, visit MPM at http://www.mpmfeg.com/ or call 1-800-976-6762.

The PizzaMaster pizza oven makes its first batch of pizzas at the new Caputo's in Downers Grove (picture from Caputo's).

The Caputos' team (picture from Caputos).

MPM Adds Cooking Equip to CH Distillery

MPM worked with CH Distillery to allow its patrons sample the spirits made on site by building Chicago’s only distillery cocktail bar. MPM installed the bar and the cooking equipment! (Photo by Arnold Klein)

So after the distillery tour, instead of a little sample in a plastic cup, patrons are able to have cocktails and bar food. In fact, the kitchen really worked out for CH Distillery – it was named as one of the best new restaurants in Chicago by Huffington Post.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/31/best-new-restaurants-chic_n_4519992.html?utm_hp_ref=tw

Here is another review in Serious Eats:

http://drinks.seriouseats.com/2013/09/first-look-ch-distillery-cocktails-from-grain-to-glass-local-gin-vodka-bar.html

If you would like to find out how MPM can help you with your commercial kitchen needs, contact us at info@mpmfeg.com today.

MPM Food Equipment Group Celebrates a Decade as a Leader in Food Equipment

Strong Service Culture and Outstanding Employees
Create Foundation for Growth

Northbrook, Ill.–MPM Food Equipment Group celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2013, growing from a startup regional food equipment dealer to a national and international independent distributor that is the food service and supermarket industry’s sales and service leader.

“I started the business in 2003 with a vision that MPMFEG would provide unparalleled service to its customers with very competitive pricing,” said MPMFEG Founder and President Larry Nicholson. “The great associates at the company have helped me develop a culture of responsiveness, which guides us and promotes our growth.”

“’Service’ is a word with many meanings,” said Paul Krueger, Director of Sales – Retail. “To most, it congers up the thought of a technician holding a tool. But real service begins before the equipment is ever purchased. This is where MPM shines. We listen to and work with our customers to choose the best piece of equipment to suit their needs.”

The company’s growth over the years has enabled MPMFEG to offer a rare asset in food retail and food service: the capability to receive and stage all of a customer’s equipment on-site at its large warehouse, and then uncrate, deliver, assemble, startup and train – all as part of the process.

“When MPM makes a sale, that is just the beginning,” Krueger said. “We become partners with our clients. Equipment purchased from MPM doesn’t arrive at the client’s location as just another box or crate, it arrives ready to be pushed into place, ready to be installed, to conduct training, and to be used. And that’s not the end of our commitment. We remain partners after the fact. Often, we become advocates when issues arise with service companies and factories, if our customers are not being treated fairly. This is extra service MPM provides that sets us apart.”

MPMFEG has access to the widest range of quality brands in the industry at great prices. The selection includes Hobart, Revent, Traulsen, American Baking System, Delfield, and Cleveland Range, among others.

“MPMFEG partners with the best service companies, and construction and trades vendors – including carpenters, plumbers, and HVAC, electrical, and gas contractors,” Nicholson said. “With MPM’s extensive industry experience and knowledge, we are able to address every detail of your project with competency and efficiency.”

“MPM takes the time to thoroughly understand the needs of their clients and offer the best possible solution,” David Reeder, National Sales Manager. “That’s why we have been around for 10 years and will be around for many more. We make equipment buying easy!”

There have been plenty of milestones in MPMFEG’s 10 years.   MPMFEG has equiped and serviced some of the largest grocery stores in the world at over75,000 square feet. In January 2013, MPMFEG acquired Connecticut Food and Weighing Equipment of Newington, Conn.

“As part of MPMFEG family, we have the ability to provide our customers with the same level of service they were used to getting,” said Ed Wiernasz, Vice President of MPM-Northeast. “But we now can offer a greater amount of equipment choices, and have the staff back in Chicago to help ensure that the whole process from quoting, ordering and delivery go off without a hitch.”

Also in 2013, at Howells & Hood restaurant in Chicago, MPMFEG “installed the largest draft beer system in any restaurant in the world to our knowledge,” said Jason Akemann, co-owner of Bottleneck Management. “This is our fourth project with MPM [including Sweetwater Tavern, Old Town Pour House, and South Branch Tavern and Grille]. MPM had nothing but solutions for a project where there was nothing but questions.”

“After 10 years,” Nicholson added, “MPMFEG has established itself as unmatched for providing personal attention to our customers, from large national grocery chains to a family-owned restaurant.”

About MPM Food Equipment Group

Representing the finest food equipment manufacturers in the business, MPMFEG teams with a large group of trusted partners to provide support, design, installation, product training and service to deliver projects on time and on budget.

For more information, visit MPMFEG at http://www.mpmfeg.com/ or call 1-800-976-6762.

MPM Supplies Equipment for Howells & Hood Restaurant in Chicago’s Tribune Tower

MPM Supplies Equipment for 17,000-Square Foot Howells & Hood Restaurant
in Chicago’s Iconic Tribune Tower

“MPM had nothing but solutions for a project
where there was nothing but questions.”

CHICAGO – MPM Food Equipment Group this month worked with the restaurant group Bottleneck Management to source and supply the equipment for Howells & Hood, a 17,000-square foot restaurant in Chicago’s Tribune Tower that features two extra-large cook lines and a prep line, three bars (each with 120 faucets that pull beer from an enormous beer cooler), and three walk-in coolers.

“This was by far the most ambitious that we’ve had at Bottleneck,” said Jason Akemann, co-owner of Bottleneck Management. “MPM had nothing but solutions for a project where there was nothing but questions.”

“We worked with the team at Bottleneck for seven months to ensure that Howells & Hood would be a success from the moment it opened its doors,” said David Fallon, Director of Sales – Food Service.

“Because of the location, the NBC and Tribune pavilion, with all the pedestrian traffic, they needed us to work around rush hour schedules. That meant that we had to bring equipment down by 6 a.m. and be out of the pavilion by 8 a.m.,” Fallon said.

MPM sourced and supplied the equipment for three kitchens and three bars, as well as building three walk-in coolers. One of those coolers is a glassed-in beer cooler holding 720 barrels of beer that supply 360 draft faucets – 120 each in the three bars.

“We installed the largest draft beer system in any restaurant in the world to our knowledge,” said Jason Akemann, co-owner of Bottleneck Management, “and MPM was there for us every step of the way. They were able to guide us to not only the right cooler that not only was large enough to house the beers but efficient enough to make it run. Our system holds 720 barrels for 320 pour faucets with 114 different beers. And with their recommendation, it is all working seamlessly.”

It took 171 pieces of commercial restaurant equipment to supply the cook lines and bars. MPM worked with the Bottleneck team to find the right pieces, which were brought to MPM’s warehouse, uncrated and inspected, assembled and rewrapped, delivered and set into place in Howells & Hood. The MPM team worked with Coker Service to install the equipment.

“This is our fourth project with MPM [including Sweetwater Tavern, Old Town Pour House, and South Branch Tavern and Grille]” Akemann said. “With MPM’s help, we created a kitchen with two full cooking lines and a prep line that can serve 700 people at once.”

“Coordinating a project of this scope while dealing with the location and the age of the Tribune Tower presented a unique situation,” Fallon said. “We spent two weeks delivering – five to seven truckloads per week. We had to deal with the city, the traffic, and the pedestrians. We also had to be very careful with the pavilion, so when we were delivering, we had to bring in a lift truck that had right tires that wouldn’t mark – white rubber tire designed to go over the white concrete surfaces.”

The size of the beer cooler and the stock cooler, which is a room-sized cooler in the basement of the Tribune Tower, also presented unique challenges, Fallon added.

About MPM Food Equipment Group

Larry Nicholson founded MPM Food Equipment Group in 2003 with the mission to offer the highest-quality food equipment and design services while providing the best customer service in the industry.

MPM represents the finest food equipment manufacturers in the business. The company teams with a large group of trusted partners to provide support, design, installation, product training, and service to deliver projects on time and on budget. From supermarkets to churches, commissaries, schools, and government, MPM has provided solutions to all different markets.

For more information, visit MPM at http://www.mpmfeg.com/ or call 1-800-976-6762.

MPM Outfits Commercial Kitchens with the Best Cooking Equipment

From restaurant ranges and convection ovens to char broilers, fryers, and griddles, MPM Food Equipment Group offers a full range of cooking equipment to furnish restaurants, fresh markets, commissaries, and more (including supermarkets). So whether you need combi oven systems and steamers or blast chillers and pizza prep stations, we can get you the right piece at the right price. If you would like to find out how MPM can partner with you, call us at (847) 297-6762 or toll free at (800) 976-6762.

MPM Food Equipment Group gets some Combi Ovens ready for a delivery.

The professionals at MPM have a depth of knowledge on each of our manufacturer’s product lines. And we represent the finest cooking equipment manufacturers in the business. Our fryer brands include Frymaster, Dean, Vulcan, and Pitco. The manufacturers of our restaurant ranges include Garland, U.S. Range, and Southbend. Blodgett, Garland, and Vulcan are some of the brands for our convection ovens.

Providing you with the right pieces of commercial equipment at the right prices is at the heart of what we do. Since we have put in many years of sales and service of these quality products to the marketplace, we understand how these models are made, how they work, and the pros and cons of each.

The manufacturers of our steamers include Cleveland, Accutemp, and Southbend. Our pizza deck ovens have brands such as Blodgett, Bakers Pride, Marsal, and Woodstone. Our char broilers and griddles include such brands as Vulcan and Garland. And our holding and warming products include such brands as Hatco, Cres Cor, and Alto-Shaam.

Whatever your cooking equipment needs, MPM has a solution. Look for our rotisserie ovens, cook and hold ovens, deck ovens, conveyor ovens, pasta cookers, steam kettles and skillets, oil filtration systems, rice cookers, stock pot ranges and hot plates, induction ranges, sandwich grills, crepe machines, mobile cooking carts, and butane stoves. Heck, we even carry hot dog equipment. Our goal is to provide the highest quality products and to follow that up with the highest quality service. Contact MPM or call at (847) 297-6762 or toll free at (800) 976-6762.