MPM Helps Big Y Upgrade Equipment in Cheshire, Connecticut

MPM Food Equipment Group recently worked with Big Y Foods in Cheshire, Connecticut, to install some new and upgraded commercial kitchen appliances in the chain’s newly opened store.

Fri-Jado Multisserie Oven installed by MPM

The upgrades include a Revent 726U Single Rack Oven, a Fri-Jado Multisserie Oven and a Fri-Jado MD48-3 Hot Case.

Revent 726U Single Rack Oven

The Revent will be used as an additional oven to an existing rack oven. Big Y is using the Multisserie to replace an older rotisserie. And those juicy, delicious chickens will be on display in the Fri-Jado Hot Case. MPM’s Northeast team – including Ed Wiernasz and Mike Vumback – worked with Big Y when it took over the existing store in the spring of this year to deliver the upgrades.

Learn what Big Y knows - a few pieces of equipment can TRANSFORM your business into a customer-pleasing machine. If you are looking to put a charge into your store, contact MPM by clicking this MPM email link or calling (800) 976-6762 today.

Fri-Jado MD48-3 Hot Case

 

Mike Vumback explains the Fri-Jado Multisserie.

 

Loading the Fri-Jado Multisserie

MPM Food Equipment Group Announces Major Office and Warehouse Expansion

Commercial food equipment distributor purchases 48,000-square-foot facility in Wheeling, Illinois

Wheeling, Ill. — MPM Food Equipment Group announced the opening of its new 48,000-square-foot warehouse and office space complex at 236 Egidi Drive in Wheeling, Ill., adding 38,000 square feet because of its steady growth over the past decade. The warehouse space is four times the square footage that MPM had at its old facility.

“The expansion of the capacity for MPM demonstrates our ongoing commitment to world class service and unparalleled support to our clients,” said Larry Nicholson, CEO of MPM Food Equipment Group. “With the efficiencies and economies of scale that the facility provides to MPM, we are also able to continue our pledge of competitive pricing as well. Our showroom will display some of the more than 150 high-quality manufacturers we represent, notably the PizzaMaster pizza ovens and the Citrocasa juicers.”

MPM is the exclusive North American distributor for PizzaMaster pizza ovens, which bake faster and more evenly than other types of pizza ovens. And MPM is the Midwest and Northeast distributor of Citrocasa, the fastest, most efficient juicers for on-demand juicing needs.

MPM is well known in the retail food-service industry for providing a unique service: receiving and staging all of the client’s equipment at their warehouse, then delivering it to the project site uncrated and assembled. Not only does this save the client time and money, it takes the burden from the client of having to accept and store equipment from multiple manufacturers delivered on different days or weeks.

The new warehouse will have space to organize and layout all of current projects into their own designated staging areas, giving the team the ability to complete more work while moving less equipment.

“The Wheeling location offered so many advantages that we welcomed the opportunity to continue to expand the business,” Nicholson said.

About MPM Food Equipment Group (MPMFEG)

Founded in 2003, MPM Food Equipment Group – a private food retail, foodservice, and weighing equipment and supplies dealership – offers the highest quality food equipment and design services while providing the best customer service in the industry. Its customers range from large national grocery chains to family-owned restaurants.

The company works closely with each customer every step of the way, from the planning stages to grand openings. MPMFEG works with the industry’s leading manufacturers to ensure their clients the widest selection of products to meet their specific needs. MPMFEG’s paramount goal is to help customers become more competitive and profitable in the marketplace. For further information, visit http://www.mpmfeg.com/

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.