Convenience Retailer Show Daily • October 7, 2021

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Ford Gum Delivers Nostalgia and Newness

Ford Gum & Machine Co. is a leading U.S. manufacturer of retail confectionery and gift products, private label gum, and bulk vending confections. Ford Gum specializes in both sugar and sugar-free products as well as aluminum cast gumball machines. It is the only manufacturer of gumballs in the United States and the only maker of sugar-free gumballs in the world.

The company is most well known for its line of Big League Chew® bubble gums. This iconic brand has been around for more than 40 years and is the third-largest bubble gum brand in convenience stores. The popularity of Big League Chew is unparalleled compared to other bubble gum brands because it is loved by kids and their parents, who enjoyed the bubble gum when they played ball.

New items for the Big League Chew line include a Strawberry flavor in the Softball player pouch, an 84ct floor display that takes up only one square foot of floor space and a To-Go jar that holds 55 mini Big League Chew gumballs.

Ford Gum entered into an agreement with iconic candy company, Jelly Belly®, to produce a line of sugar-free gum based on popular Jelly Belly jelly bean flavors.

“Jelly Belly is a powerhouse brand recognized around the globe for their fun and exciting jelly bean flavors,” said Steve Greene, senior vice president of sales and marketing at Ford Gum. “We’re thrilled to expand our product options for consumers of all ages while remaining committed to our other specialty products including Big League Chew, Carousel gumball machines, and our line of Smarties® bubble gum and candy.”

BOOTH #2630 Performance, Reliability and Value from Choice Equipment Company

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Prairie View Industries A-Series Equipment Stand

Combine durability and functionality with Prairie View Industries A-Series equipment stand. Manufactured from 12-gauge aluminum, each shelf is adjustable and made with a brand-new corner clip assembly. This new design provides additional durability, which allows these stands to support 600 pounds when evenly distributed per shelf. Prairie View Industries manufactures its aluminum shelves with a flush, flat surface to make cleaning fast and efficient. This series is offered in two, three-, four- and five-shelf capacities in a wide range of sizes to fit every space. Whether this stand is for an industrial warehouse or a small kitchen, these units are sure to fit your needs and not break the bank.

To add even more diversity, Prairie View Industries offers the grand Queen Mary equipment stand. As the queen of all Prairie View Industries’ equipment stands, it is worth its weight in gold due to being the toughest of them all. This isn’t a dainty queen!

It is a four-shelf mobile shelving unit, which features two heavy-duty 5" swivel and two heavy-duty 5" locking stem casters. These casters allow maneuverability and security for your equipment with an overall weight capacity of 900 pounds.

Prairie View Industries is proud to boast that its equipment is manufactured in America. Centrally located in Fairbury, Nebraska, Prairie View Industries can ship to either coast quickly and efficiently with lead times that aren’t going to leave you waiting three months for your products to arrive. Prairie View Industries has a dedicated staff of

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The Sonic Solution for the Next Wave of Kitchen Innovation

By Chad Linn, Vice President of Operations, Choice Equipment Company

Choice Equipment Company is an industry leader as a foodservice equipment manufacturer and supplier. We specialize in aluminum and stainless-steel manufacturing, and offer a wide range of transport and storage products from pan racks to oven racks, keg racks and other shelving systems, stainless-steel work tables, carts and dollies, and a wide range of material handling equipment. Our in-house design and production teams are dedicated to producing fast responses, value-added solutions, and quality products. We are committed to helping our customers solve their challenges and meet their requirements.

Established in 2009, our team has extensive product knowledge and applications expertise. Our manufacturing plant is located in Georgia, just north of Atlanta, and is equipped with state-of-the-art technology. Choice Equipment’s skilled operators and welders are unmatched. We have a global customer base, including a wide range of industry-leading consumers. We have built our company and reputation by providing our customers with total customer satisfaction throughout the entire buying experience.

Our products are designed with the customer in mind. We offer unique and valuable features that make us better than the rest! One of Choice Equipment’s valuable features is the exclusive patent on our Off-Set King Pin Plate Caster (Patent 9,452,638 B1). This patent is a value-added bonus to our customers, as it allows us to maximize

Trends in cuisine may come and go, but when it comes to food preparation, speed, convenience, and savings never go out of style. With this in mind, Panasonic has seriously upped the game in food prep with its Sonic Solution series. The Sonic Chef and Sonic Steamer are uniquely designed as hard-working, compact, affordable appliances for next-level efficiencies that inspire chefs to innovate, free from many of the constraints of traditional kitchens.

The 1200-watt Sonic Chef Commercial high-speed oven combines three cooking technologies – high-speed convection, twin “inverter” microwave, and broil – all in a compact, ventless, stackable design that simply plugs in. The Sonic Steamer oven steams two full-size 4”-deep pans easily and precisely, and also runs by simply plugging in – no vents, hood, or water line required. Taking its place as your new prep cook, this portable, programmable steamer comes with 16-memory capability, five power levels, and three-stage cooking, with two top and two bottom heating elements.

The specs are impressive, but these appliances reveal their true beauty and versatility when you see them in action. Alexis Kukuka, vice president of operations at Sous Vide Kitchen on 23rd Street in New York City, offers that perspective. A “fast casual” food hall offering 12 different dining concepts, Sous Vide Kitchen evolved from a back-of-house ghost kitchen for bowls, chops, and barbecue into a full-service frontof-house experience. Guests can order from any number of the concepts in a single transaction.

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AN INDEPENDENT PUBLICATION NOT AFFILIATED WITH NACS

Ford Gum Delivers Nostalgia and Newness

Ford Gum & Machine Co. is a leading U.S. manufacturer of retail confectionery and gift products, private label gum, and bulk vending confections. Ford Gum specializes in both sugar and sugar-free products as well as aluminum cast gumball machines. It is the only manufacturer of gumballs in the United States and the only maker of sugar-free gumballs in the world.

The company is most well known for its line of Big League Chew® bubble gums. This iconic brand has been around for more than 40 years and is the third-largest bubble gum brand in convenience stores. The popularity of Big League Chew is unparalleled compared to other bubble gum brands because it is loved by kids and their parents, who enjoyed the bubble gum when they played ball.

New items for the Big League Chew line include a Strawberry flavor in the Softball player pouch, an 84ct floor display that takes up only one square foot of floor space and a To-Go jar that holds 55 mini Big League Chew gumballs.

Ford Gum entered into an agreement with iconic candy company, Jelly Belly®, to produce a line of sugar-free gum based on popular Jelly Belly jelly bean flavors.

“Jelly Belly is a powerhouse brand recognized around the globe for their fun and exciting jelly bean flavors,” said Steve Greene, senior vice president of sales and marketing at Ford Gum. “We’re thrilled to expand our product options for consumers of all ages while remaining committed to our other specialty products including Big League Chew, Carousel gumball machines, and our line of Smarties® bubble gum and candy.”

BOOTH #2630 Performance, Reliability and Value from Choice Equipment Company

Chicago Thursday, October 7, 2021

Prairie View Industries A-Series Equipment Stand

Combine durability and functionality with Prairie View Industries A-Series equipment stand. Manufactured from 12-gauge aluminum, each shelf is adjustable and made with a brand-new corner clip assembly. This new design provides additional durability, which allows these stands to support 600 pounds when evenly distributed per shelf. Prairie View Industries manufactures its aluminum shelves with a flush, flat surface to make cleaning fast and efficient. This series is offered in two, three-, four- and five-shelf capacities in a wide range of sizes to fit every space. Whether this stand is for an industrial warehouse or a small kitchen, these units are sure to fit your needs and not break the bank.

To add even more diversity, Prairie View Industries offers the grand Queen Mary equipment stand. As the queen of all Prairie View Industries’ equipment stands, it is worth its weight in gold due to being the toughest of them all. This isn’t a dainty queen!

It is a four-shelf mobile shelving unit, which features two heavy-duty 5" swivel and two heavy-duty 5" locking stem casters. These casters allow maneuverability and security for your equipment with an overall weight capacity of 900 pounds.

Prairie View Industries is proud to boast that its equipment is manufactured in America. Centrally located in Fairbury, Nebraska, Prairie View Industries can ship to either coast quickly and efficiently with lead times that aren’t going to leave you waiting three months for your products to arrive. Prairie View Industries has a dedicated staff of

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The Sonic Solution for the Next Wave of Kitchen Innovation

By Chad Linn, Vice President of Operations, Choice Equipment Company

Choice Equipment Company is an industry leader as a foodservice equipment manufacturer and supplier. We specialize in aluminum and stainless-steel manufacturing, and offer a wide range of transport and storage products from pan racks to oven racks, keg racks and other shelving systems, stainless-steel work tables, carts and dollies, and a wide range of material handling equipment. Our in-house design and production teams are dedicated to producing fast responses, value-added solutions, and quality products. We are committed to helping our customers solve their challenges and meet their requirements.

Established in 2009, our team has extensive product knowledge and applications expertise. Our manufacturing plant is located in Georgia, just north of Atlanta, and is equipped with state-of-the-art technology. Choice Equipment’s skilled operators and welders are unmatched. We have a global customer base, including a wide range of industry-leading consumers. We have built our company and reputation by providing our customers with total customer satisfaction throughout the entire buying experience.

Our products are designed with the customer in mind. We offer unique and valuable features that make us better than the rest! One of Choice Equipment’s valuable features is the exclusive patent on our Off-Set King Pin Plate Caster (Patent 9,452,638 B1). This patent is a value-added bonus to our customers, as it allows us to maximize

Trends in cuisine may come and go, but when it comes to food preparation, speed, convenience, and savings never go out of style. With this in mind, Panasonic has seriously upped the game in food prep with its Sonic Solution series. The Sonic Chef and Sonic Steamer are uniquely designed as hard-working, compact, affordable appliances for next-level efficiencies that inspire chefs to innovate, free from many of the constraints of traditional kitchens.

The 1200-watt Sonic Chef Commercial high-speed oven combines three cooking technologies – high-speed convection, twin “inverter” microwave, and broil – all in a compact, ventless, stackable design that simply plugs in. The Sonic Steamer oven steams two full-size 4”-deep pans easily and precisely, and also runs by simply plugging in – no vents, hood, or water line required. Taking its place as your new prep cook, this portable, programmable steamer comes with 16-memory capability, five power levels, and three-stage cooking, with two top and two bottom heating elements.

The specs are impressive, but these appliances reveal their true beauty and versatility when you see them in action. Alexis Kukuka, vice president of operations at Sous Vide Kitchen on 23rd Street in New York City, offers that perspective. A “fast casual” food hall offering 12 different dining concepts, Sous Vide Kitchen evolved from a back-of-house ghost kitchen for bowls, chops, and barbecue into a full-service frontof-house experience. Guests can order from any number of the concepts in a single transaction.

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Thursday, October 7, 2021

The Unseen Benefits of Hand Dryers Over Paper Towels

By William Gagnon, Vice President, Excel Dryer Inc.

With customers more concerned than ever about hand washing, convenience retailers are having to spend more on related costs: soap and water, as well as hand dryers or paper towels. While both drying methods are recognized as safe and hygienic, paper comes with an array of challenges: • Limited supply. If paper towels are unavailable, hands can’t be dried at all, and wet hands have been shown to be 1,000 times more likely to transfer germs than dry hands.

• Hygiene. Paper towels can be left in damp piles on countertops, across the floor, spilling out of trash cans and clogging up toilets, creating breeding grounds

for dangerous bacteria.

• Production. Paper towels originate from trees, then are produced through a wasteful chemical or mechanical pulping process. In fact, one ton of virgin paper towels consumes 17 trees, uses 20,000 gallons of water, produces more than three tons of CO2 emissions and requires 40 cubic feet of landfill space. In contrast, environmentally sustainable XLERATOR® Hand Dryers provide up to a 75 percent reduction in carbon footprint.

• Transportation. Gas-consuming, carbon-emitting delivery trucks are used to transport lumber to mills and finished product to businesses. Waste is then transported to a landfill after use. It’s important to remember that while some paper towels are made from recycled

Technology for Your Fresh Food Program Elevate your c-store by deploying mobile-first applications with wide-ranging capabilities to execute your fresh food program with digital precision.

By automating key back-of-house tasks with BOHA! you can eliminate prep guesswork, speed up food prep, greatly reduce food waste, and print FDA compliant grab-n-go labels on demand.

That’s just the beginning. The cloudbased system can also help your c-store with temp taking, equipment monitoring, task management, even inventory management and food production.

With a digital platform, you gain access to real-time intelligence on how an individual, group or all your locations are performing, thanks to the BOHA! Control Center web-based portal.

New Flavor Added to Tornados Line Introducing the Cinnamon Roll Tornado!

Tornados is launching a new flavor that you will be able to taste at NACS 2021.

Irresistible cinnamon-swirled cream cheese

filling, wrapped in a warm, sweet and crispy shell. This Tornados flavor is ontrend for breakfast or dessert. Cinnamon Roll Tornado is a flavor that is sure to

Tax-Exempt Fuel Sales from the Can-do Guys Ackerman Oil, owned by Mike Ackerman, operates a wholesale petroleum distribution business located in Jasper, Indiana. A Midax Fleet Card customer since 2012, Mike Ackerman said, “Because of Midax’s reputation for flexibility, creativity and reliability, Ackerman turned to the team at Midax to develop the functionality and transparency needed to track tax exempt sales of gas and diesel to government entities through a cloud based solution.

“The team at Midax developed a flexible set of pricing and tax exemption tables to their already robust PFN (Private Fleet Network) program that allow us to apply the appropriate tax

exemption to each line item of an invoice for each account. The system provides transparent detail for Ackerman to file for refunds as an ultimate vendor with a solid audit trail for both customers and tax authorities. State & Local Government entities are entitled to purchase fuels exempt of Federal and certain local taxes, but as ultimate vendors, petroleum marketers have already paid the tax on their purchases and need an auditable means to track and invoice these customers through a proprietary system that also supports multiple pricing options including a rack plus basis.”

The pricing and tax calculation automation this system provides saves

Let’s Get Rolling Again!

Ruiz Foods is your partner for high quality, grab and go favorites from the roller grill, hot case, cold case and freezer.

Tornados is America’s favorite roller grill snack! Great from a roller grill, oven or fryer. Tornados has 11 on-trend, exciting flavors that are packed with bold

ingredients in a crispy, seasoned shell and are available to keep the roller grill exciting from AM to all day.

Now introducing the Cinnamon Roll Tornado. Irresistible cinnamon-swirled cream cheese filling, wrapped in a warm, sweet and crispy shell. A flavor that is

Convenience Retailer Show Daily paper, they still have a one-use life and cannot be recycled a second time.

• Maintenance.

Paper towels require labor hours to stock, restock, clean up and discard. The COVID-19 pandemic has made these processes even more demanding, as guests are washing their hands with increased frequency.

Retailers should take into account these factors, along with the ongoing expense of paper towels themselves, when considering which hand-drying solution is best for your business. It’s important to make an informed decision to meet the needs of your customers and staff at a time when cleanliness is so critical, and we hope these facts will help.

For more information, visit booth #540, go to www.exceldryer.com, call 413.525.4531 or email sales@exceldryer.com.

Don’t leave food safety and must-follow protocols to memory and paperbased systems – leave them to the digital speed and accuracy of BOHA! For more information, visit booth #4384 or go to www.transact-tech.com/show2. sweeten your sales.

Tornados has 11 other flavors to offer, including Ranchero Beef Steak & Cheese, Cheesy Pepper

hours of admin time every week. This represents the difference between Midax programs and its competitors, who rush programs to market, with no consideration of how they are to integrate into the existing c-store systems.

Midax solutions are designed from ground up to talk to the existing pumps, POS and back office, so that their implementation enhances the reach to the customer, while reducing, not adding to the admin in the back office. When it is hard to recruit labor, this is worth its weight in gold.

Combine that with the tracing, the audit trails and the logs built into its systems, including the interfaces to the systems Midax talks to, and you can understand why Midax systems sure to sweeten your sales.

Tornados flavor favorites include Ranchero Beef Steak & Cheese and Southwestern Style Chicken, which have a huge following across the country. Cheesy Pepper Jack is a popular non-meat flavor with just the right kick of spice. Breakfast options

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Jack, Egg, Sausage & Cheese and French Toast & Sausage.

For more information, go to www .ruizfoodservice.com/conveniencestores, call 559.591.5510 or stop by booth #5538. are easy to maintain and any errors easily pinpointed and corrected.

PFN is just part of the Midax offering of loyalty, rollback at the pump, self-checkout, mobile ordering and QSR kiosk ordering, feeding all that data automatically into the Commander t-log so that the Commander, Passport or Radiant remains the vessel that holds all the transactional data and feeds the existing reporting system and back office seamlessly. This is the combination that Midax brings to the party: more convenience for the customer and less administration for the marketer.

For more information, visit booth #3269 or go to www.midax.com.

include French Toast & Sausage Tornados and three other satisfying AM flavor offerings.

For more information, go to www.ruizfoodservice .com/convenience-stores, call 559.591.5510 or stop by booth #5538.

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Thursday, October 7, 2021

Blendtec’s Twister Jar There’s nothing like dipping a cold, crisp apple into warm, creamy almond butter.

People used to make nut butters in their Blendtec Fourside and Wildside+ jar by adding oil or stopping the blender midcycle to scrape partially blended nuts off the sides of the jar.

That worked, but Blendtec’s engineers thought there had to be a better way. Blendtec brainstormed dozens of concepts, selected the ones most likely to work and started prototyping. The engineering lab smelled like almond butter for weeks. The end result is the one-of-a-

kind Twister Jar. With the Twister jar, all you have to do is turn on the blender and twist the lid.

The two tines on the Twister lid push the nuts back to the blade while you’re blending. The result: warm, creamy nut butter in seconds. Want it crunchy? Just add a few nuts at the end of the cycle and pulse.

Not into nut butters? The Twister jar also works great for making perfectly blended hummus, flavored cream cheese and other thick spreads. Additionally, the jar is the right size for single-serving

AMEREX KP Superior Kitchen Protection: The System for Restaurant Operators The AMEREX ® Kitchen Protection (KP) fire suppression system is already a staple in commercial kitchens around the world. Amerex innovations make it an easy choice to meet code requirements, keep people and property safe with a dependable system, and give restaurant owners and operators unparalleled ease of use and maintenance for years to come. Plus, Amerex’s KP system meets the rigorous UL 300 standard for fire testing of fire extinguishing systems for protection of commercial cooking equipment required by NFPA guidelines.

From fine dining to fast food chains, the Amerex KP system has the components to meet your clients’ needs with competitive pricing while never sacrificing quality.

Zone Defense KP offers two appliance protection configurations – Appliance Specific, where the appliance location is fixed, and Zone Defense, an overlapping protection configuration that allows kitchen appliances to be moved or replaced without having to move system discharge nozzles. Zone Defense

future-proofs the kitchen design and allows restaurants to adapt to changing consumer tastes or business conditions without repiping the fire system.

KP offers three different fire detection methods – standard thermal link detection or one of two linear heat detection options, pneumatic heat sensitive tubing or electrical linear heat detection. These linear heat detection options give you continuous full hood heat detection that allows appliance movement without changing detection.

This range of options helps you rightsize system configuration and price for your client’s operation.

STRIKE Electronic Control System The Amerex STRIKE Electronic Control System (ECS) is the result of years of rugged electronic fire detection and suppression evolution in vehicles employed in mining, transit, and military applications. Now, Amerex is bringing this advanced technology into commercial kitchens everywhere. Specifically designed to work with the Amerex KP System, STRIKE is the smart system for detection, actuation, and system

Distillery Diverts Waste From Landfill Montanya Distillers is an American Craft Rum Distillery located high in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. Montanya Distillers was founded by Karen Hoskin and is a female-owned business. It has three facilities totaling 5,800 square feet: the Distillery and Tasting Room, a bottling facility and barrel house, and an office.

For Karen Hoskin, building a company was never just about rum – as much as she loves it, she also loves the challenge of creating something new, and wanted to build a business that could have an impact. She sees Montanya Distillers as a way to be a force for good in her community, in the beverage and alcohol industry, and in the lives of her employees.

Montanya Distillers installed an LFC-50 biodigester in February 2021. In just two months, the machine has digested 1,500 pounds (680 kg) of citrus and other food waste that comes from the bar,

restaurant, and tasting room. The company has diverted over 2.8 tonnes of CO2e from the landfill.

Clean Environment for Customers and Employees Karen Hoskin’s philosophy of stewardship guides every decision in the business: Are we taking care of the environment and the greater community around the company? Are we leaving a mess for someone else to clean up later?

Karen was committed to reducing and eliminating at least 75 percent of all the food waste from the facility.

Montanya Distillers initially used a local commercial composting service, but after it went out of business, Karen began looking for a long-term, sustainable solution for waste management.

Easy, Seamless Installation While Montanya Distillers focused on

Convenience Retailer Show Daily smoothies, baby food and many other Whatever recipes. you’ve blended, you can use the customdesigned and specially contoured Spectacula, which comes with the Twister jar, to remove every last delicious bit from the jar.

The latest craze among smoothie shops and enthusiasts alike is creating beautiful Brazilian-style acai breakfast bowls. Normally, blenders have real trouble turning frozen acai into deliciously smooth paste, and that’s monitoring.

STRIKE uses plug-and-play electronic components for detection, actuation, and manual pull stations, replacing stainless-steel cable, corner pulleys, fusible links, and other components where grease buildup can disable a fire system. Installation is quick, maintenance is simple, and grease is neutralized.

KP with STRIKE is capable of monitoring and releasing two separate hood systems, either separately or simultaneously. This means your clients get the power and convenience of two systems for the price of one. Plus, your customers will enjoy cost-savings over the years from refilling only one agent cylinder and cleaning only one kitchen area from a partial system actuation. A smart system, STRIKE provides downloadable reports for problem conditions or actuation events and can be tied to auxiliary controls, such as a building alarm system.

KP Strike Features & Benefits Appliance Specific or Zone Defense Coverage available.

Different agent cylinder options.

Less grease buildup on components.

operations and customer satisfaction, a third-party contractor, Dave Foster from Hilltop Handiwork, installed the LFC-50 biodigester with no prior experience or knowledge about the machines. According to Dave, installation was quick and simple.

“Setting up the machine itself was quite easy! Done in a day.

“I absolutely would recommend it to restaurants, especially those that can dump prep scraps and plate leftovers directly into the digester,” said Dave.

“We are very impressed by how it works.”

Staff and Customer Impressions Business at the distillery has persisted through the global pandemic, and on April 12th, the LFC-50 biodigester

another reason the Twister Jar has come to fruition.

Using the Twister lid, you can easily scrape the sides while the blade is still in motion, sending stray pieces and chunks back into the blending vortex. The result?

An amazingly smooth acai base just begging for fresh strawberries, blueberries, granola, shredded coconut and whatever else your taste buds are begging you for.

For more information, www.blendtec.com.

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Plug-and-play wiring for quick installation – no cables, conduit or brackets and less cost.

Fewer nozzles and agent cylinders – less cost.

Overlapping Zone Defense future-proofs

cooking line-up.

Overlapping systems lend themselves to being factory fitted and thereby minimizing costly job site time.

Linear detection solution will not interfere with UV filters/grease separators.

No external A/C power required.

Standalone system not dependent on connecting to a water supply.

Unlimited number of electronic m/pull stations.

Provides dedicated interface to supervised auxiliary remote FACP for fire trouble indication.

Downloadable event logging and recording.

Trouble indication LED and annunciation.

Single and dual hazard zone detection with optional independent detection and actuation circuits.

Simple connection to building alarm/security system.

First responder’s information available on the GUI.

digested a personal record for Montanya Distillers – 55 pounds of food waste into water.

Alissa Johnson, Vice President of Corporate Communications at Montanya Rum, is particularly excited about the LFC biodigester. “Environmental sustainability has always been an important focus at Montanya, and choices like that are great conversation starters to help educate our customers.

When we switched from plastic to stainless-steel straws, our customers were very interested and wanted to learn more. The LFC-50 biodigester sits in an area that will soon become part of a tour exhibit.

I expect that to be another great opportunity to further educate our customers on sustainability.”

For more information, email sales@ powerknot.com.

Thursday, October 7, 2021

Convenience Retailer Show Daily

UNOX Presents SPEED.Pro

By Mark Klindera, President, UNOX

SPEED.Pro™ is an innovative oven that represents the fusion of two cutting-edge technologies, combined to coexist in a multifunctional and versatile product. It is, in fact, the first oven in the world capable of joining two diametrically opposed souls inside: SPEED & BAKE. The SPEED mode combines intense ventilation with the instant power of microwaves and is able to cook four toasts in 75 seconds, making them crispy on the outside, well-toasted, with a hot filling at the right temperature.

The BAKE function, on the other hand, is the essence of the convection oven: heat distributed perfectly inside the

cooking chamber that allows you to brown 27 croissants in 16 minutes and to obtain uniform results on each pan.

Many coffee shops or convenience stores in stations and airports have a food offer of baked products, ready to be heated for an essential and very fast service. To achieve this, in addition to the accelerated cooking oven to heat food, there is often a second convection oven that is used to bake all frozen products. These coffee shops and small convenience stores, therefore, need two ovens, which work at different times of the day to carry out two different types of cooking.

In fact, SPEED.Pro is not limited to offering excellent cooking performance but also allows you to centralize both the

Tucs 50-, 100-, and 200-Gallon Self-Contained 75 psi Gas Kettles Tucs Equipment is known as a leader in cooking vessel technology, and that tradition continues with the addition of 50-, 100-, and 200-gallon self-contained, gasfired kettles. These new kettles are available in either stationary or tilting configurations.

High-pressure 75 psi steam gives operators the option to caramelize and cook recipes that typical 50 psi kettles can’t touch.

The integrated, space-saving control panel gives operators control of agitator speed and direction and management of kettle temperature. The control panel is mounted on the left or right side of the kettle, depending on workflow requirements. Need help? The control panel can provide remote factory diagnostics.

The trough shape allows for an ergonomically efficient low profile for loading and cleaning, thereby minimiz-

Preferred Products from Belshaw Adamatic Belshaw Adamatic provides products that remove frustration, make the workday run smoothly, and are easy to use in a hectic environment.

The Donut Robot® Mark II is famous for producing great quality donuts without standing over an open fryer. Donut Robots now keep temperature better and faster with digital temperFord Gum (Cont’d. from p. 1)

The sugar-free gum line includes four of the most popular flavors based on consumer research: Island Punch, Watermelon, Very Cherry, and Berry Blue. The gum will be sold in 12-count blister packs with a suggested retail Choice Equipment (Cont’d. from p. 1)

the footprint of the rack, which improves stability, increases caster longevity, and provides an easy roll. The combination of Kitchen Innovation (Cont’d. from p. 1)

According to Kukuka, “The Sonic Solution products not only are at a really great price point. In terms of counter space and real estate, the high-speed oven is stackable, which allows that product to be really, really versatile.”

This opens up the possibility of building out foodservice in places that may not

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baking function of the convection oven to prepare brioches and bread for sandwiches, and accelerated cooking that succeeds in a few seconds to heat single and multiple portions, thus halving service times in busy moments.

A product designed to meet the needs of customers, to make the food preparation chain more efficient and faster, and to make the spaces that are often particularly small in this kind of retail store more efficient.

SPEED.Pro comes with a solid body of stainless steel with straight lines, which transmits solidity and strength at first contact. The large cooking chamber has a double-speed fan, ideal for the fragrant browning of baked goods.

SPEED.Pro is equipped with a clear and intuitive touch screen display that allows you to start cooking from the very first seconds of use. The work is completed by a series of accessories such as SPEED.Plate trays and the special spatulas that facilitate the work of any operator by speeding up services.

Once again, UNOX stands out for its capacity for innovation. In fact, in recent years there have been many products born from the ability to intercept the needs of its customers combined with latest-generation technologies such as artificial intelligence.

ing operator platforms and pits. An optional slide-out platform step for the 50- and 100gallon kettles makes access much more accessible. The slide-out step is standard on the 200-gallon kettle. The narrow width of the kettles allows installation under traditional depth ventilation hoods.

The horizontal “paddlewheel” style agitator provides superior mixing and uniform suspension of particulate without damage to even the most delicate items. Agitator and scraper blades are easily removable without tools.

These new selfcontained Tucs kettles can easily be connected to a volumetric pump for use in a cook-chill workflow. In a cook-chill workflow, the kettles can connect to a Tucs volumetric pump to safely transfer products to lay-flat pouches for rapid chilling in a Tucs Batch Chiller.

More innovative products are available from Tucs, including new self-contained electric sous-vide cook tanks and the EconoChill system for operators needing to adopt a cook-chill workflow using existing equipment.

Star-certified BX will heat sandwiches, baked goods and anything else to perfection.

The OVEN-2020, now in its 2.0 version, is an Energy Star-certified rack oven that recovers heat faster without using extra energy. You won’t waste any time waiting for the ready signal, and your bakery will reduce its energy load.

For more information, go to www.unox.com, call 800.489.8669 or email inside.sales@unox.com.

Prairie View (Cont’d. from p. 1)

over 100 employees who strive to produce the best, which is why the company provides customers with a three-year limited warranty against material defects and workmanship under normal use and service on all its equipment. Partnering with Prairie View Industries means that the company will work with you to solve issues others have failed to address.

ature control.

The Insider ventless kiosk is a “donut factory on wheels” that makes top-quality donuts without standing over an open fryer. It’s UL-certified and ready to roll in any place that you choose.

The BX “eco-touch” Convection Ovens feature fully programmable heat, airflow and steam injection. The Energy

For more information, www.belshaw.com or info@belshaw.com.

price of $1.49. New in 2021 are To-Go Bottles of the Berry Blue and Watermelon flavors. Each jar holds 55 pieces of gum and are available in 6ct displays.

Jelly Belly sugar-free gum will also be available in 48ct counter units and a 96ct floor display.

“Between Ford Gum and Jelly Belly, we’re bringing over 200 years of confectionery creativity and experience together which will allow consumers to enjoy iconic Jelly Belly flavors, now in sugar-free gum form.

We’re honored to team up with such a creative and well-respected brand,”

said George Stege, president of Ford Gum. Ford Gum has the nostalgic, proven brands and the new products to drive growth in the convenience channel.

the patented caster design and our exclusive base structure provides a strong, sturdy, and reliable rack that will perform for years.

If your kitchen requires an extra

level of engineering, we have a custom design team that can help. Let us be your choice for the best value in the industry.

For spec sheets or pricing, find us on AutoQuotes or visit us at www.choice

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have had it before. “Even in a very small footprint, you can produce excellent results using a piece of equipment that is half to two-thirds of the cost of some of the competitive equipment on the market.”

The Sonic Steamer draws similar raves from Kukuka. “The fact that you can program your settings and then cook food perfectly with a simple touch of a

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button – and also have a team member trained in how to execute an item within moments – that is invaluable. And the consistency in food will be there every single time.” The steamer addresses a lot of safety concerns, too. “There's a lot of potential danger in traditional kitchens from taking a big steam kettle of boiling water and cooking pasta, for example.

It’s a process that produces a lot of waste,

For more information, call 800.554.7267 or email orders@pvifs.com.

For more information, visit booth #2630 or go to www.fordgum.com.

For more information, go to www.choiceequipmentcompany.com or call 706.693.2484.

too, which actually drives up the cost.”

The Sonic Steamer, with its streamlined design and no need for a vent or water line, reduces that risk and needless waste.

At this incredible moment in the industry, in which a lot of companies are rebuilding and looking at foodservice of the future, it looks as if the Sonic Solution is poised to be right at the forefront.