2023 – Rising Energy Costs For Commercial Kitchen Operators
Towards the end of 2023 has finally seen some moderate stabilities in rising energy prices. But unfortunately that doesn’t always soften the blow of the adverse affects these growing costs have added to food businesses operators and its customers. Business energy costs reflect the live market of energy costs and prices can almost change weekly, unlike the price cap applied to householders.
These rising costs almost always have an adverse affect on small and medium operators. With small businesses typically using around 67% of their total gas usage on cooking equipment and typically only around 14% on electrical cooking equipment. So is now the time to balance the usage? And taking into consideration the positive affects of reducing your carbon footprint?
How can you reduce your energy costs in a commercial kitchen?
There are so many factors when it comes to reducing your restaurant or food business energy bills. But it almost always starts with getting the best rates. If you can shop around… DO! With the rates varying so sporadically over the last 12 months you may be paying more than you need to.
Another factor is waste. Owner operators will always have the thought in the back of their minds about reducing energy bills and may be more savvy when it comes to turning off equipment when not in use. However in lots of instances where we visit commercial kitchens for design, manufacture & installation we can always see a few gas burners left running. Even more so in the cold months as the fresh air system just blows in the cold air from outside.
So what can we do to reduce those costs?