Tag Archives: Connected Equipment

3 Ways Connected Equipment Improves C-Store Operations

Convenience stores have gone through an evolution. Gone are the days when c-stores were only suitable for a pack of gum or a cold drink. With more than 148,000 locations nationwide, serving 165 million customers daily, c-stores have become a destination rather than a pitstop. From packaged food and fuel to hot meals, merchandise, and […]

Have a Stress-free Heating Season with Connected Equipment

For facilities managers, the change in season also ushers in the need for maintenance on HVAC units as businesses shift from cooling to heating. Regular maintenance is a key part of making sure an HVAC system is running optimally, but merely performing seasonal check-ins won’t protect your equipment against catastrophic failure. That’s a job for […]

Securing the Smart Connected Kitchen – and Facility

  As more and more equipment in Food Service organizations is connected to the Internet, more attention needs to be paid to security. Each piece of equipment represents a potential target of a cyberattack; as the number of connected units increases, so does the security risk. There have been multiple reports of security breaches associated […]

Ghost Kitchens and the Rise of the Connected Facility

Ghost kitchens – companies providing kitchen infrastructure for new or existing food service concepts looking to expand quickly with delivery-only offerings – are rapidly gaining steam in our “new normal” and are poised to transform a significant portion of the food service industry. While there are a few different iterations on the ghost kitchen business […]

Innovating and Winning in the New Normal

In the hospitality industry, the customer experience is obviously critical.  Part of the customer experience in dine-in facilities is their physical comfort, and part of our SiteSage solution helps to ensure consistently comfortable restaurant temperatures through our enterprise-wide control and diagnostics of heating and cooling systems.    However, as restaurants rebuild their revenue streams in […]