Fast Food Sandwich Shop

Problem

46 of this Fast Food Sandwich Shops’ locations regularly experienced both objective and subjective operational costs relating to FOG, including:

  • Grease trap pumping frequencies beyond the municipality minimum
  • Clogs resulting in hydro-jettings
  • Drain and grease trap odors
  • Frequent emergency plumber call-outs

Test

Six of the 46 Fast Food Sandwich Shops locations chose a 3-month utilization test of Global BioProtect’s FOG & Sugar Eliminator as a drain treatment only. Average FOG-related monthly expenses for prior 6 months ranged from $96 to over $400 per location. Locations selected based on:

  • Operational cost analysis for FOG-related issues (largest expense, smallest expense, avg expense)
  • Site location, grease trap type and size, variety and type of FOG-related issues per location
TREATMENT PROTOCOL
  • Drains super treated (3 x 8 oz treatments per week for 2 weeks)
  • Maintenance treatments for remaining 14 weeks were standard 8 oz per drain 1x per week.
  • Average monthly usage of BioProtect was just under 1 case per month (4/1 gallon case size)

Results

MONTHLY PLUMBING AND GREASE TRAP EXPENDITURE BY LOCATION

No Data Found

BioProtect reduced the average expenditure by $184 per test location per month resulting in $13,000 total annualized savings across just 6 stores.

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