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Protect Your Drains and Botton Line with Our Trough Drain

After surviving the impact of Covid-19, many restaurants are undergoing new construction and remodeling projects. Since these projects can be time-consuming and costly, it is important that you yield long-lasting solutions that improve the overall operations of your restaurant. One of the most effective ways to do this is by investing in your restaurant’s plumbing […]

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Save Your Team Time with Our Maintenance Poster

As the restaurant industry continues to recover from the dramatic impact of COVID-19, many owners are struggling with labor shortages and high employee turnover rates. These challenges contribute to a continuous cycle of constantly training new employees. Bridging the knowledge gap between new hires and regular restaurant processes can be incredibly time-consuming and prevent restaurant […]

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PermaDrain Visits LRA Expo

PermaDrain Visits 2019 Louisiana Restaurant Association Expo in New Orleans   Our CEO Russell Robillard had the luxury of attending the 2019 LRA Expo over the weekend at the New Orleans Morial Convention Center. A three-day marketplace for restaurant and food-service professionals, the expo is a central hub to display our innovative and industry-leading products […]

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Increase Your Restaurants Profit Margin

Increase your restaurants profit margin through sales One sure way to increase your restaurants profit margin is to increase sales. The first rule of economics is sell more, earn more.  Increasing sales will increase your restaurants profit margin, but by what degree may surprise you. To translate sales numbers to profit, restaurateurs must deduct several costs from their […]

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TIME TO GET YOUR HANDS DIRTY… OR IS IT?

What happens when you combine a presumed inevitable and costly food industry expense with over 75 years of Master Plumbing experience and ingenuity: PermaDrain happens. That’s what. Combating foreign debris and preventing drain line obstructions has been our number one objective since our company’s founding. Our business model is structured around direct feedback from the […]

Common Workplace Hazards: Slips, Trips and Falls

COMMON WORKPLACE HAZARDS

Kitchen floors are usually extremely slippery due a mixture of water and oil that accumulates on the floor throughout the day. Much like road conditions that cause hydroplaning, the water and grease do not mix. Rather, the water now sits above the floor, while the grease creates a separation between you and the floor. Slips […]

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THE LEVER DRAIN: THE SAFE & SANITARY DRAIN OPTION

Many public health and safety inspectors require that all food-prep or dishwashing sinks be outfitted with a lever or twist drain. A lever drain is an externally operable drain that allows the user to open and close the drain using a handle located below the sink. This eliminates the need to reach into the sink […]

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REMOVING THE “IN” FROM “INEVITABLE”

Some things in life we cannot change. There are things we expect and accept and we try our best to manage them as well as possible. Over time, we allow the scope of these “inevitables” to encompass factors we can influence. Unfortunately, we just don’t know how. This tendency is especially evident in business and […]

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DISGRUNTLED EMPLOYEES VS. DRAINS

As an employer, the words “you’re fired,” can lead to lots of things. It can lead to crying, confusion, disappointment, understanding, anger and sometimes, an entire sleeve of plastic cups shoved down your floor drain. Believe it or not, it happens. Open, unprotected floor drains, floor sinks, mop sinks and other drains can become prime […]