“Discover” How to Maximize Your Foodservice Profit with Champs Chicken

From delicious, consistent products to fanatical customer support, Champs Chicken® is one of the fastest-growing turn-key foodservice franchises available. It all starts with their famous chicken tenders that are hand-breaded daily. Then comes their warm-saucing program which sets it apart from the competition by allowing amazing flavors while locking in the juices. This combination produces crazy-good chicken tenders and sandwiches that everyone will love. Continue reading

Freshway Food Systems


Freshway Food Systems is a branded food concept that features Freshway Subs, Salads & Wraps, Gladiator Pizza, and Emily’s Chicken ‘N Spuds. Our menu items are made fresh in our franchisee’s location with quality ingredients distributed by Sysco.

Why consider Freshway? The “system” is already invented:  menu items, food specifications, safety and sanitation standards, standards of operations and a detailed training program. And now we can help you manage your Grab & Go program to get the most out of product and staff. Continue reading

St. Cloud Refrigeration

As professionals in the HVACR business, it is important to continually review the EPA and DOE legislation with our customers, and this is especially true for our convenience store owners. We are currently seeing a significant impact on the independent convenience store owner, who, for example, may have 20-year old equipment with an R22 refrigerant charge currently selling for approximately $35/pound apposed to some of the alternative refrigerants selling for one-third of that price.  We realize it is an ongoing task for the EPA to mandate environmentally friendly refrigerants so such changes must be made. Still, this presents some obstacles; for example, R404a, the refrigerant we have been using for the past five years, is beginning to be phased out similar to what is currently happening with R22 but it’s important to keep in mind, there are other options.  This is when SCR should be involved, providing our expertise to save you money. We as a company have an abundance of information that speculates what will happen next with both the EPA and the DOE, and this knowledge could be valuable as the convenience store owner works to meet new regulations as effectively and affordably as possible. Continue reading