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8 Caterboss can advise on how to save alot of money on electricity
How to save your business from soaring electricity costs
The harsh reality facing Irish businesses today is that most will be doing well to keep their doors open over the next 12 months as skyrocketing energy bills sap every business in the country, believes refrigeration supplier Caterboss.
At the core of every hospitality business lies a range of refrigerated products.
Pubs have bottle coolers to keep beer chilled. Restaurants have stainless steel fridges, commercial chest freezers and counter fridges to stock food and prep dishes. You’ll be shocked to learn the annual consumption of these machines unless you specifically bought an energy efficient-rated machine.
But without financial investment knowledge the average business-owner can make a 50% average return on their investment over the next three years with Caterboss.
A lot of business owners inherited the equipment they use in the premises they now own or lease - the older the equipment the less efficient it’ll be in terms of electricity consumption. Not replacing equipment or purchasing the cheapest option in the catalogue might have seemed a reasonably sound business decision four or five years ago when weighingup the cost-benefit of doing so. But the days of cheap energy are gone and those very machines and equipment that one depends on to run a business on a daily basis are now bleeding bank accounts dry.
Take one example: Pat has a number of Multideck Fridges in his shop, fridges that take cans of lemonade or bottles of Orange. Open-fronted, these are the biggest offenders where they’re trying to cool the shop, not just products stocked in it.
Pat’s Multideck Fridge is four years old, installed before Covid. He bought a reasonably well-known brand and paid good money for it. What he didn’t pay attention to was its energyrating which in this case happened to be an F Rating. The annual electrical consumption for this 12ft fridge is approximately 31,738kwH. That’s about €15,869+VAT based on the most recent commercial bill.
Pat has six of these units. If he upgrades to a more energy efficient-
rated fridge with doors such as a Galaxy Multideck C-Rated appliance that uses about 7,000kwH per annum, he’d save his business around €74,214 a year in electricity costs or €742,140 over the expected life of the fridges. That’s not including the other fridges. This is a real world example from a real customer. To replace one of these fridges would cost Pat approximately €13,000+VAT. In turn he can save €12,000+VAT in electricity costs per year. And that energy saving will continue A more energy efficient-rated fridge with doors such as a Galaxy Multideck C-Rated appliance that uses about 7,000kwH per year-on-year for the rest of its operating life. annum, saving a business around €74,214 a year in electricity Such an investment costs or €742,140 over the expected life of the fridges. into your business can make an average return of over 50% over the next three years. By acting now and investing capital into better energy-rated refrigeration equipment you can give your business a fighting chance against the soaring cost of electricity. Call us on 01-6875772/019011681 and a member of our Caterboss team will assist and advise on how we can help you save a huge amount of money on electricity outgoings. We can arrange a free site visit to assess your current consumption and help identify where you can make the most savings. Visit us at www.caterboss.ie
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Lambay Whiskey is Unlocking The Untold
Lambay Whiskey has launched a Single Malt Castle Prestige Edition 20 Year-Old in a limited edition (only 8,000 bottles) first-release Single Malt whiskey described as the quintessential expression of the brand.
The luxurious triple-distilled 20 yearold superior aged distillate has been carefully aged in Bourbon barrels for 18 years before being finished for a further two years in Camus Cognac casks that have been exposed to the sea air under the watchful eye of Lambay’s Master Blender Yonael Bernard.
Cognac is one of the richest French eaux de vie and the Camus French Oak casks that Lambay Whiskey matures in are renowned for their quality and taste. The combination of both contributes to a very elegant, rich, fruity, woody, exotic taste with a hint of spice.
Lambay’s bonded warehouse, The Sea Cask Room, allows the whiskey to undergo its unique maritime
The Lambay Whiskey Single Malt Castle Prestige Edition 20 Year-Old is set for sale throughout the EU, US and Asia.
County Meath-based Boann clinched Best Irish Gin for Silks Gin alongside four other medals at the recent Irish Whiskey Awards.
maturation process, giving the perfectly-placed French Oak casks the opportunity to absorb the rich microclimate of the maritime winds and sea pollens on Lambay.
Water from the Island’s own spring, Trinity Well, is used in the whiskey’s final flourish.
Lambay has also crossed the traditional whiskey divide by collaborating with local Dublin artist David Norton for the launch of this new Single Malt 20Y-O.
David took a cross-section of some of the indigenous volcanic Lambay porphyry rock - known in history as the stone of fertility by Byzantine emperors - and unlocked its secret beauty hidden inside. Revealing stunningly colourful visuals with complex crystalline formations, David has captured a slice less than 5mm long to “unearth” what lies within.
This art collaboration will be used across the brand’s core communications for this new release both Above The Line and as a digitalfirst campaign called Unlocking the Untold.
The Lambay Whiskey Single Malt Castle Prestige Edition 20 Year-Old is set for sale throughout the EU, US and Asia.
Boann scoops 5 awards
Boann Distillery scooped five awards at the recent Irish Whiskey Awards, making it one of the biggest winners on the night.
The family-owned distillery won across several categories for its whiskeys, gin and whiskey liqueur.
County Meath-based Boann clinched Best Irish Gin for Silks Gin and Best Irish Newmake Spirit/Poitín for the Boann ‘New Born’ New Make Spirit - a winner at last year’s World Whiskies Awards where it won World’s Best New Make Spirit, making history by becoming the first whiskey in Ireland to win an award for the Best New Make Whiskey in the World.
Adding to the haul were three Golds for The Whistler PX I Love You nineyear-old single cask release, its 1848 Apple Brandy and The Whistler Irish Honey liqueur.
Launched last year and named after the jockeys’ silks worn at the famous Bellewstown racecourse that can be seen from the distillery, Silks Gin is distilled by hand in small batches in its 500-litre custom copper pot still.
It contains 14 botanicals hand-foraged from the family’s Apple orchards, including Apple blossom, honey, Elderflower and Hawthorn blossom. Soon after launching, it won Gold at the Beverage Testing Institute awards in the US. The Single Pot Still is a mash of 40% malted barley, 55% green barley, 3.75% oats and 1.25% rye. Boann employs 70 people between its €20 million state-of-theart distillery outside Drogheda and its cream liqueur facility in Clonmel, County Tipperary.
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