How to Stay Open When the Power Is Out 

When the lights go out, equipment stops running, chefs can’t cook and customers can’t dine. Quite simply, when restaurants lose electricity, revenues stop. And, with power outages lasting on average seven hours, this could create devastating losses for businesses in an industry already operating on thin margins. 

Between the product waste from refrigerated food expiring in two to four hours and the inability to keep generating income from a kitchen shutdown, power outages have the potential of putting unprepared restaurants out of business. Whether the electricity is out because of extreme weather, rolling brown or black-outs or ongoing issues surrounding overburdened grids, there are ways restaurants can find relief and avoid being left in the dark. 

The key is to be proactive and invest in backup power infrastructure. This can be achieved by installing a standby generator or a battery storage system. Here’s how each one works. 

Permanent Standby Generators – These…