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Food Safety. Made Easy. Antimicrobial Fruit & Vegetable Treatment

Water alone does not kill pathogens. Ecolab’s Antimicrobial Fruit & Vegetable Treatment works in just 90 seconds with no rinse required.

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Two Winners Selected for a $25,000 Ecolab Clean Makeover

Congratulations to The FoodBank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties and Café Joshua for winning the first Ecolab Clean Makeover Contest.

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More Control.
Made Simple.

Apex2 gives you more control over your warewashing program and total costs, but makes it simpler than ever to run your dishroom and get outstanding results.

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Apex Rinse

With six unique concept restaurants located around the Twin Cities metro area, Blue Plate Restaurant Company Co-Owner Stephanie Shimp and her Executive Chefs face high guest expectations every day. So they take clean glassware very seriously.

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Cleaning Caddy

Following a company mission to deliver what’s most important to a customer when they walk into a restaurant, CraftWorks Restaurants and Breweries made clean restrooms one of five key priorities. “We sent one [Cleaning Caddy] to every restaurant within about a 14-day period,” recalls Jerry Baldwin, VP of Supply Chain. “Our scores have now skyrocketed in the clean restroom area.”

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Food Safety Matters

With specialties including house-canned condiments and house-cured charcuterie, a high degree of precision is required to ensure every item is prepared properly and safely.

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Presentation Matters

The passion of Heidi’s Minneapolis owners and chefs Stewart and Heidi Woodman is exhilarating. In creating a next-generation fine dining experience, the husband-and-wife team recognize that every detail matters.

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WELCOME TO WHY CLEAN MATTERS

New research shows what is most important to restaurant guests—and the answer might surprise you.
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FDA Issues Report on Chamberlain Cantaloupe Outbreak: Fields, Packinghouse Blamed

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration this week released an environmental assessment inspection report on how exactly the cantaloupes linked More >

Effective Degreasing. Made Safer.
Greaselift

As effective as corrosive degreasers Aluminum safe Requires no gloves or goggles No unpleasant flashback or odor Foam for vertical More >

Why Clean Matters

Surprising new research from Technomic, a restaurant industry research and consulting firm, confirms what leading chefs and restaurateurs know intuitively—clean tableware is the number-one factor affecting restaurant guests’ dining experiences. Continue reading →

Silverware Products

20% OFF LIST PRICE ON SELECT SILVERWARE PRODUCTS Achieve spotless silverware. Space-saving presoak equipment makes sorting and soaking silverware easy More >