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Welcome Aboard: Meet Our Newest Team Members!

 We are thrilled to extend a warm welcome to Jim Breig and Joe Miller as our newest member of the IRD family! Your skills, experience, and enthusiasm are a fantastic addition to our team, and we’re excited to embark on this journey together. Jim Breig is a skilled Food & Beverage Director renowned for his proficiency in business…

3 Compartment Sink Buying Tips

Tips On What To Specify When Ordering A 3 Compartment Sink Steel Options  Steel measures in thickness and is referred to as Gauge. A good majority of sinks are built from 18, 16, or 14 gauge steel. The higher the gauge the thinner the metal will be, the lower the gauge the thicker the metal. …

Rising Above The Rest

  Image Source : Edlund Co Edlund has been setting the standard for commercial products for over 95 years. 75 of those years have been perfecting their commercial can openers.  Edlund #1 & #2 manual can openers are considered to be the “old reliables” in the foodservice industry. These can openers have a rust-resistant arbor…

From The Earth: A Guide to Plant-Based Eating

What is Plant-Based? Eating Plant-Based is another clean way of eating mostly minimally processed foods such as fruits, veggies, beans. Excluding the consumption of animal products, meat, poultry, fish, and eggs. When choosing to eat plant-based it’s imperative that the foods you do consume are low in sugar and fats. Image Source: SPINS Natural Enhanced Channel,…

Cooking with Induction: Hot or Not?

Induction Cooking uses electricity and magnets to heat pots and pans through magnetic induction. Cooking this way creates a safer, quick, and more efficient cooking method. Heat is created and distributed throughout the pan itself and the stove with the use of magnets.        Despite the disadvantages, these challenges can easily be overcome.…

What’s Going On !

An insight on the Supply Chain Today Supply chain and labor have been a hot topic in the equipment industry for quite some time. Right now everyone is trying to play catch up with such high demands for equipment and labor. Food Service Equipment manufacturers are working to get their operations back to normal as they…

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New ASTM Safety Requirements for High Chairs

New ASTM Safety Requirements for High ChairsAll foodservice operators’ high chairs must be compliant with ASTM safety standards by June 19, 2019.Safe Seat in the Houseby June 19, 2019 A Visual Guide to the NewASTM Safety Guidelines for High Chair Design DOWNLOAD PDF WITH DETAILSSEE AVAILABLE PRODUCTS Federally Mandated Changes to High Chair Designs The…

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Restaurant Equipment Distributors

Welcome to IRD’s new website Welcome to IRD Equipment new online home. We’re proud to announce that our new website has been launched. With an innovative modern style we’re now able to provide a much better experience to our customers. With over seventy thousand items to browser through, we’ve got all you need to run your…