Rapids Wholesale Insights

Prost to Oktoberfest!

Cities and communities all over the country are getting ready to celebrate their version of this popular German festival. Whether you are serving beer and pretzels in an outdoor tent, one of the stops on a pub crawl, or making sure every participant has something warm to eat, Rapids has the supplies you need.

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Temperature-Holding Meal Transportation | School Service Solutions for Serving Meals in Classrooms

Schools are facing an unprecedented challenge as they prepare for students to return this fall - how to keep their students during a COVID-19 pandemic. A major obstacle for many schools concerns how to serve food to students while maintaining social distancing and other safety protocols. One possible solution? Serve breakfast and lunch in the classroom!

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Gas Regulators & Distributors 101

The simplified explanation of a regulator would describe it as a beer dispensing system component that is used to regulate the amount of gas that passes through your keg and pushes your beer to the faucet.

However, this description doesn't account for all the different kinds of regulators – you see, one size doesn’t fit all. There are primary regulators – further divided into CO2, nitrogen, single, dual, etc. – and secondary regulators.

Each type of regulator plays a unique role in a beer dispensing system, so to help you decide what kind of regulator you’ll need, we've provided more information on each.

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