Rapids Wholesale Insights

Preventing and Removing Mold after Water Damage

When your business has been flooded, damaged in a hurricane, or severely affected by water through some other means, your first concern as you begin cleanup should be the presence of mold. Mold can not only irreparably damage your building and equipment, it can also affect your health. This danger, and the effort it takes to clean up the mold, increases the longer the mold is left to grow. Now, if you find that the mold growth is extreme, your best bet is to call a professional, as they will be able to handle the mold effectively and without endangering others in the building. If the mold growth is still contained, or hasn’t started, there are several steps you can take to eliminate the spores.

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Halloween Promotional Ideas For Restaurants and Bars to Scare Up Extra Profits

Adults enjoy Halloween just as much as kids do, meaning restaurant and bars can scare up some additional profits during Halloween. Be creative. Make your Halloween events unique and fun for your patrons. This is an opportunity to maximize profits, and it comes around only once a year. Do it right, and your guests will look forward to spending more with you each and every Halloween! We have a few Halloween promotion ideas for your restaurant or bar.

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History of Angel Food Cake for National Angel Food Cake Day

Said to be the “Food of the Angels” because of its airy lightness, angel food cake is the center of attention on October 10th, otherwise known as National Angel Food Cake Day! Is there anything not to love about angel food cake? Delicious and light, a perfect base for summer fruits or winter glazes, angel food cake has 65% fewer calories as a comparably-sized chocolate cake! It may well be the perfect dessert.

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Importance of Testing pH Levels in All Grain Beer Brewing

Brewing delicious grain beer relies on the pH level in your mash, as this directly impacts the flavor of your beer. pH is the measurement of how acidic or alkaline a solution is. It is measured on a scale from 0-14 with 7 being a neutral reading. A pH Reading below 7 would be considered “acidic”, and a pH reading above 7 would be “basic”.

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Disaster Strikes Twice at the ZCBJ Building

In the early hours of July 23rd, 2014, a passerby noticed smoke and flames coming from the Chrome Horse Saloon & Slop House, a restaurant housed in the over 100-year-old ZCBJ building in downtown Cedar Rapids. The fire department responded quickly, but it was too late. Due to the intensity of the fire, by the time it was extinguished the building had suffered large amounts of smoke and fire damage, making it uninhabitable. The cause of the fire: spontaneous combustion of the restaurant’s greasy rags and towels in the middle of the night.

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Tacos with Citrus Vodka Scallops for National Vodka Day & Taco Day

Oct. 4th is both National Vodka Day and Taco Day. It just so happens that one of our favorite recipes for a scallop taco combines both! This grilled scallop taco getsit's big flavor from a vodka lime marinade. How perfect is that to celebrate the day? It's a fairly simple recipe. We suggest you grill the scallops outdoors for that great smoky flavor, but you could cook them inside under a broiler or on a ridged fry pan as well.

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Increasing Efficiency and Student Happiness | Linn-Mar High School Cafeteria Renovation

When Linn-Mar High School recognized the necessity of a complete cafeteria renovation, their main focus was of course on the students. The current cafeteria did not adequately meet their needs – the students only have a half hour allocated for lunch, but it was taking some groups 25 minutes just to get through the line. hat’s where Rapids Foodservice Contract and Design came in. Working directly with the staff, our design team came up with a new setup they hoped would go above and beyond the expectations put together by the school. After the remodel was complete, Susan Knight and Stacy Fish, Nutrition Services Manager and High School Kitchen Manager, respectively, were kind enough to sit down with us and give us some feedback.

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Roasted Pumpkin Seeds for National Pumpkin Seed Day

The first Wednesday in October just happens to be National Pumpkin Seed Day. We could not let this slip by without shining a bit of light on pumpkin seeds because these little guys just happen to be a nutritional powerhouse. The World’s Healthiest Foods.org have included pumpkin seeds within their list of the world’s healthiest foods.

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