Grease Trap Case Histories
The maker of world famous licorice products, American Licorice Co. of Union City, CA has been in operation since 1914. Around 1988, the local sewer authority informed the factory that it was out of compliance ...
Brockton Hospital
Caught in a squeeze between increasing environmental regulations and overburdened waste water treatment facilities, many municipalities are regulating much more closely what customers discharge into sewage col...
Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis, MA, recently became infected with a grease epidemic. The kitchen was producing prodigious amounts of FOG's (Fat, Oils, and Grease). Their sewer lines were becoming increasingly di...
In mid-1996, the Wilson (NC) Wastewater Management Division decided that it had had enough. The amounts of FOG's (Fats, Oils, and Grease) released into the sewer system was beginning to become a nightmare for ...
What do you do when you are facing a court battle with the city Sewer and Water District over the amount of effluent grease you are releasing into the environment? This problem confronted Management Specialist...
Several years ago, the Peachtree Executive Conference Center in Peachtree City, Georgia faced two major problems. First, the health inspectors were honing in on effluent grease released into the sewer system. ...
Mission St. Joseph's Health System is a sprawling complex of buildings located in the mountains of Asheville, NC. Consisting of two separate entities (St. Joseph's Hospital and Memorial Mission Hospital), the ...
Uniontown Hospital in Uniontown, Pennsylvania recently found itself plagued with a grease and oil problem. The City of Uniontown had passed an ordinance requiring all institutions that have food preparation fa...
The following is paraphrased from a letter sent to Big Dipper® by Diana Bellendir, the general manager of the Village Inn® in Greeley, Colorado.
What does one do when the city Wastewater Management Division places a mandate on all establishments involved in the preparation, pro-cessing, and serving of food to install some form of grease interceptor sys...
Zero's Subs
In 1967, Gene Schmidt and David Miele started Zero's Subs in Virginia Beach, VA. The famous "Zero's Grinder" was developed by David and is now recognized as Zero's Subs signature sub sandwich. In 2003, Mike Lee...
In 1967, Gene Schmidt and David Miele started Zero's Subs in Virginia Beach, VA. The famous "Zero's Grinder" was developed by David and is now recognized as Zero's Subs signature sub sandwich. In 2003, Mike Lee...
Renovation
The Argosy Casino & Hotel is located on the Ohio River just across the Indiana border from Cincinnati, Ohio. During an average year, Argosy can expect to accommodate over 7 million visitors while serving over ...
Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island is an Ivy League institution sporting an enrollment of almost 8,000 graduate & undergraduate students. In order to feed these 8,000 hungry students, there are five ...
The Gold Strike Casino in Tunica, MS is a riverboat facility on the Mississippi River just south of Memphis, TN. Originally opened in 1995, the casino has had some form of a Big Dipper servicing its kitchen si...
Johnson & Wales University in Providence, Rhode Island is one of the premier culinary artsschools in America. Sporting an enrollment over 4,750 aspiring chefs, the majority of the classrooms on its Providence ...
A hospital waiting area can sometimes be an intimidating place. After all, it's for people either waiting to be admitted or those waiting for news of their loved ones. In short, it should be as non-threatening...
Mary's Pizza Shack, headquartered in Boyes Hot Springs, CA, was presented a problem seven years ago when it opened a franchise in Napa, CA. Not only did they face compliance laws and large installation costs f...
The Montgomery Inn in Cincinnati, Ohio is famous for one thing. Slow-roasted, sweet ribs. This establishment consists of five separate restaurants, with one site cooking all of the ribs and then shipping ther...
Pettitt's is a rather small supermarket chain with 10 stores located in sunny Southeast Ireland. Five years ago, the Big Dipper affiliate from Ireland was asked to attend a crisis meeting at their store in Ath...
Airports are, by nature, a whirlwind of activity. People coming and going, eating and running, milling about with nothing to do. To accommodate these wayward travelers, airport authorities are turning more and...
Salishan Lodge is a 205 room resort in Gleneden Beach, Oregon. At peak season, over 3,000 meals are prepared each day. Approximately one and one half years ago, the lodge underwent renovations. One of the main...
The Newport On The Levee Shopping Mall is an upscale shopping plaza in Newport, KY on the banks of the Ohio River across from Cincinnati, OH. With over 25 retailers & entertainment establishments and seven ful...
The Sheraton Hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey is a modern hotel boasting 502 guest rooms. Located on Ocean Way across the street from the Atlantic City Convention Center, the hotel also maintains three banqu...