Condiments Station

If you have plans to start a restaurant/café, you need to conduct intense research about all the types of equipment essential to start up. Without everything in place, you might not be able to deliver or receive excellent results. 

Condiment stations seem like an afterthought for many restaurant owners. Still, they can leave a lasting impression on all your customers while busy nicking your café/restaurant resources.

Your condiment area is a functional and highly trafficked area of your restaurant, even when offering pump-style stations or pre-packaged condiments.

Condiment stations are ideal for your café/restaurant, especially if your place has a dining area, buffet lines, takeout areas, and BOH(back-of-house prep areas.

The condiment in a station includes the following straws, ketchup, pepper sauce, mayonnaise, jam, hot sauce, sugar packets, bottled water, etc.

Types Of Condiment Stations

1) Pump Stations: This station is designed to reduce waste while delivering the proper portion sizes. 

They offer various styles, from stainless steel to casual plastics, and when pumps need replacements. You can restock this pump station with bulk condiments, and they are also effective in serving in cafés/restaurants with dining areas.

Pump stations are cheap and easy to replace; recent models prevent liquid splatter and give your customers total control over the amount and speed of the dispensed portion.

2) PC(Portion Control) Condiment Station: This type of station provides the right condiment a customer needs,  for example, ketchup toppings, sugar packets, mustard toppings, mayonnaise, BBQ sauce, and many more.

This condiment station tends to stay clean as there are no jugs to refill or nozzles to wipe off; all you have to do is restock the condiments when necessary.

This condiment station requires a packet rack area to organize all the condiments. If you have this station in your café/restaurant, train your staff on proper cleaning and rotations, as some packets may expire or fall back before being used.

Additionally, a bin should be available and positioned nearby so customers can quickly dispose of used packet condiments.

One major disadvantage of this condiment station is that customers can pack everything for their personal use without your consent.

One unique way to combat this is by placing all the expensive comments, such as sauces, behind your counter, and they should be made available upon request. 

Ensure you train your staff to offer the condiment packets with the ordered meals to prevent your customers from returning now and then to ask for a condiment.

Remember, what you serve in your station is vital as the condiment station setup; ensure to stock your pump and packets with trusted brands because customers will likely re-visit your café/restaurant if you serve brand name condiments.

Ensure you organise, plan, and restock your condiment station to give your customers a pleasant experience. If you own a coffee shop, it’s advisable to have a separate condiment station away from your main area and where food items are displayed; this allows the flow of customers without any delay.

You can choose to use a tier service option that allows customers to serve themselves spices, sprinkles, or sugar and also a trash can to dispose of used packets of condiments or teabags.

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