You Are Paying for Water: Buying Gel by the Kilo
A 2 kg gel tub holds about 60 g of polymer. How to convert any wet product to cost per dry kilo, run a solids test, and avoid mould in opened tubs.
Butcher Paper, Perforated Tray or Pad: A Twelve-Case Run on Pork Shoulder
We ran the test in a 40 m³ chiller at 2 °C with twelve 20 kg cases of bone-in pork shoulder from a single lot, four cases on each of three methods: polyethylene-coated butcher paper, a perforated polypropylene tray over a drip pan, and a 400 gsm three-layer absorbent pad in a solid tray. Sa…
Cost per Kilo Thawed: Pads, Cling Film and Drain Racks Side by Side
Nobody buys a thawing pad because they enjoy buying consumables. They buy one because the alternative costs more somewhere else — in labour, in discarded product, in a floor that has to be mopped twice a shift. On a straight unit-price comparison the pad loses every time. On a cost-per-kilo-th…
