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triumphant Return
                          Adam comments, “I work with                       Problems with the seals quickly
                         customers on the expectation                      degrading when encountering
                         that if you can’t achieve at least                alcohol or dairy products, motor
                         70% GP, it’s not worth doing.”                    breakdowns, and PPM, with any
                                                                           savings made on labour then lost
                          He continues, “The key to                        due to the time it takes to clean the
                         success; a careful balance of                     machines. These old-school
                         good menu development,                            machines just aren’t built for it.
                         quality ingredients, and
                         economic analysis. What you
                         put in, is what you get out. Long
                         gone are the days of the 99

                         pence “blue one” or “red one”                 The key to success; a
                         full of weird chemicals.                      careful balance of good
                         Operators now command price                   menu development,
                         tags like £9.99 for their drinks.
                         All saving on labour costs, who’d             quality ingredients, and
                         have thought?”                                economic analysis.


                          The path to leveling up slush
                         has not been without its
                         challenges though. One of the
                         major obstacles has been the
                         lack of quality equipment,                         This is where the YouTube channel
                         capable of handling the                           "Slush of the Month" and Elmeco
                         demands of a high-end slush                       come in. Elmeco has built their
                         program. Traditional slush                        slush machines to be seal-free,
                         machines, designed primarily for                  using longer-lasting brushless
                         non-alcoholic beverages, have                     motors and a cleaning procedure as
                         struggled to adapt to the                         simple as taking it apart and putting

                         evolving needs of the market.                     it in the dishwasher.







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