Provino’s: Making Mouths Water for Decades

Reading Time: 3 minutes Customer Success Stories

Provino’s restaurants have been Georgia’s favorite family-style Italian eatery for over 30 years.  Scott Garner, one of Provino’s owners, sat down with marketing Iceologist, Heidi, revealing how Provino’s has made mouths water for decades. The Iceologist:  Most restaurants fail in just a few years. How has Provino’s stayed on top since 1977? Scott:  We put out a consistent, tasty product. ... Read More

Ice Machine Education is Vital to Culinary Students

Reading Time: 3 minutes Uncategorized

Iceologist Jim Woodward, SVP Field Operations, gives us his take on working with culinary students in the National Restaurant Association’s ProStart program. Recently, I led two workshops on ice machines for culinary arts students at Nimitz High School in Irving, TX. Their instructor had scheduled these workshops believing that ice should be treated like any other food that was prepared ... Read More

Cracking the Keys of Restaurant Success with Crabby Bill’s

Reading Time: 3 minutes Customer Success Stories

We have the the coolest customers!  Crabby Bill’s owner, Matt Loder Sr., cracks the code to his family’s restaurant success.  In the seafood business since 1974, Crabby Bill’s now has 6 locations in Florida, and all of them depend on ice machines from Easy Ice. The Iceologist:   Over 35 years in business -- wow!  That’s a lifetime in the restaurant ... Read More

Ice Machines and Culinary Education

Reading Time: 3 minutes Food Service - Restaurants/Bars

Jim Woodward, Easy Ice SVP Field Operations, spoke to culinary students at Nimitz High School in Irving, Tx about the importance of ice and ice machines.  Nimitz is one over of 1700 schools using the National Restaurant Association’s ProStart curriculum.  ProStart’s curriculum is industry-driven and provides 2 years of training in all facets of the culinary industry, earning a certificate ... Read More

Flippers Pizzeria: Simply Authentic Pizza!

Reading Time: 3 minutes Customer Success Stories

Pizza.  Who doesn’t love a great pizza?  Flippers Pizzeria, a growing chain of authentic and fresh pies in Florida, uses Easy Ice at many of their locations.  Top quality ingredients and consistently tasty pizzas has made Flippers a  favorite for 25 years. Marketing Iceologist, Heidi, chats with Flippers' VP Operations, Ben Richardson, about ice, his growing business, and of course, ... Read More

Chef Robert Irvine: Restaurant Ops, Charities & Ice Machines

Reading Time: 5 minutes Food Service - Restaurants/Bars

Chef Robert Irvine has made saving struggling restaurants his mission.  His no-nonsense approach to restaurant operations and management is giving restaurateurs the knowledge they need to succeed. Marketing Iceologist, Heidi, caught up with Chef Robert Irvine as he was wrapping up a day of taping his hit show, Restaurant:Impossible.  Chef Robert gives us restaurant operations tips, chats about his charitable ... Read More