Grote Company

One of the biggest mistakes you can make when calculating equipment ROI is only considering the initial price tag. Instead, use the total cost of ownership, which includes: Machine purchase price?? Freight to your facility ?? Installation cost ?? Technical service (planned or emergency) ??♂? Aftermarket parts and maintenance ?? Equipment lifecycle ?? Once you know the total lifetime cost, it’s time to consider your current expenses. Don't forget the opportunity cost if you don't upgrade. (aka how much new business you could add) Now, use this formula to determine the potential ROI or payback period: ROI = (Profit / Cost of Investment) x 100 Payback Period = Initial Investment / Yearly Cash Flow Once you have the numbers—and hopefully a positive return—choose only dependable equipment and suppliers that offer high-quality support and service. Now, you can be confident in your capital equipment purchase! #foodprocessing #foodproduction #foodequipment #ROI

As you're planning your product mix, remember it's important to be flexible. Like our slicers. With a few simple changeouts, repurpose a Grote slicer for many food applications. Go from tomatoes ?? to onions ?? Or bread chips ?? to cheese ?? Or bacon ?? to plant-based bacon ?? Or through a range of sandwich ingredients ?? When you're ready to expand production to meet new demands, we ensure you have the right blade, product holder, and more to keep slice quality high and your operation running smoothly. What are you waiting for? Get a quote to add a Grote slicer to your 2025 plan. #foodprocessing #foodequipment #foodproduction

Our teams work tirelessly to ensure that customers and their machines are running in peak condition, no matter how long it takes. Whether in person, on the phone, or virtual, they're with you until a project is complete. It's icing on the cake when they get recognized like this. #fieldservice #technicalservices #foodequipment #foodprocessing

Did you know you can deliver, commission, and run a new slicer in less time than it takes to find, hire, and train a new worker? ? It takes 36-42 days to fill the average food production worker role. ? Then, another 12 weeks for a new hire to reach full productivity. Our 613 Multi-Slicers have a 30-day lead time. We offer training videos and documentation to support in-person commissioning by our technicians to get and keep running optimally. In less time than it takes to onboard another new worker, you could be bulk slicing, stacking, and shingling meat, cheese, vegetables, plant-based foods, jerky, and more—up to 90 strokes per minute per lane. What are you waiting for? #foodproduction #foodprocessing #foodequipment

The start-up of a new machine or line is a whirlwind. There are so many moving parts—commissioning, integrations, hookups, training, testing (and more testing.) We set you up for success beyond the chaos with parts and service packages that start at commissioning and last up to the first two years. From commissioning and training to parts kits and carts, extended warranties, and follow-up visits at regular intervals. Keep your team and new machines performing with pre-packaged support from our dedicated teams. We got this—together. ?? #foodprocessing #foodequipment #foodproduction #maintenance

We’ve invested millions of dollars to manufacture our equipment and parts faster and better—reducing lead time and improving quality. Watch a tour of our Columbus, OH manufacturing headquarters to see our fully equipped machine shop and tool room, CNC fabrication, HPG, tig welding, a large assembly area, and a dedicated building to manufacture our patented stainless steel band blades. Then, give us a call to order your equipment and parts. We’re ready. #foodproduction #foodprocessing #foodequipment

We make it easy to train and retrain techs and operators with our on-demand video library. You get consistent team and machine performance and reduced downtime, on your schedule. Bookmark our YouTube playlists to keep your Grote equipment running at its best. ?? https://buff.ly/415cnPI

Our "slice and apply" applications streamline automated food assembly. Our machines slice food onto food bases, processing belts, passing screens, and trays with accurate thickness, laydown, and targeting. ? Meat and cheese onto bread to make sandwiches ? Pepperoni in full patterns on pizza bases ? Bacon onto trays or oven belts ? Meat and alternative products onto screens for jerky ? Bread onto trays for crisps and cookies ? Meat and cheese onto dough for savory bakery items or onto chicken for cordon bleu Ready to increase efficiency and accuracy with us? #foodproduction #foodprocessing #foodequipment

How can food processors address supply chain uncertainty, rising wholesale prices, and a shrinking labor supply? In many cases, increased automation. Automation addresses: 1. Higher Production Volumes Automated systems boost throughput and standardize production rates. This increases reliability and predictability in production, no matter what you produce. 2. Labor Availability Automated or fully robotic systems can now perform high-care tasks accurately and quickly, surpassing even the most skilled workers. 3. Production Efficiency Automation through line and plant controls and robotics streamline food processing, speeding up production while minimizing errors and leading to consistent, repeatable output. 4. Product Yield & Waste Excess or inaccurate application cuts into margins and can sometimes be the difference between profit and loss. Automation delivers precise placement and portioning of your ingredients and products. The question becomes, how can you afford not to automate? #foodprocessing #foodproduction #foodequipment #robotics

Like many food processors, The Sandwich King couldn’t find enough workers to handle its high-volume production line. A new Grote depositor for its egg salad sandwiches solved that while increasing output and reducing food waste. “We found the Grote model much more maneuverable and simpler to use than what we’d tried in the past,” said Jason Hirst, operations and production manager at The Sandwich King. “We were sold after about five minutes of running the machine during the trial.”