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A Focus on Beer Waste

It's a sight familiar to any sports club manager - pints of beer discarded during line cleaning. While this practice is necessary to ensure a crisp, fresh pint, it often equates to considerable product waste. With the recently inflated cost of wholesale alcohol this is a significant cost issue for sports clubs.

TACKLING BEER WASTE

What is Beer Waste and Why does it occur?

It's a sight familiar to any sports club manager - pints of beer discarded during line cleaning. While this practice is necessary to ensure a crisp, fresh pint, it often equates to considerable product waste. With the recently inflated cost of wholesale alcohol this is a significant cost issue for sports clubs. In this article, we explore effective strategies to cut down beer wastage and enhance your bottom line.

Frequency of Line Cleaning

Traditionally, beer lines are cleaned weekly to maintain hygiene standards and optimal beer quality. However, this means 2-3 pints per line are poured down the drain each week, leading to significant waste and financial loss over time.

 

Impact of Line Cleaning on Beer Waste

Assuming an average club with ten lines, cleaning weekly, the waste can equate to up to 30 pints per week or 1,560 pints annually. With an average pint cost of £3.70, this represents a staggering potential loss of over £5,000 each year.

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Technology to Reduce Waste During Line Cleaning

The good news is that innovative technologies can help mitigate this waste. For instance, recirculating line cleaning systems capture, clean, and re-use beer that would otherwise be discarded. While there is an initial investment for this technology, the reduction in waste can lead to significant savings over time.

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Technology to Extend Line Cleaning Intervals

Moreover, technology can help extend the duration between line cleanings without compromising on beer quality. Advanced beer line management systems, using microbial inhibitors and cold storage, can extend cleaning intervals to four weeks. This reduces the beer wasted from cleaning by up to 75%, providing substantial cost savings.

 

Reducing beer waste is more than just an environmentally-conscious decision; it's an economically wise one. By investing in innovative technologies and rethinking line cleaning strategies, sports clubs can substantially reduce beer waste, turning what was once poured away into pouring profits instead.

 

For more on options for reducing beer waste go to our BLOG or

 Get in touch with chris@tjbservices.co.uk

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