SINGAPORE: Restaurants may be doing brisk business, but that has created a headache for some bosses.That's because they are finding it hard to hire people to clean their dishes!
Well, one company has turned this into a business opportunity.
Synnovate Solutions collects crates of dirty plates from restaurants across Singapore.
The plates are then fed into a giant dishwasher via a conveyer belt.
And in 5-10 minutes, they emerge sparkling clean.
The dishes are usually brought in at night, and then returned at dawn.
It takes three people to do the job, and in a typical 8-hour shift, staff can handle about 15,000 to 20,000 dishes a day.
The same number of plates would take 20 people to clean by hand.
Synnovate Solutions director-general, Lawrence Loh, said: "For example, 10 restaurants need 10 dish washers. With our service...we can actually operate with the same efficiency with three men. That's how you can cut down on costs and manpower."
And the savings can be considerable - about 20 to 50 percent in dishwashing costs.
The company says its clients are mainly smaller-sized eateries and catering companies which have difficulty hiring cleaners, or whose premises are too small to accommodate a large dishwashing machine.
But interest has picked up among bigger players too. The company says it has been approached by several restaurant chains and hotels.
- CNA/ir
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