You will be aware that storage centers are a fast-growing sector of the property market. Almost everyone has a need to give themselves more space at home and clear out clutter. Almost everyone has accumulated too much stuff and sometimes large pieces of equipment, like the treadmill or the multi-gym. But why should coffee shops and restaurants need to get rid of stuff they don’t need?
There are thousands of restaurants and coffee shops throughout Israel, and one of the main requirements of these establishments is that they have the right equipment in their premises at the right time. What does that mean?
Just think about a restaurant in summer and the hot humid summers that we have in Israel. Every restaurant needs to provide their clientele with light airy comfortable seating and light tables but most of all, they need to provide shade. So, each table needs to have a sunshade, and sometimes these are very large. Sometimes covering three or four tables to give adequate cover to a large number of diners. All this is great. But what does a restaurant owner do with all these beautiful umbrellas in November, when no-one wants to sit outside, and he has to find space for these huge items? The only answer is storage. He needs to be sure that if he puts these expensive items into storage, they will be in good condition when he needs to retrieve them just before the summer season starts next year.
And how about all those extra tables that he needed to position outside when everyone wanted to sit out in the fresh air? He needs to find somewhere to store them when the autumn rains come and once again everyone wants to sit inside. Usually restaurants and especially coffee-shops don’t have the space on their premises to store all these extra items, so storage centres are a perfect solution. No need to rent extra space in central Tel-aviv, at a great cost, when you can store much more reasonably in a storage unit.
The biggest pieces of equipment that are essential to any kind of diner in the summertime, are refrigerators, and ice-cream machines. They are usually big and bulky and if you have a small coffee-shop, you may not be able to store these items throughout the winter months. What can you do? Get a good storage company to come and take them from you and free up the space for customers who will bring in revenue!
Make sure the storage company knows how to properly transport fridges, as they need to be professionally wrapped, and professionally transported so that when you need them back next summer, they will be in perfect condition and you can just put them back in position ready to take those delicious refreshing ice-cream flavours.
But what about in winter time?
There are lots of pieces of equipment that eating establishments need to keep their customers happy in the winter months.
One of them are big soup pots that are usually made of cast iron and take up lots of peace. They look warm and inviting on a chilly winters day and do a great job of attracting customers to partake, but once the weather gets warm, these big items need to find another home. Storage centres are the answer.
Furniture too can be quite different in the winter. Many eating establishments like to change their look with the seasons. Everyone is looking for somewhere cozy and warm to eat in the chilly winter months. Tables and chairs need to be sturdier, probably made of wood, and giving an impression of somewhere warm to spend a couple of hours, either with a hot bowl of soup, or a large hot chocolate to chase away the chills.
It’s difficult in the hot summer to imagine how nice it will be to sit around a big fire inside a warm inviting restaurant, but that is what we will all want to do once the winter rains and chills come along. We all imagine that Israel is hot the whole year around but it really isn’t and there are several weeks of cold chilly weather when a hot bowl of soup is exactly what everyone fancies. You need to have the equipment to be able to provide that as and when it is needed.
So how do you make sure you choose the right storage units?
First of all, location is clearly the most important element for any restaurant and coffee shop owner to consider. The best storage centres in central Israel are Ribua Storage Centers. They have two units in Petach Tikva, one on in Holon, and one in Central Tel-Aviv. They provide absolutely top of the bill service, where everyone is treated with courtesy and caring, regardless of whether you are storing twelve chairs and 2 tables, or an entire restaurant of furniture. Ribua has been serving the needs of residents and businesses throughout central Israel for almost twenty years, so just pick up the phone and find out what it will cost you and what’s the best way to do it.
Ribua will give you all the advice you need.
Bottom line? A more successful and profitable business for you.