Forward Planning

The autumn equinox has passed and the morning mists have appeared with crisper mornings. We know for certain that autumn has started for a number of reasons. England’s Women have won the Rugby World Cup in front of a celebrating crowd of 82,000, after a year’s plus worth of preparation.

The political party conference season has begun. Although it’s fair to say that planning on these has been already variable. This is the norm!

And the ultimate reason is, of course, because this is AC Services blog reminding our catering colleagues to start planning for the winter equinox celebrations. This equinox is of course better known as Christmas and New Year.

Never too early

We know for some that the summer season has barely closed. For those in university towns, Freshers Weeks are in full swing. For them, it’s the chance to make a good impression to last over the year or three to come. And yes, there are many significant event days in-between now and December, nationally and locally which should be celebrated. But for many of our clients, in these uncertain times, Christmas is the key time to make cashflow. So they can last the difficult winter months until the spring equinox or Easter.

Many know that Christmas is a few days after the actual equinox and was transplanted onto an existing day of celebrations. At this point the ancient world could see the lengthening of days and knew that the crop-growing times would come again.

What and when to plan

Amongst the myriad of other plans that will need to be made, those for your Rational ovens are fairly simple:

• In early October, check when all your machines were lasted serviced. If some time has passed since your Rational ovens had their service and you are not on the remote service system; call our team in the office now. We can arrange a mutually sensible date in October or November.
• In late October, review the stocks of your Rational cleaning materials. Check there is enough plus a little more, to get you through November, December and in to early January. Then order what you need from our team.
• In early November, for some, remember that you haven’t done one and two and call our team on 01454 322222 immediately, we’re here to help!

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