Success Stories

 

 

THE BOSTON PIZZA RESTAURANT IN WOODSTOCK, ONTARIO USES IOT TECHNOLOGY TO AUTOMATE FOOD TEMPERATURE TRACKING TO ENSURE ACCURACY AND SAVE MONEY.

 

 

SITUATION

 

Boston Pizza needs a systematic, and secure way to monitor the temperatures inside their fridges and freezers.


     • Boston Pizza requires three temperature readings a day for restaurant appliances
     • Manual, paper log readings are time-consuming, and subject to human error


The challenge is to ensure the consistency of the temperatures inside their cold storage units, and ensure food is being stored safely.

 

TEMPERATURE MONITORING IS LABORIOUS AND MANUAL
With extreme temperatures in ovens and cold storage units, safety is a top priority.
Employees use pens, paper and clipboards to complete manual temperature checks multiple times a day.
Temperature data is difficult to access and often stored in boxes.
 
SOLUTION
 
Lee and Megan Porter are the co-owners of P&E Restaurants, operating as Boston Pizza Woodstock, a bustling establishment in southern Ontario. The plan was to find a solution to improve food temperature monitoring in their restaurant. 
blueRover™ designed and installed a smart monitoring sensor system to automatically track and log temperatures. The data is stored securely on the internet, and accessed easily online. The business has saved time and money by automating the temperature monitoring process. The accuracy, consistency, and real-time online reporting of the temperature readings, improved food safety.  
 
SERVICES
 
Easy food safety compliance 
blueRover™ measures the restaurant’s food temperature accurately, by recording information collected and storing it in a specific way. “Now that time-consuming manual tracking is gone, we can rest assured that our food safety practices are compliant with and exceed the new Safe Food for Canadians Act, and are backed up by real-time data,” says Porter. Since using blueRover’s device, the Porter’s discovered the sensor technology refrigerator temperature readings were inconsistent, and contacted the manufacturer to fix the problem.  

 

Save Money

blueRover™ sensor technology automates cold storage temperature checks and reduces costs.

Save Time

The easy-to-use app with real-time transfer and storage of data online, allows for the management team and employees at Boston Pizza to focus on their customers.

24/7 Intelligence

The management team at Boston Pizza has constant

access to temperature data online, and receives alerts

via their smartphone, laptop or tablet.

SUCCESS

AUTOMATIC ALERTS
ACHIEVE COMPLIANCE
AVOID SPOILAGE
GO PAPERLESS
IMPROVE SAFETY
24/7 REPORTING

Lee and Megan Porter have asked blueRover™ for ways to further expand IoT technology into their business. “We’re excited to see what else is possible,” notes Porter. In the meantime, the franchise owners and management team is enjoying the success blueRover™ IoT technology brings to their restaurant.

“We needed a solution that worked every time with perfect accuracy, and that brought visibility to our restaurant 
performance in real-time. It’s so easy.”
 
~Lee Porter, co-owner
 
TECHNOLOGY SOLUTION
 
The blueRover™ IoT solution automated all temperature monitoring for the quick 
service restaurant.  
 
CHALLENGE
 
• 11 commercial refrigerators 
• 2 commercial freezers
• 1 walk-in freezer
• 1 walk-in refrigerator
• 3 high temperature pizza ovens
• 2 deep fryers
• cooked food on line preparation
• 60 daily manual air temperature measurements
 
SOLUTION
 
• 1 blueRover™ device
• 16 wireless air temperature sensors
• 16 wireless food temperature sensors
• 3 wireless pizza oven air temp. sensors
• 2 wireless deep fryer oil temp. sensors
• 1 wireless handheld temperature probe
• 1 cellular plan or 1 wifi connection
• 1 cloud-based application
• unlimited users 
• online history logs
• online performance reporting
• 24/7 | 365 days a year visibility
• 2500+ automatic data points a day
• 4-5 year battery life*
 
*based on programming. 
 

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