It takes a lot to run a bakery, and it takes even more to run a successful bakery. The success of any bakery lies in the balance between delivering high-quality products and maintaining efficiency. Fitting your bakery with the proper bakery equipment can significantly increase production and help you save money by reducing waste and cutting on labor costs. In this blog, we’ll explore how investing in modern bakery equipment can optimize your processes and boost your bottom line.

1. Increased Production with Automated Bakery Equipment

One of the major benefits you can receive with bakery equipment is being able to increase production with ease. Whether you’re operating a small bakery or a large commercial facility, having the right machines in place ensures that you can meet the demands of your customers without eer having to sacrifice quality.

  • Mixers: Great baking starts with a great mixer. Having a quality mixer will make the rest of the baking process easier, knowing you have mixed a high-quality dough. Planetary mixers and spiral mixers are the most popular mixers found in bakeries. Quality mixers simplify and automate your mixing process and take some of the stress out of dough production.
  • Dough Production Equipment: The most laborious and arduous part of the baking process is the dough production part. Manually dividing, weighing and rounding your dough could take valuable time away from other aspects of a bakery. Depending on your bakery's output, the dough production process may require an increase in staff and labor to meet demand. With dough production equipment such as dough dividers, dough divider rounders and dough moulders, you can automate those manual processes and save your bakery time and money!
  • Ovens with Programmable Features: Modern ovens with programmable settings allow you to have full control over your baking process. Most modern ovens allow you to bake at different temperatures on each deck. This allows your bakery to bake multiple products at once and increase the overall production of your bakery. The multiple decks also allow you to produce more products with each bake, increasing output and allowing you to keep up with customer demand.

By automating the daily tasks that typically require the most manual labor and take up the most time, your bakery can produce more products more efficiently, helping you scale your business as demand grows.

2. Consistency & Quality Control

In the bakery world, quality and consistency mean everything! It is what keeps your customers happy and coming back for more. Maintaining the same high level of quality is often difficult to achieve with manual processes or with underperforming equipment, especially in high-volume production. Human error can lead to inconsistencies in dough mixing, shaping, or baking times, which can affect the quality of your products.

Higher-quality and efficient bakery equipment is designed to deliver precise and consistent results. From your mixers right down to your ovens, having the right equipment will ensure you are producing the same great products with each and every batch. Consistent quality translates into satisfied customers who will return for the reliable taste and texture they love.

3. Reduce Labor Costs & Save Time

On of the biggest expenses for any bakery is labor costs. Especially for small retail bakeries working on a budget, cutting unneeded labor expenses is extremely important. While skilled staff are essential for certain tasks, investing in bakery equipment that automates repetitive or physically demanding tasks can save you a substantial amount of money in labor costs.

Those tasks include dividing dough, weighing dough, rounding dough and also sheeting dough. These are extremely laborious tasks that sometimes take multiple people to perform to keep up with demand. Utilizing bakery equipment to automate these processes will speed up production and save you money on labor. The initial investment into the equipment may seem overwhelming but the money you save will pay for those machines in no time.

4. Energy Efficiency & Cost Savings

Energy costs can add up quickly in any bakery, especially when ovens, mixers, and other machines are in constant use. Today's bakery equipment is designed with energy efficiency in mind, helping you reduce your utility costs.

For example, Empire Deck Ovens utilize a single burner vapor tube system to efficiently heat the oven. The single burner system paired with the oven's exceptional ability to retain heat, allows bakers to save a significant amount on their fuel bills.

5. Reduce Ingredient Waste

Another way that bakery equipment can save you money is by reducing ingredient waste. Precision tools, such as dough sheeters, cookies depositors and dough production equipment will ensure that you’re using the exact weight and amount of dough required for each product. This eliminated irregularities and any guesswork in involved in manual production. The less dough you end up throwing away, the more money that stays in your pocket each month!

Whether you are a small to mid-sized retail bakery or a large wholesale facility, there is no denying the savings that come with fitting your facility with high-quality bakery equipment. From mixers and dough production equipment to the ovens pumping out the final product, the right equipment can ensure your bakery is a successful one. To learn more about the quality and efficient equipment we offer at Empire, visit our website at www.empirebake.com, or give us a call at 800-878-4070.