State of the Restaurant Industry with the Amerex Corporation

Published: Sept. 2, 2020, 4:05 p.m.

b"The restaurant industry has been one of the toughest hit over the last 6 months.\\xa0 Fire suppression and the distributors / contractors that service them have also been affected.\\xa0 Jamie Knowles is one of the leaders in the suppression industry focusing on the restaurant sector.\\xa0 He gives some extraordinary facts about how Americans eat and what the impacts of the pandemic did to the prepared food industry.\\xa0 New technologies are also emerging in fire suppression for these cooking areas.\\xa0 Electronic detection and the Internet of Things (IoT) will progress the industry forward even more.\\n\\nIntro - 4:15\\nData about COVID times - 6:55\\nFaster Food vs Dining - 9:50\\nCity vs Suburb vs Rural - 14:20\\nGhost Kitchens - 15:30\\nNFPA and Food Trucks - 21:30\\nMore Ghost Kitchens - 24:40\\nElectronic Detection Fire Suppression - 27:55\\nInternet of Things - 32:15\\nIndustrial Chemical / Paint Booths - 38:00\\nGas Station / Pemall Exit - 42:20\\nNAFED / How are the Fire Equipment Distributors doing? - 45:10\\nIncentives for techs - 47:50\\nQuick Response Round - 50:40\\nContact Info - 54:50\\n\\n\\nAlso included, Drew and Jamie then discuss industrial\\xa0dry chemical and paint booth suppression systems.\\xa0 There is an opportunity in these sectors for fire equipment distributors to expand their offering.\\xa0 \\n\\nIn the final segment, Jamie gives insight of how FED's (Fire Equipment\\xa0Distributors) are doing during the pandemic.\\xa0 The NAFED article reflects what Jamie has heard in the market.\\xa0 Most companies are business as usual with extra client and worker precautions in place.\\xa0 Drew was intrigued\\xa0with a comment that many companies incentivize their technicians for service work on restaurant fire suppression systems, a perfect\\xa0fit for some newer Inspect Point features. Websites mentioned: Amerex-fire.com, InspectPoint.com"