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Recycling heat from kitchens to keep restaurants warm

Business Daily

BBC

News, Business

4.4796 Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2023

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

The Swedish start-up that's worked out how to use hot fumes from kitchens to heat restaurants.

Hear from the entrepreneurs who've developed this new technology. They tell us how it works and how it can help restaurants lower bills and carbon emissions.

However this technology is expensive for restaurant owners, especially at a time when hiring workers and buying ingredients has got a lot more costly. One small business tells us about the benefits and challenges of investing in new equipment.

Producer / presenter: Maddy Savage Image: Annika Lyndfors; Credit: BBC

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:04.4

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0:09.1

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0:18.5

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0:26.2

Hi there, I'm Maddie Savage, and for today's business daily, I'm in a city with a soundtrack

0:31.6

of seagulls and speedy cyclists, Malma on Sweden's south coast. It's also home to a lot of entrepreneurs,

0:40.4

and one of the startups here has developed a solution to a problem affecting restaurants across

0:45.4

the planet, rising energy bills. NJ has found a way to use greasy hot air from kitchens

0:52.3

to warm up other parts of a restaurant, which helps cut costs

0:56.5

and carbon emissions. I'll be meeting some of the businesses testing how well it really works

1:02.3

and digging into a few of the other challenges facing restaurants here in Chile, pricey Sweden.

1:13.9

My first stop is a branch of one of the world's biggest fast food companies.

1:18.9

I'll give you a clue. They specialize in Woppers and they're not the one that begins with the letter

1:23.7

M. My name is Annikilinfoss. I work for Burger King,

1:27.9

and I've been with the brand for 25 years.

1:31.1

I work with the franchisee that calls PMM Faster Food AB.

1:35.3

So what's going on to get ready for the busy lunchtime?

1:38.9

Yeah, now we do the preparation of onions,

1:42.0

and then we start grilling soon and fry, and then we just hope we get some guests

1:48.0

I'm pretty sure you will yeah me too what's it like working in a burger kitchen it's very fun it's

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