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Ice Cream Machines for Year Round Profits

Do you believe that ice cream only sells in summer?

Cast your mind back to childhood, did the weather influence your craving for an ice cream? The answer, if you are truthful is 'No', you jumped at every opportunity for an ice cream!! If you had good 'pester power', you got one too.

It is accepted that ice cream sales soar during hot weather but with our climate changing and unpredictable temperatures, it is a smart move to invest in an ice cream making machine.

If you own a restaurant, cafe or indeed tea rooms/coffee shop consider adding freshly-made ice cream to your menu.

How can commercial ice cream makers help improve your business?

In terms of kids nagging for ice cream, nothing has changed from your childhood, they still do it today and their kids will do it too.

If you want to get adults in to your establishment, you need to attract the kids! - Why do manufacturers use cartoon characters on children's food packaging? - Why do junior menus look like comic books? Because attracting children forces the adults to pay.

You could question whether it is more viable to buy pre-made ice cream but you need to compare those soft swirls and creamy texture with with a frozen solid mass from a carton.

Owning an ice cream machine is often more cost effective than buying pre-made ice cream. Once you gain a little experience with an ice cream machine, you may even decide to specialise in ice cream base desserts aimed at adults too. Liqueur based sauces poured over soft ice cream sitting on chocolate coated strawberries or marshmallows for example.

The Nemox Pro 1700 Rossa Ice Cream Maker costs around £500 and can produce 5 litres per hour, that's about a gallon in old measures - how many portions of ice cream could you get out of a gallon?, say ten at £3.00. £30 per gallon turnover makes it an attractive investment. The Nemox Pro 1700 isn't the regular stainless steel unit but 'Ferrari' red and can easily become a feature or part of your decor.

At the other end of the scale in the Nemox range is the Pro 6000 Ice Cream Maker - he ONLY ice cream machine on the market that can be used to prepare two different flavours at the same time. The unit also features two removable bowls, which are yet another unique feature of this product. This means you can process up to 19 litres of mixture in each bowl every hour, based on the temperature requirements of your mixture and recipe.

With the Pro 6000, you can work your mixture directly into the fixed bowls, thus minimizing preparation time and increasing your working capacity.

Thanks to the unit cover, made of hardened glass, you can conveniently use the machine as a counter top when not in use. Each bowl comes with a hinged plastic domed lid.

The machine body is made entirely of stainless steel as well as the mixer paddles featuring replaceable silicone inserts. The cost per unit is around £1800.

If you were looking at making sorbets and frozen yoghurts as well as ice cream, the Nemox Tuttogelato appliance could be for you. It is suitable for continuous use and allows preparing of up to 7 litres ice cream per hour and come complete with a recipe book to help develop create some exciting recipes.

No Time to Make Ice Cream !! If thoughts of spending time at an ice cream machine whilst you have heavy demands during busy times put you off the investment opportunity, think again. Firstly it is probably quicker or as quick as serving a cappuccino but you can prepare some dishes for self selection and display them in a Nemox Pro 100, the only counter-top gelato-ice cream storage and display case specifically designed for restaurants, caterers, coffee shops and gourmet shops.

You can store and display your fresh ice cream, gelato, frozen yoghurt and sorbets at the ideal temperature for quick dispensing and serving.

The Nemox Pro 100 can be combined with any Nemox Professional counter-top gelato-ice cream machine to create the Nemox Gelato Shop System.

In only a small space, you can now prepare ice cream, gelato and sorbets; store it; serve it - just like the fanciest shops!

Create your own exclusive, fresh and delicious recipes and your clients will be pleasantly surprised, as will you, when you see the quick return on your investment.