Background
Fine dining cuisine with a rich legacy
Located in the picturesque village of Ridge, nestled between Shenley and Potters Bar, The Old Guinea has been a beloved establishment dating back to 1826.
With a diverse menu featuring everything from traditional pizzas to Al forno dishes and salads, The Old Guinea caters to every palate, including those with dietary restrictions with their gluten-free and vegan options.
Renowned for its outstanding views of the Hertfordshire countryside, the restaurant offers a cozy ambiance with 150 garden and 50 internal seats, ensuring ample space for gatherings.
The Challenge
Food Safety Labels
The Old Guinea faced a significant challenge in managing its extensive range of products with varying shelf lives. With numerous staff members needing to label a multitude of items, maintaining accuracy and consistency in product labelling became a daunting task.
Stock Rotation
The restaurant required a stock rotation solution that was not only efficient but also user-friendly, enabling staff to label products quickly and accurately while adhering to food safety requirements.
The Solution
Dill Print is the food labelling solution for any business size and type.
Whether it’s a PPDS or Stock Rotation label, Dill Print can tailor bespoke and compliant templates to suit any daily operational model. Best before dates are automated to reflect the correct due date depending on the product’s name and category, which means less manual work for the team.
The software helps members of staff maintain food labelling operations with minimal human errors saving them time and streamlining operations through automated food safety & PPDS templates. Dill Print is a central & cloud based solution which enables multi-site label management from a single software.
The Outcome
The implementation of Dill’s labelling solution and integrated Brother TD45505DNWB yielded remarkable results for The Old Guinea.
The entire labelling process became significantly quicker, saving the restaurant a considerable amount of time, although the exact quantification remains elusive due to the sheer volume of products labelled each week.
Despite the limited space constraints, The Old Guinea successfully labelled approximately 200 different products, numbering several thousand items on any given week, thanks to Dill’s streamlined solution.
The collaborative efforts between The Old Guinea and Dill resulted in a seamless labelling process that not only met but exceeded expectations, demonstrating the effectiveness of tailored solutions enhancing operational efficiency.
”Dill helped us very well by being proactive with solutions particularly tailored to our needs, being flexible and speedy with results. Alex was a pleasure to deal with. We had very specific requirements and needed to keep everything very simple and straightforward to make it easy for our staff to use.
We label approx. 200 different products which in any week could number several thousand labels and do so in a very limited space. I am particularly happy that Dill and Alex came up with a solution which was never going to be straightforward. I would be very happy to recommend the team at Dill to other potential customers!
Toni BartholdiOwner