Service Ideas

Service Ideas Inc.

Service Ideas Inc. produces high-quality and reliable food and beverage service tools and appliances for restaurants, cafes, hotels, bars, and other food service establishments. With rich and long-time experience in the food service industry as a restaurateur in the 1940s, the company owes its roots to the efforts of Art Murray and his wife to grow their restaurants. 1946, Art Murray introduced an innovative ashtray with a "Push for Service" light. In 1948, he invented the Thermo-Plate® Platter to maintain the desired temperature of the served food.

Upon the success of these inventions, Art Murray started manufacturing in a facility to become a supplier for the restaurants in the neighborhood. Service Ideas expanded its product line into coffee service equipment with the Thermo-Serv® carafe, developed in 1956. The company gradually expanded its product range with coffee urns, airpots, and thermal containers. Service Ideas Inc. now has an extensive collection of serviceware and tabletop items, from the back of a napkin to your countertop, to ensure a streamlined service in your facility. It enables clients to create customized urns online.

Beverage Serviceware

Service Ideas Inc. transforms its experience as a restaurateur into efficient and practical tools to improve beverage services in restaurants, cafes, hotels, and bars. The company focuses on developing reliable serviceware, catering to hot and cold beverage needs.

Cold Beverage Dispensers

Service Ideas cold beverage dispensers are ideal for restaurants, buffet setups, and house parties to keep, showcase, and dispense beverages like juice, iced tea, and water. They generally feature a transparent BPA-free container with varying capacities from 1 to 5 gallons (3.785 to 18.927 liters) and shapes including square, round, slim, and standard. These commercial beverage dispensers are dishwasher safe, facilitating the cleaning for you. Tea urns and infusion dispensers feature flavor walls to enrich the beverage or water with different herbs or fruits. Available cold beverage dispensers from Service Ideas Inc. are:

• Clear tea urn
• Beverage dispensers
• Stainless steel commercial tea urn
• Infusion dispensers
• Double-wall cold beverage dispensers

Airpots

Service Ideas commercial airpots are designed to keep your hot beverages at the optimal temperature for up to 8 hours. Renowned for their reliability, Service Ideas airpots feature stainless steel exteriors and are offered with glass or steel vacuum insulation. They are available in different capacities, from 0.5 to 1 gallon (1.9 to 3.8 liters). These tea and coffee airpots have easy-to-open lids for quick pouring and refilling. Signa-Air airpots feature snap-on flavor indicator tags, while Color-Me-SVAC airpots have different colored lid options for classification. Moreover, the company offers airpot stations with condiment holders, rotating airpot racks, and other frequently needed products to ensure a smooth workflow:

• Insulated airpots
• Airpot stands and displays
• Airpot identification tags
• Airpot cover-ups

Beverage Servers

Service Ideas streamlines your service with insulated beverage servers, providing functionality and elegance. They offer extended cold or heat retention time of up to 6 hours. They are suitable for table service in restaurants or banquets with their high-quality construction from BPA-free plastic and beautiful appearance in many colors. Commercial carafes are offered in different capacities, including 0.15, 0.26, 0.39, and 0.52 gallons (0.6, 1, 1.5, and 2 liters). Some servers have portion control with just a button push, while Brew 'N' Pour® Carafes are ideal for a simplified coffee service with a built-in decaf lid and timer. The beverage servers you can find in Service Ideas Inc.'s portfolio are listed below:

• Classic servers
• Decanters
• Creamers and sugar sets
• Growlers
• Pitchers

Specialty Coffee and Tea Equipment

Service Ideas Inc. aims to increase the efficiency of your tea and coffee service with specially designed tools and equipment. Ceramic teapots, brick presses, and the Cold Brew' N' Serv® System cater to the growing demand for high-quality coffee and tea service.

Gravity Pots & Urns

Service Ideas offers large-volume dispensers primarily designed for high-traffic environments such as buffets or events where coffee and tea are served in large quantities. These dispensers can hold up to 5 gallons (18.927 liters) of hot beverage and retain their optimal service temperature for about 6 hours, saving you significant energy costs.

Beverage Accessories

Service Ideas Inc. complements your tea, coffee, water, and beverage service operation with the most needed accessories that will provide organization and efficiency:

• Drip trays
• Beverage condiment caddies
• Cream and sugar shakers and caddies

Buffet Supplies

Service Ideas Inc. improves buffet service operations with buffet supplies engineered for durability and convenience. They feature practical designs to provide solutions for efficient service and enticing presentation.

• Vacuum Insulated Thermal Containers: These vacuum-insulated thermal containers are designed to maintain the temperature of hot or cold beverages for up to 6 hours during buffet service. They feature foam insulation and NSF-listed spigots. Service Ideas insulated thermal containers can hold up to 5 gallons (18.927 liters) of coffee or tea.
• Thermal Containers: These affordable thermal containers are tailored to maintain optimal service temperature for hot beverages for up to 6 hours. They are available in models of 1, 1.5, and 2 gallons (3.785, 5.678, and 7.570 liters).
• Commercial Tea Urns: Service Ideas commercial tea urns are made from stainless steel to ensure long-term durability and feature rubber grip handles for easier transportation. They also feature brew-thru lids to enable direct brewing, and their 3—and 5-gallon (11.356 and 18.927 liters) options offer a large capacity for commercial applications.
• Buffet Accessories: Service Ideas offers a variety of accessories and tools like coffee urns, thermal containers, tea urns, and cold beverage dispensers to ensure an attractive and efficient buffet line.
• Food Bar Accessories: Essential for storing sauces, creams, and condiments, Service Ideas vacuum bottles efficiently enhance food presentation. They are offered in capacities of 0.184 and 0.264 gallons (0.7 and 1 liter).

Tabletop and Barware

In addition to beverage and buffet serviceware, Service Ideas provides various tabletop and barware products to address multiple foodservice needs.

Skillet and Platters

Service Ideas is the inventor of Thermo-Plate®, which has been widely used in restaurants, hotels, and events thanks to its capability to maintain the chill or heat of foods for extended periods. Their unique design creates a dead area to insulate the food temperature. They are available in round, oval, or double-section options and can be purchased with plastic or wood holders.

Wire Baskets

Service Ideas wire baskets are functional and stylish tabletop accessories for elegantly serving bread, fruit, or other menu items.

Serving Trays

Service Ideas offers stainless steel servings of oval, round, and rectangular trays. Some serving trays feature non-slip silicone surfaces, which are excellent for serving drinks and beverages.

Ice Buckets and Tubs

Essential for bar service, these insulated ice buckets preserve ice-cold for extended periods to keep ice for drinks or cooling drink bottles or cans inside. They are available in plastic or stainless steel models with double-wall insulation.

Wine Chillers

Service Ideas wine chillers elegantly keep wine at the ideal temperature, perfect for upscale dining establishments. They feature double-wall construction to prevent condensation on the exterior while maintaining a chill for drink joy.

Tabletop Accessories

The company offers Push-for-Service Light, cream and sugar sets, syrup dispensers, condiment holders, and other necessary accessories to ensure a well-prepared table.

Bar Accessories

Service Ideas keeps your back with high-quality corkscrews to facilitate opening a wine bottle.

Service Ideas Part

Service Ideas Inc. provides replacement parts and accessories to ensure the long-term functionality of its products. Whether you need a replacement pump for an airpot or additional serving trays, the company maintains a large inventory of the following parts to support its customers.

• Airpot lids
• Suction pipes
• Carafe lids
• Lid gaskets
• Spigots
• Stands
• Timers