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A walk-in cooler failed overnight, once

A two-location café stopped losing inventory to overnight equipment failures and lost sales to dead espresso machines by catching problems early.

The business
Marlowe & Finch Café
Two-location café & kitchen · full back-of-house equipment

An illustrative example, not a real customer. The business, quotes and figures below model a typical restaurant / cafe to show how Equipora is used. They are not verified results.

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Critical insight
Walk-in Cooler #1: temp-related reports 5× in 30 days, compressor trending to failure.
Downtime
13 hrs/yr
Spoilage (yr)
$1,800
PM compliance
70%
Monthly spend
Illustrative results

What tracking maintenance could save

~$5,200
Saved per year
Avoided spoilage + lost sales + repairs
28%
Less equipment downtime
Problems caught early
~2.5 hrs/wk
Admin time saved
Logs & scheduling automated
35% → 70%
PM compliance
Cleaning & checks on time
Before Equipora

The problem

The night the walk-in cooler quit, Marlowe & Finch lost a full weekend's inventory before anyone noticed at open, and had no record showing the compressor had been struggling for weeks.

When the espresso machine goes down during the morning rush, it's not a repair bill, it's the highest-margin hour of the day walking out the door.

Hood cleaning, filter changes and cooler temperature checks were somebody's job in theory, but nothing reminded anyone, and health-code logs were a scramble before inspections.

What they track

The equipment

Walk-in cooler & freezer
Inventory-critical
Espresso machines
Revenue-critical
Ovens & ranges
Service-critical
Dishwasher
Chemical & temp checks
Ice machine
Scale & sanitation
Hood & exhaust
Health-code compliance
A day with Equipora

How Marlowe & Finch Café uses it

  1. 1

    Back-of-house gets labeled

    Every cooler, the espresso machines, ovens, dishwasher and ice machine got a QR label. Staff can report an issue the moment something feels off, no manager needed.

  2. 2

    Early warning beats spoilage

    When the walk-in started running warm, a barista scanned it and tapped “Not cooling / warm.” Repeated reports surfaced the failing compressor before it quit for good.

  3. 3

    Cleaning & checks run on schedule

    Hood cleaning, filter changes, cooler temp logs and descaling are recurring PMs with reminders, so health-code tasks stop depending on memory.

  4. 4

    Inspection logs are always ready

    Each piece of equipment carries its full service history, so pulling records for a health inspection takes minutes, not a frantic morning.

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Report a problem
Walk-in Cooler #1
Won't turn onNot cooling / warmLeaking
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The login-free scan a tech sees

Where the savings come from

Before & after, line by line

MeasureBeforeWith Equipora
Inventory lost to cooler failures~$3,200 / year~$1,800 / year
Espresso/rush hours lost to downtime~18 hrs / year~13 hrs / year
Health-code prep time~half a day~2 hrs
Overdue hood/filter cleaningroutinerare
“Losing a walk-in overnight is the kind of mistake you only want to make once. Now the cooler usually gives us a heads-up that it's struggling before it actually gives up.”
Owner, Marlowe & Finch Café

Picture this for your restaurant / cafe.

Start free, label your first machines before lunch, and see your own numbers instead of ours.