Wednesday 27 March 2013

Happy Easter from Mid West


From everyone here at Mid West, we'd like to wish you all a very happy Easter!

In true Mid West style, we'd also like to introduce you to a couple of items of catering equipment who are particularly excited about Easter. Meet two of Blast Chiller Cat's closest friends, Hoppy the Hot Cupboard and Beaky the Undercounter Dishwasher...

Hoppy the Hot Cupboard

Picture of a 1200mm commercial hot cupboard
Hoppy is a lovely 1200mm hot cupboard that just so happens to think it's a rabbit. He has two shelves inside, each capable of holding three 1/1 gastronorm containers, and would be perfect for smaller catering requirements. With a warm and fuzzy personality to match his bunny-like ways, Hoppy also provides a warm prep area on top, making him small but versatile.
 

Beaky the Undercounter Dishwasher
Picture of a commercial undercounter dishwasher
Beaky is a chirpy little dishwasher who, despite his bird-like appearance, has a nice, quiet operation. He was bought new last year and has only performed at one event. He is quick and efficient, washing up to 500 plates an hour. Beaky offers two wash cycles and would be well-suited to life in a small catering establishment such as a pub or restaurant.
 

Friday 22 March 2013

Watch out, more poetry!

Having read yesterday's epic poem in honour of World Poetry Day, Mid West sales guy Mike found himself suddenly consumed by a strong desire to communicate through the medium of rhyme. Accordingly, he sent over this marvellous creation which we feel compelled to share. So sit back, relax, and enjoy some more dodgy poetry courtesy of Mid West...

A lonely produce washer.
We think poor Mike has been
spending too much time in
the warehouse...

A lonely produce washer stood,
Amongst a set of durable goods,
All shiny clean it posed away,
To get itself sold to no affray.

Day after day it gleamed in vain,
For people seemed to abstain,
From buying the washer proud as punch,
It just needed the chance to wash some lunch.

This plucky washer stood its ground,
To its surprise it surely found,
A suitable buyer from Anglesey,
Who bought the washer and said “that’s for me”!

Thursday 21 March 2013

World Poetry Day - oh yes!

Well how's about that then? It's World Poetry Day and nobody thought to tell us! After our last attempt at poetry, perhaps it was for the best... Undeterred though, here is our latest offering. It tells the tale of some rather unfortunate catering equipment, but just as it seems all is lost, Mid West swoops in to save the day with our excellent stock of reasonably priced second-hand equipment! Naturally. Enjoy!


There was a fine stainless steel oven,
That decided to start up a coven,
It roasted and braised,
In a network of caves,
Not thinking of the repercussions.

Now all of these potions were fine,
Nothing more than a big waste of time
But the lack of extraction
Caused a reaction
With noises and smoke and some grime.

Nearby a whimsical griddle
Was learning to play on a fiddle.
It was singing a song
When the oven went wrong,
Causing the poor thing to widdle.

This startled a close by food chute
Who was happily playing the flute.
All its burgers fell out
And splatted about -
The effect was not very cute.

For a passing by janitor sink
The fright took it right to the brink,
And with a small sigh
It keeled over and died
And landed with an almighty “clink!”

Luckily in stepped Mid West
And replaced these daft items with zest.
When your equipment is dead
Don’t take to your bed!
You can buy more from us (we’re the best!).

Wednesday 20 March 2013

International Happiness Day!

Today is the first ever United Nations International Day of Happiness. We are naturally happy people here at Mid West, so we've put together a quick list of things you can be happy about too!

The happiest servery in the world
1. We have loads of nearly-new catering equipment bargains in stock! This should make you happy, as you can buy yourself a fab item of equipment for a fraction of its RRP!

2. You can be happy in the knowledge that for every item you buy from us, we will make a donation to the Children's Food Trust to support their work on a number of children's food issues. Warm fuzzy feelings all round!

3. If you are a regular reader of our blog, you will know that every item of our equipment has its own little personality, from the sweet-natured Blast Chiller Cat, to Terry the Tray Dispenser, to (the rather terrifying) Vanessa the Veg Prep. By giving one of these little fellows a home, you will have a new friend in your kitchen. It's a bit like buying a pet. And pets make people happy. Fact.
 

Friday 15 March 2013

Cheltenham Festival - Day 4

As the Cheltenham Festival draws to a close today, we are taking some time to reflect on CowCow's predictions so far. He has predicted one winner correctly, and many of his other predictions have almost finished their races - great success! But like they say, it isn't over until the fat pony wins...
 


If you need a reminder of what's going on and how CowCow generates his predictions, visit Tuesday's blog post. You can also read back over the last three days of predictions, which are all up here on the blog.

CowCow has selected a "diverse" selection of horses today, so we'll see what happens! As always, follow us on Twitter for photographic reminders of CowCow's chosen horses throughout the day.

CowCow's Cheltenham Festival Predictions - 15th March 2013

Race 1 - Gassin Golf
Race 2 - Ifandbutwhynot
Race 3 - Inish Island
Race 4 - Silviniaco Conti
Race 5 - Chapoturgeon
Race 6 - Make Your Mark
Race 7 - Oh Crick
 

Thursday 14 March 2013

Cheltenham Festival - Day 3

After a slightly better performance yesterday (he successfully picked a winner and a second place!), CowCow has thrown himself, quite literally, into choosing today's horses. He still seems a little confused by the whole thing, but we're feeling confident nonetheless...
 


If you're udderly(!) baffled about what's going on, check out Tuesday's blog post, which explains why a cuddly cow is predicting races, and how he's doing it. Keep an eye on our Twitter account throughout the day too, as we'll be tweeting photos of CowCow with his predictions, in a series of endearing poses. Naturally.
 

CowCow's Cheltenham Festival Predictions - 14th March 2013

Race 1 - Captain Conan
Race 2 - Ballybough Pat 
Race 3 - For Non Stop
Race 4 - Wonderful Charm
Race 5 - Tartak
Race 6 - Prince of Pirates
Race 7 - Freneys Well
 

Wednesday 13 March 2013

Cheltenham Festival - Day 2

After yesterday's "slightly iffy" start, CowCow is hoping to redeem himself today with some fantastic predictions for the Cheltenham races. Only time will tell whether he's destined to be a cash cow or a crash cow though. Yesterday's Cheltenham Festival predictions from our bewildered bovine included horses which fell, had false starts, and which came in last place, so surely things can only get better..?
 


Here are today's predictions. For more info on exactly how CowCow chooses the horses, see yesterday's blog post! As with yesterday, you can also follow us on Twitter to see photos of our lovely CowCow with his predictions shortly before each race.
 

CowCow's Cheltenham Festival Predictions - 13th March 2013
 
Race 1 -  Top Smart
Race 2 - Taquin Du Seuil
Race 3 - Terminal
Race 4 - Sprinter Sacre
Race 5 - Meister Eckhart
Race 6 - Another Sensation
Race 7 - Fascino Rustico
 

Tuesday 12 March 2013

Cheltenham Festival - Day 1

Although our warehouse is in Swindon, Mid West HQ is based up in Cheltenham, less than 2 miles down the road from the racecourse. As it's race week this week (aka "commuting nightmare week"), we thought we'd share our predictions!

As the now infamous Paul the Octopus demonstrated at the last World Cup, animals are great at this kind of thing. We therefore asked CowCow, HQ's resident office animal, to do the honours.
 


For each of the day's races, we printed out the names of the horses, and CowCow launched himself enthusiastically at the names. The one his moustache landed nearest to each time is listed below.

Visit the blog each day for his latest predictions. You can also follow the action over on Twitter, where CowCow will be proudly posing with the name of his chosen horse, a little while before each race.


CowCow's Cheltenham Festival Predictions - 12th March 2013

Race 1 - Pique Sous
Race 2 - Arvika Ligeonniere
Race 3 - Summery Justice
Race 4 - Grandouet
Race 5 - Stone Light
Race 6 - Fourjacks
 

Thursday 7 March 2013

International School Meals Day


As you may already know, we are huge fans of the Children's Food Trust, and give them a donation for every item we sell. We think that good nutrition for children is really important, so when the Children's Food Trust announced that they are backing International School Meals Day this Friday, we decided to help spread the word too!


One of the things that can help schools to provide fab school meals is having access to proper, good-quality catering equipment. Catering equipment can be very expensive to buy new though, and budgets are often tight, so we always offer great prices to schools on our lovely second-hand commercial equipment. We've already given a number of schools great deals on equipment, so if you know a school who is in dire need of some catering equipment, send them our way!

To read more about our link with the Children's Food Trust, and to see all the items we currently have in stock, visit our website here.
 

Monday 4 March 2013

Mmm, Mid West Pie!

Apparently it's British Pie Week this week. To celebrate this momentous and quite frankly delicious occasion, we have created our very own Mid West Pie! The oh-so-yummy Mid West Pie contains veg prep machines, bratt pans, combi ovens and fridges - all ideal pie ingredients, we're sure you'll agree. Bon appetit!

Mid West Pie
Behold the magnificent Mid West Pie!
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