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Dobbies, Antrim

Foodservice Solutions

Gratte Brothers Foodservice Solutions was delighted to complete the design, supply and installation for several commercial catering facilities within Dobbies' largest store yet: their new site in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Dobbies is the largest garden centre retailer in the UK with 77 stores nationwide, and we are delighted to have worked with them on multiple projects.

Foodservice Solutions

Project Information

Client:
Dobbies Garden Centres
Main Contractor:
ISG
Sector:
Leisure/Garden Centres
Duration:
6 Months
Services:
Commercial Catering Facilities

Scope of Work

We designed, supplied and installed equipment across several areas to support the catering offering at Dobbies Garden Centres’ new 110,000 sq. ft. store. This included a main kitchen serving the garden centre restaurant, a servery area, front and rear coffee counters inclusive of under counter refrigeration, and bakery area. Each of these areas were carefully designed, specified and installed to meet the individual requirements demanded by each space.

The size of this site cements it as truly being a destination store. As such, the project incorporated numerous sites for food and drink. Alongside the designated refreshment spaces, our scope extended to include a tea, coffee and cake counter for the soft play area, plus a dishwasher area, store area, staff lockers, and internal walk-in cold and freezer rooms.

Equipment Specification

We installed a wide range of equipment to maximise efficiency for Dobbies Antrim’s food and drink offering:

  • Front and rear coffee counter: including under counter refrigeration, bottle cooler, water boilers.
  • Dispense bar area: including under counter refrigeration, bottle cooler, water boilers and ice machine.
  • Soft play area counter: including under counter refrigeration, bottle cooler and water boiler.
  • Main kitchen: including combination ovens, deep fat fryers and hot pass counters including extraction canopies and service void.
  • Bakery area: including combination ovens and extraction canopy.
  • Dishwasher area: rack conveyor dishwasher, utensil washer and glass washer.
  • Store area: including racking and COSHH area, washing machine and tumble dryer.

Final Components

All works were completed on schedule and to programme. Our team successfully navigated all challenges presented by this vast project, including the efficient project management of multiple suppliers, sub-contractors and specialist installers on-site simultaneously. We are pleased to report that our service met our clients expectations, and we are honoured to add this site to our growing list of Dobbies Garden Centres case studies.

“Our redevelopment at Antrim in Belfast was a challenging project in a live environment. Gratte Brothers provided full turnkey services for the kitchen, café and soft play hospitality offers from scoping and design through to installation, handover and training. Gratte Brothers were as always, a pleasure to work with, always provided a highly responsive and reliable service and a great end product!” – Andrew Horrix, Head of Concessions and Store Development

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