Using awnings has long been a favourite of many businesses. It can add to the aesthetic value, increase capacity and make a space overall more enticing for customers. Have you thought about using awnings for your food services business? There are multiple options you can choose to enhance your business, and to make sure awnings are the best option for you. Retractable awnings are an especially good choice, adept at making a business space more versatile and more geared up to its target audience.
Many UK businesses choose to have awnings installed in their space, be it in front of the property or at the back where customers will be sitting. In general, businesses in the food industry like cafes, bars, restaurants and delicatessens can make significantly more money from having a retractable awning. This all depends on your decision to install it at a particular time of year, when your customers will be able to make the most of it and how quickly you plan on getting it installed.
How can a retractable awning benefit your business in the food services industry?
There are many ways you can benefit from an awning in the food services industry, especially if it is retractable and you can choose when to use it. A retractable awning gives you the flexibility to choose when and where to make use of your appliance. You can have it folded away when your customers want sunlight and have it folded out when you want to provide some shade, or some shelter from the rain or wind.
These are some of the ways you might use an awning in the food services industry:
· To provide an extended seating area. Awnings can offer very good protection against the weather so if you need more seating, you can extend outwards without needing to build a permanent extension. This also gives you the added option of retracting the awning in summer so that customers can enjoy the sunshine. You can get considerably more covers when you open up your building with the help of an awning. The tough fabric cover of the awning is stronger and more resilient, giving people better protection.
· To offer shade at the front of the building. Many businesses in the food industry such as cafes, bars and restaurants will have large panes of glass at the front of the building to welcome customers in. The downside is that they can be very hot in summer. Awnings can offer shade and reduce heat, whilst protecting furniture from harmful UV rays as well.
· To create outdoor seating on a patio area. You have two main options when providing shade for outside seating: umbrellas of awnings. Awnings need to be used near a building to they can be attached to an external wall, so they tend to be used on patios and existing seating areas. It’s a touch that your customers will really appreciate, and you can make the patio space feel more like the interior of the building if you prefer, with heat lamps and even glass walls for additional weather protection.