Overview
Popeye’s Louisiana Kitchen, or often referred to as Popeye’s Chicken & Biscuits, is a large quick-service chicken chain with more than 2,000 locations in the United States and in over 22 countries.
Challenges
The Popeye’s in Oklahoma all have steam tables where a float regulates the water levels. When the water level drops, more water will go into the steam table because of the float. But due to extremely hard water in the state, the float would scale up badly and would not allow the tables to refill. This would be a constant issue that required a lot of labor, cleaning and replacement.
Solution
A commercial model SB-250 was installed in each of the Popeye’s branches in more than 40 locations around the Oklahoma state area.
Installed
2011-present
Outcome
The ScaleBlaster unit has kept the floats completely scale-free, saving the branches from the continuous maintenance they were experiencing.
Founder and Co-Owner of Clearwater Enviro Technologies
Jeff Conway is the founder and co-owner of Clearwater Enviro Technologies, which opened in 1989 from the city it started from – Clearwater, Florida. The first product line was the Clearwater Pool Systems with Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin as it’s company spokesman. In 1995, the electronic water conditioner ScaleBlaster was added to the product line. Jeff was born in Auburn, Indiana but grew up in Fairfield, Connecticut. He is a graduate of Florida Southern College in 1978 and has resided in the Tampa Bay area ever since. Several products have evolved over the years, making the company the largest manufacturer of mineral ionization equipment and electronic water conditioners in the world.