Leasing program cooked up for kitchens

Leading commercial food service equipment company Welbilt has teamed up with equipment finance lender Marlin Finance to offer a specialist leasing program for commercial kitchens in the US.

The program is designed to provide all the hot, cold and beverage equipment needed to run a professional kitchen. It includes the entire range of Welbilt brands and is offered in partnership with lessor Marlin Finance.

Welbilt says the up-front costs for setting up a professional kitchen will be significantly lower, meaning the cash flow savings can be invested in other areas of the new or established restaurant business.

Hubertus Muehlhaeuser, president and chief executive officer of Welbilt, said: “We are excited to be the first company to offer commercial kitchen leasing solutions that will allow our customers to effectively ‘pay as you go’, rather than to pay entirely up front, for their professional kitchen.

“This is another important step to further tailor our services to our customers’ needs and underlines our commitment to revolutionize the foodservice industry with fresh concepts.”

Headquartered in Florida and operating 17 manufacturing facilities throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia, Welbilt sells through a global network of over 3,500 distributors and dealers in over 100 countries. The company has approximately 5,800 employees and generated sales of $1.45 billion in 2017.