Daily start-up synchronisation. The team identified patterns in each store's daily routines and processes, used them as a baseline, and sequenced equipment start-up to remove waste while monitoring the effect in real time.
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Case study · Eniscope
24% energy reduction for KFC in South Africa
How a 16-store KFC franchise used real-time monitoring to find, fix and prove energy savings, store by store.
- Moral Foods (KFC franchisee)
- Quick-service restaurants
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
24%
lower electricity use across two pilot stores
- 24%
- reduction in monthly electrical consumption
- R148,190
- net savings over six months (around £8,500)
- 2
- pilot stores: Inanda and Phoenix
- 5,951
- customer meals the savings equate to
Brief overview
Rising energy costs across a 16-store estate
Best.Energy's South African partner, EnergyRite, had been working with Moral Foods, a local franchisee of Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), for only a few months before generating impressive savings for two pilot stores.
Moral Foods' owner, Mr. Rughubeer, contacted Scott Fuller, EnergyRite's Managing Director, after hearing about the savings the company had achieved for another local business. Facing increasing energy costs across his estate of 16 successful stores in the KwaZulu-Natal region, he was keen to get a better understanding of the energy hot-spots within his business and identify opportunities for savings.
A pilot scheme
Measure first, then find the savings
EnergyRite performed a full site audit and installed Best.Energy's real-time energy monitoring solution, Eniscope, within the Inanda and Phoenix stores. The two sites would act as a pilot for a wider store roll-out.
The data collected through Eniscope allowed Scott and his team to perform a detailed analysis of the energy consumption within those stores, so that no- or low-cost savings could be identified and presented to Mr. Rughubeer.
“Using data collected in real-time from Best.Energy's sophisticated analytical software, I was amazed how quickly potential areas of savings were identified. Within the first month we were saving Mr. Rughubeer a substantial amount of money.”
Implementation
Four changes, mostly no- or low-cost
Chillers on timers and thermostats. On-site chillers were fitted with timers and thermostats, eliminating the wasteful legacy system that relied on pressure pads.
LED lighting throughout. LED lighting was fitted across each store, front and back of house, including signage.
Real-time verification. Every change was tracked against the Eniscope baseline, so savings were proven on the bill rather than estimated.
Savings
Nearly a quarter off the electricity bill
Over six months, EnergyRite generated a total of R148,190 (around £8,500) of savings across the two stores' electricity bills, cutting nearly a quarter (24%) of their total monthly electrical consumption.
In simple terms, that is equivalent to the cost of providing 5,951 Streetwise 2 meals to customers.
InandaR157,563 vs R207,320
PhoenixR311,705 vs R410,139
- Bill without savings
- Bill with savings
What's next
From two stores to a national opportunity
The energy savings don't stop there. Scott and the team at EnergyRite have been given the green light to extend the pilot to the remaining 13 stores and are already identifying further reductions across them.
The success has opened doors with other franchisees across the region, with negotiations for a further 150 stores already underway and the potential to install across the 900 KFC franchises within South Africa.
“We are delighted with the results EnergyRite have been able to achieve, they have exceeded our expectations.”
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