KaTom Discount Codes

KaTom Discount Codes — Commercial Kitchen & Restaurant Supply

KaTom Restaurant Supply sells commercial kitchen equipment and restaurant supplies at wholesale prices, with thousands of products qualifying for fast free shipping. The catalogue runs from cooking equipment and refrigeration through to restaurant furniture, beverage equipment and break room supplies. Buying commercial kit is a different exercise from buying domestic appliances, and the differences cost money if you miss them.

What They Supply

• Restaurant equipment — cooking, refrigeration and prep.
• Restaurant furniture — tables, seating and outdoor.
• Beverage equipment — coffee, dispensing and ice.
• Break room equipment for offices and staff areas.
• Smallwares — pans, utensils, storage and serving.
• Specialist ranges including Asian restaurant supplies.

Commercial Equipment Is Not Bigger Domestic Equipment

The distinction matters before you buy. Commercial appliances are built for continuous duty — a domestic oven is designed for a family meal, a commercial one for eight hours of service — and they are built to be repaired rather than replaced, with parts available for years.

They also make demands a home kitchen does not. Many units need three-phase power or a dedicated circuit, gas equipment needs correct connection and ventilation, and much of it requires a commercial extraction hood to be installed legally. Check the electrical and gas specification against your premises before ordering, not after delivery.

Certification, and Why It Decides the Purchase

For a commercial food business the relevant question is not whether equipment is good but whether it is certified for commercial food service — health inspectors look for it, and uncertified equipment can fail an inspection regardless of how well it works. This is the single biggest reason a business cannot simply buy a domestic appliance to save money.

If you are buying for a home kitchen because you like the build quality, that is a valid choice — but check dimensions, power and ventilation carefully, because commercial kit assumes a commercial installation.

Delivery, Access and Installation

Commercial equipment is heavy and frequently arrives on a pallet by freight rather than parcel carrier. Check three things before ordering: whether delivery is kerbside or inside, whether you have people and equipment to move it, and whether it will physically fit through your doors and any turn in the corridor.

Inspect on delivery and note any damage before signing. Freight damage is far easier to resolve at the point of delivery than discovered a week later, and on an item this size that difference is significant.

How to Save at KaTom

• Apply a current KaTom code from the offers above at checkout.
• Filter for items qualifying for free shipping — freight on heavy equipment is a real cost.
• Buy smallwares in bulk with a large equipment order rather than separately.
• Check power, gas and ventilation requirements before ordering.
• Confirm access dimensions — a return on palletised equipment is expensive.

Best Time to Buy at KaTom

Restaurant supply discounts around the start of the year, when operators refit after the holiday season, and over Black Friday. New openings and refurbishments are best planned with lead times in mind, since commercial equipment is not always in stock. Browse more business and office discount codes and appliance offers for November 2026.

Buying Used Versus New for a New Kitchen

Opening a food business is expensive and used equipment is tempting. The split worth knowing: stainless prep tables, shelving, sinks and simple furniture hold up well second-hand and are sensible savings. Refrigeration and anything with a compressor or complex control board is where used equipment costs more than it saves, because a failing walk-in or fridge means lost stock as well as a repair bill.

Buy those new where budget allows, and put the saving into used prep and storage instead.

Smallwares Add Up Faster Than Equipment

New operators budget carefully for the oven and then discover that pans, containers, utensils, thermometers and storage quietly total a comparable amount. Build that list before opening rather than discovering it in the first week.

Buy consumable smallwares in quantity with the main order — they will be replaced continuously, and consolidating avoids paying shipping repeatedly on light, bulky items.

Check the delivery method before ordering anything large. Commercial equipment ships freight, and a standard freight delivery means the driver brings it to the kerb on a pallet and no further. Liftgate service and inside delivery are usually chargeable extras, and a site without a loading dock needs them — discovering that with a combi oven sitting on the pavement is an expensive afternoon.