Volume 3 / Issue 2 May-June 2014 Taste Continued Inside... To quote a Sonny and Cher song; Eggs keep going higher all the time Piglets have a disease and that’s thinning the herd Can’t catch fish so it gets more and more expensive And the beat goes on, the beat goes on Drums keep pounding a rhythm to the brain La de da de de, la de da de da Did you sing that in your best Sonny, or Cher voice? Ok – I may have taken some liberties with that first verse! Truth is prices are on the rise again. If you don’t react now it could be a long summer of hard work and diminishing returns. e losses will not affect your employees, they will continue to get paid every week based on their wage and hours worked plus tips in the case of your servers.
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Volume 3 / Issue 2May-June 2014
Taste
2063 Allen Street Ext. • Falconer, NY 14733800-632-6328 • www.maplevalefarms.com
Reduce Food Waste To Gain Profit
Aaron Barnes, Corporate Chef
Continued Inside...
Reducing Food Spoilage: Spoilage is a major contributor to food waste and lost profit. Spoiled food will definitely spoil your profits. Spoilage can lead to decrease in food taste, presentation, and possible foodborne illness. To maintain a good reputation with your customers you need to ensure that spoiled product never makes it to the table. Restaurants suffer a monetary loss when they are forced to throw out product. The next four procedures will decrease your lost profit when used properly.
puRchaSing pRacticeS This is where reducing spoilage begins, by purchasing fresh items in appropriate amounts from a reputable source.
• Always purchase from a licensed food vendor, Maplevale Farms has HACCP Guidelines from purchasing through receiving, storing and until delivery• Create purchase specifications for your sales department for consistent quality product, using product codes will ensure that you receive the same product every time• Do not over order product unless you have proper storage and a use for it in the future
Receiving Now that you ordered the right amount of quality products you must properly receive and store your new inventory.
• Check each product for temperature, quality, freshness and damage upon arrival• Make sure cooler and freezer items go quickly to the correct spot after delivery• Clear doorways, docks and storage areas so the driver can efficiently deliver products
StoRage Proper storage methods will increase shelf life of products.
• Promptly put order away in established area, cooler, freezer and dry stock• FIOF- First In First Out. Proper rotation is a must, enforce and teach this to your staff• Check cooler and freezer temperature three times a day, and record in a log, you will soon see a pattern in your temperature
uSage pRoceduReS Reducing spoilage takes constant effort and overseeing. Encourage the following procedures in your daily usage.
• Employees need to check for “use by” & “expiration dates”, to know shelf life• Use a daily “eye ball” inventory to know what needs pulled for the shift (don’t guess)• If you are heavy on items with short shelf life try to sell as a feature or daily special• Make sure all cooler items a kept below 40o and hot food 140o to ensure quality• Properly chill items using ice baths, ice wands, sheet trays and cooling racks• Use a par sheet so you don’t over pull, always date items when pulled
Every time an item goes in the trash is profit lost. When properly rotated product is utilized is profit gained.
To quote a Sonny and Cher song;
Eggs keep going higher all the time Piglets have a disease and that’s thinning the herd Can’t catch fish so it gets more and more expensive
And the beat goes on, the beat goes on Drums keep pounding a rhythm to the brain La de da de de, la de da de da
Did you sing that in your best Sonny, or Cher voice? Ok – I may have taken some liberties with that first verse!
Truth is prices are on the rise again. If you don’t react now it could be a long summer of hard work and diminishing returns. The losses will not affect your employees, they will continue to get paid every week based on their wage and hours worked plus tips in the case of your servers.
goes On
New at Maplevale Farms These great items are now available to order!
1050 Packer CR Short Loin 0x1 ChRes1064 Creekstone CR Strip Loin 0x11122 Heartland CR Chuck Flap Meat, Prime1124 IBP CR Strip Loin, Petite2038 Maplevale Fresh Steak Burger, 7oz, 80/202048 Maplevale Fresh Steak Burger, 2.67oz, 80/202410 Tyson Flame Cooked Beef Patty, 2oz2412 Tyson Flame Cooked Beef Patty, 3oz2426 Advance Red. Sodium Beef Steak Fritter3558 Fontanini BR Beef Pot Roast w/Gravy3664 Advance Country Fried Veal & Beef Patty4786 Hatfield Fat Free Boneless Ham w/a4788 Hatfield Chef Signature Party Ham Boneless4936 JennieO Sliced Turkey Combo Pack5148 Cudahy Applewood Smoked Bacon 18/225158 Morrel Cherrywood Smoked Bacon 14/175194 JennieO Crispy Cooked Turkey Bacon5344 Hatfield Sausage Patty, 2oz. cooked5350 Fontanini Bulk Pork Breakfast Sausage5382 Farmland Skin on Sausage Link, 1.6oz. cooked5392 Farmland Skin on Sausage Link, .8oz. cooked5754 Johnsnvill Ultimate Bratwurst, 5-1 cooked5766 Fontanini Bulk Chorizo Sausage, raw 5776 Fontanini Mild Italian Sausage Link, raw 5794 Fontanini Hot Italian Sausage Link, raw 5868 Fontanini Mild Italian Sausage Link, cooked 5870 Fontanini Hot Italian Sausage Link, cooked 6634 DQ House Chicken Breast Fillet, ckd, grill marks 7016 Brakebush 3pc Honey Battered Chicken7088 DQ House Buffalo Breaded Chicken Chunks7098 Tyson Oven Roasted Magnum Chk Wing7182 Koch Chicken Tender Fritter, raw7468 DQ House Buffalo Breaded Chicken Breast7492 DQ House Breaded Chicken Breast Nugget7628 Barber Chicken Breast Kiev8920 FPI Mediterranean Crusted Salmon9166 FPI Pan Seared Garlic Herb Tilapia9594 FPI Pan Seared Lemon Pepper Sole 11316 Packer Minced Lobster Meat, Canadian14648 OldEPaso Fold n’Go Breakfast Tortilla14674 Rich’s Parbaked Pizza Crust 12x1614894 Fontanini Italian Sausage Pizza Topping14904 Fontanini Ital Sausage Pizza Topping, colossal15212 MamRan Italian Wedding Meatball, cooked15226 MamRan Italian Meatball, .5oz cooked15278 MamRan Italian Meatball, 1oz cooked15316 MamRan Italian Meatball, 2oz cooked
So who will be affected by the higher costs that aren’t offset by an increase in your sell prices? The answer to this question should be very clear.
That’s right – it’s time to get out your calculator and adjust those menu prices again. As they say, the beat goes on…
Today’s media such as news papers, radio, television, the internet will help you to be comfortable making your adjustments. The news of rising prices have been clearly communicated. Take advantage of the fact that your customers are aware of it and should be prepared to pay more for your excellent food and service. You work hard, get the return you deserve.
Here are some everyday items and the % of increase in cost since 6 months ago.
57488 Chocolate Fudge Bars Rich & creamy chocolate fudge bar.
Au Gratin, Scalloped & Hashbrowns 25802 Au Gratin Potatoes 6/2.54 lb. Peeled, sliced potatoes in savory seasoned cheese sauce.
25818 Scalloped Potatoes 6/2.54 lb. Peeled, sliced potatoes in creamy sauce seasoned with onions & cheese.
25858 Fresh Cut Hashbrowns 6/2.125 lb. Lightly seasoned fresh cut shreds that shape easily into patties & cook to golden brown, while maintaining natural texture.
All of these Idahoan items are gluten free and contain no MSG. Always 100% Idaho® Potatoes.
So who will be affected by the higher costs that aren’t offset by an increase in your sell prices? The answer to this question should be very clear.
That’s right – it’s time to get out your calculator and adjust those menu prices again. As they say, the beat goes on…
Today’s media such as news papers, radio, television, the internet will help you to be comfortable making your adjustments. The news of rising prices have been clearly communicated. Take advantage of the fact that your customers are aware of it and should be prepared to pay more for your excellent food and service. You work hard, get the return you deserve.
Here are some everyday items and the % of increase in cost since 6 months ago.
57488 Chocolate Fudge Bars Rich & creamy chocolate fudge bar.
Au Gratin, Scalloped & Hashbrowns 25802 Au Gratin Potatoes 6/2.54 lb. Peeled, sliced potatoes in savory seasoned cheese sauce.
25818 Scalloped Potatoes 6/2.54 lb. Peeled, sliced potatoes in creamy sauce seasoned with onions & cheese.
25858 Fresh Cut Hashbrowns 6/2.125 lb. Lightly seasoned fresh cut shreds that shape easily into patties & cook to golden brown, while maintaining natural texture.
All of these Idahoan items are gluten free and contain no MSG. Always 100% Idaho® Potatoes.
So who will be affected by the higher costs that aren’t offset by an increase in your sell prices? The answer to this question should be very clear.
That’s right – it’s time to get out your calculator and adjust those menu prices again. As they say, the beat goes on…
Today’s media such as news papers, radio, television, the internet will help you to be comfortable making your adjustments. The news of rising prices have been clearly communicated. Take advantage of the fact that your customers are aware of it and should be prepared to pay more for your excellent food and service. You work hard, get the return you deserve.
Here are some everyday items and the % of increase in cost since 6 months ago.
57488 Chocolate Fudge Bars Rich & creamy chocolate fudge bar.
Au Gratin, Scalloped & Hashbrowns 25802 Au Gratin Potatoes 6/2.54 lb. Peeled, sliced potatoes in savory seasoned cheese sauce.
25818 Scalloped Potatoes 6/2.54 lb. Peeled, sliced potatoes in creamy sauce seasoned with onions & cheese.
25858 Fresh Cut Hashbrowns 6/2.125 lb. Lightly seasoned fresh cut shreds that shape easily into patties & cook to golden brown, while maintaining natural texture.
All of these Idahoan items are gluten free and contain no MSG. Always 100% Idaho® Potatoes.
25764 Steakhouse Mashed 12/20 oz. Hearty with lots of natural lumps, cream, butter & seasonings.
25772 Premium Homestyle 12/28 oz. Naturally lumpy, buttered & seasoned.
25792 Real Mashed 12/26 oz. Irresistibly authentic with real butter added.
25790 Idaho Supreme Complete Granules 6/#10 Fortified with vitamin C. Add milk, salt & margarine then season as desired.
Volume 3 / Issue 2May-June 2014
Taste
2063 Allen Street Ext. • Falconer, NY 14733800-632-6328 • www.maplevalefarms.com
Reduce Food Waste To Gain Profit
Aaron Barnes, Corporate Chef
Continued Inside...
Reducing Food Spoilage: Spoilage is a major contributor to food waste and lost profit. Spoiled food will definitely spoil your profits. Spoilage can lead to decrease in food taste, presentation, and possible foodborne illness. To maintain a good reputation with your customers you need to ensure that spoiled product never makes it to the table. Restaurants suffer a monetary loss when they are forced to throw out product. The next four procedures will decrease your lost profit when used properly.
puRchaSing pRacticeS This is where reducing spoilage begins, by purchasing fresh items in appropriate amounts from a reputable source.
• Always purchase from a licensed food vendor, Maplevale Farms has HACCP Guidelines from purchasing through receiving, storing and until delivery• Create purchase specifications for your sales department for consistent quality product, using product codes will ensure that you receive the same product every time• Do not over order product unless you have proper storage and a use for it in the future
Receiving Now that you ordered the right amount of quality products you must properly receive and store your new inventory.
• Check each product for temperature, quality, freshness and damage upon arrival• Make sure cooler and freezer items go quickly to the correct spot after delivery• Clear doorways, docks and storage areas so the driver can efficiently deliver products
StoRage Proper storage methods will increase shelf life of products.
• Promptly put order away in established area, cooler, freezer and dry stock• FIOF- First In First Out. Proper rotation is a must, enforce and teach this to your staff• Check cooler and freezer temperature three times a day, and record in a log, you will soon see a pattern in your temperature
uSage pRoceduReS Reducing spoilage takes constant effort and overseeing. Encourage the following procedures in your daily usage.
• Employees need to check for “use by” & “expiration dates”, to know shelf life• Use a daily “eye ball” inventory to know what needs pulled for the shift (don’t guess)• If you are heavy on items with short shelf life try to sell as a feature or daily special• Make sure all cooler items a kept below 40o and hot food 140o to ensure quality• Properly chill items using ice baths, ice wands, sheet trays and cooling racks• Use a par sheet so you don’t over pull, always date items when pulled
Every time an item goes in the trash is profit lost. When properly rotated product is utilized is profit gained.
To quote a Sonny and Cher song;
Eggs keep going higher all the time Piglets have a disease and that’s thinning the herd Can’t catch fish so it gets more and more expensive
And the beat goes on, the beat goes on Drums keep pounding a rhythm to the brain La de da de de, la de da de da
Did you sing that in your best Sonny, or Cher voice? Ok – I may have taken some liberties with that first verse!
Truth is prices are on the rise again. If you don’t react now it could be a long summer of hard work and diminishing returns. The losses will not affect your employees, they will continue to get paid every week based on their wage and hours worked plus tips in the case of your servers.
goes On
New at Maplevale Farms These great items are now available to order!
1050 Packer CR Short Loin 0x1 ChRes1064 Creekstone CR Strip Loin 0x11122 Heartland CR Chuck Flap Meat, Prime1124 IBP CR Strip Loin, Petite2038 Maplevale Fresh Steak Burger, 7oz, 80/202048 Maplevale Fresh Steak Burger, 2.67oz, 80/202410 Tyson Flame Cooked Beef Patty, 2oz2412 Tyson Flame Cooked Beef Patty, 3oz2426 Advance Red. Sodium Beef Steak Fritter3558 Fontanini BR Beef Pot Roast w/Gravy3664 Advance Country Fried Veal & Beef Patty4786 Hatfield Fat Free Boneless Ham w/a4788 Hatfield Chef Signature Party Ham Boneless4936 JennieO Sliced Turkey Combo Pack5148 Cudahy Applewood Smoked Bacon 18/225158 Morrel Cherrywood Smoked Bacon 14/175194 JennieO Crispy Cooked Turkey Bacon5344 Hatfield Sausage Patty, 2oz. cooked5350 Fontanini Bulk Pork Breakfast Sausage5382 Farmland Skin on Sausage Link, 1.6oz. cooked5392 Farmland Skin on Sausage Link, .8oz. cooked5754 Johnsnvill Ultimate Bratwurst, 5-1 cooked5766 Fontanini Bulk Chorizo Sausage, raw 5776 Fontanini Mild Italian Sausage Link, raw 5794 Fontanini Hot Italian Sausage Link, raw 5868 Fontanini Mild Italian Sausage Link, cooked 5870 Fontanini Hot Italian Sausage Link, cooked 6634 DQ House Chicken Breast Fillet, ckd, grill marks 7016 Brakebush 3pc Honey Battered Chicken7088 DQ House Buffalo Breaded Chicken Chunks7098 Tyson Oven Roasted Magnum Chk Wing7182 Koch Chicken Tender Fritter, raw7468 DQ House Buffalo Breaded Chicken Breast7492 DQ House Breaded Chicken Breast Nugget7628 Barber Chicken Breast Kiev8920 FPI Mediterranean Crusted Salmon9166 FPI Pan Seared Garlic Herb Tilapia9594 FPI Pan Seared Lemon Pepper Sole 11316 Packer Minced Lobster Meat, Canadian14648 OldEPaso Fold n’Go Breakfast Tortilla14674 Rich’s Parbaked Pizza Crust 12x1614894 Fontanini Italian Sausage Pizza Topping14904 Fontanini Ital Sausage Pizza Topping, colossal15212 MamRan Italian Wedding Meatball, cooked15226 MamRan Italian Meatball, .5oz cooked15278 MamRan Italian Meatball, 1oz cooked15316 MamRan Italian Meatball, 2oz cooked
2063 Allen Street Ext. • Falconer, NY 14733800-632-6328 • www.maplevalefarms.com
Reduce Food Waste To Gain Profit
Aaron Barnes, Corporate Chef
Continued Inside...
Reducing Food Spoilage: Spoilage is a major contributor to food waste and lost profit. Spoiled food will definitely spoil your profits. Spoilage can lead to decrease in food taste, presentation, and possible foodborne illness. To maintain a good reputation with your customers you need to ensure that spoiled product never makes it to the table. Restaurants suffer a monetary loss when they are forced to throw out product. The next four procedures will decrease your lost profit when used properly.
puRchaSing pRacticeS This is where reducing spoilage begins, by purchasing fresh items in appropriate amounts from a reputable source.
• Always purchase from a licensed food vendor, Maplevale Farms has HACCP Guidelines from purchasing through receiving, storing and until delivery• Create purchase specifications for your sales department for consistent quality product, using product codes will ensure that you receive the same product every time• Do not over order product unless you have proper storage and a use for it in the future
Receiving Now that you ordered the right amount of quality products you must properly receive and store your new inventory.
• Check each product for temperature, quality, freshness and damage upon arrival• Make sure cooler and freezer items go quickly to the correct spot after delivery• Clear doorways, docks and storage areas so the driver can efficiently deliver products
StoRage Proper storage methods will increase shelf life of products.
• Promptly put order away in established area, cooler, freezer and dry stock• FIOF- First In First Out. Proper rotation is a must, enforce and teach this to your staff• Check cooler and freezer temperature three times a day, and record in a log, you will soon see a pattern in your temperature
uSage pRoceduReS Reducing spoilage takes constant effort and overseeing. Encourage the following procedures in your daily usage.
• Employees need to check for “use by” & “expiration dates”, to know shelf life• Use a daily “eye ball” inventory to know what needs pulled for the shift (don’t guess)• If you are heavy on items with short shelf life try to sell as a feature or daily special• Make sure all cooler items a kept below 40o and hot food 140o to ensure quality• Properly chill items using ice baths, ice wands, sheet trays and cooling racks• Use a par sheet so you don’t over pull, always date items when pulled
Every time an item goes in the trash is profit lost. When properly rotated product is utilized is profit gained.
To quote a Sonny and Cher song;
Eggs keep going higher all the time Piglets have a disease and that’s thinning the herd Can’t catch fish so it gets more and more expensive
And the beat goes on, the beat goes on Drums keep pounding a rhythm to the brain La de da de de, la de da de da
Did you sing that in your best Sonny, or Cher voice? Ok – I may have taken some liberties with that first verse!
Truth is prices are on the rise again. If you don’t react now it could be a long summer of hard work and diminishing returns. The losses will not affect your employees, they will continue to get paid every week based on their wage and hours worked plus tips in the case of your servers.
goes On
New at Maplevale Farms These great items are now available to order!
1050 Packer CR Short Loin 0x1 ChRes1064 Creekstone CR Strip Loin 0x11122 Heartland CR Chuck Flap Meat, Prime1124 IBP CR Strip Loin, Petite2038 Maplevale Fresh Steak Burger, 7oz, 80/202048 Maplevale Fresh Steak Burger, 2.67oz, 80/202410 Tyson Flame Cooked Beef Patty, 2oz2412 Tyson Flame Cooked Beef Patty, 3oz2426 Advance Red. Sodium Beef Steak Fritter3558 Fontanini BR Beef Pot Roast w/Gravy3664 Advance Country Fried Veal & Beef Patty4786 Hatfield Fat Free Boneless Ham w/a4788 Hatfield Chef Signature Party Ham Boneless4936 JennieO Sliced Turkey Combo Pack5148 Cudahy Applewood Smoked Bacon 18/225158 Morrel Cherrywood Smoked Bacon 14/175194 JennieO Crispy Cooked Turkey Bacon5344 Hatfield Sausage Patty, 2oz. cooked5350 Fontanini Bulk Pork Breakfast Sausage5382 Farmland Skin on Sausage Link, 1.6oz. cooked5392 Farmland Skin on Sausage Link, .8oz. cooked5754 Johnsnvill Ultimate Bratwurst, 5-1 cooked5766 Fontanini Bulk Chorizo Sausage, raw 5776 Fontanini Mild Italian Sausage Link, raw 5794 Fontanini Hot Italian Sausage Link, raw 5868 Fontanini Mild Italian Sausage Link, cooked 5870 Fontanini Hot Italian Sausage Link, cooked 6634 DQ House Chicken Breast Fillet, ckd, grill marks 7016 Brakebush 3pc Honey Battered Chicken7088 DQ House Buffalo Breaded Chicken Chunks7098 Tyson Oven Roasted Magnum Chk Wing7182 Koch Chicken Tender Fritter, raw7468 DQ House Buffalo Breaded Chicken Breast7492 DQ House Breaded Chicken Breast Nugget7628 Barber Chicken Breast Kiev8920 FPI Mediterranean Crusted Salmon9166 FPI Pan Seared Garlic Herb Tilapia9594 FPI Pan Seared Lemon Pepper Sole 11316 Packer Minced Lobster Meat, Canadian14648 OldEPaso Fold n’Go Breakfast Tortilla14674 Rich’s Parbaked Pizza Crust 12x1614894 Fontanini Italian Sausage Pizza Topping14904 Fontanini Ital Sausage Pizza Topping, colossal15212 MamRan Italian Wedding Meatball, cooked15226 MamRan Italian Meatball, .5oz cooked15278 MamRan Italian Meatball, 1oz cooked15316 MamRan Italian Meatball, 2oz cooked
