Foodservice Systems Flashcards
Types of menus
No choice
Limited choice
Choice:
–> static/fixed/set: clients change daily; same menu items everyday
–> cycle/standing: menu items repeat in a sequence; school lunches
Restaurant
Commercial: convenience store, restaurant
Non-commercial: hospitals, schools
Menu Engineering – 4 categories of menu items
- STAR: high profit, high popularity
- promote item - PLOWHORSE: low profit, high popularity
- try to increase price to make more profitable - PUZZLE: high profit, low popularity
- consider whether or not to continue offering it - DOG: low profit, low popularity
- consider eliminating
Surveying customers on a scale of extremely like to extremely disliked
-Facial scales for children and clients that speak a different language
Satisfaction Surveys
How often they would be willing to eat an item
Frequence of Acceptance
Amount of food left on the plate; self-reported; clients estimate
Plate waste
Analyzes and predicts an items sales; charts differences in demand and each tiems popularity in relation to other menu items
Popularity Index
= # of servings of item / Total # servings of all items in the category that day
Sales analysis ratio
Average check
= total sales / # customers served
To find things to improve on by comparing satisfaction levels to other facilities
Benchmarking
Buyer requests quotes on specific items for specific amounts and qualities from one or more suppliers –> order placed after considering price, quality and delivery
-When small amount is needed quickly
-Informal, Open Market purchasing
Submitting a written specification and quantity to vendors –> vendors submit prices –> bids are opened all at once and oder is placed with the LOWEST BID
Formal/Competitive Bid Buying
Using a single vendor for majority of purchases; high volume purchasing; saves time and money
Prime vending
Personnel in ONE office does ALL purchasing for ALL units in the organization; cost effecting and time saving
centralized purchasing
Separate units not related to a single management joint purchase (i.e. hospitals)
-Economic advantage of large volume purchasing
Group-Co-Op purchasing
Finding the quantity to order that minimizes purchasing and inventory cost; finding the most economic number of units to order
Economic Order Quantity
Short term forecast; moving average technique; all past usage is weight equally
Time series
= Add up last three months of cases of peaches needed / 3
Uses software to forecast; gives most recent values more weight; does NOT uniformely weight all observations
exponential smoothing average
Comes with shipment; should be compared against items received and the PO
Invoice
Dry Storage
- dry, cool, dark, well-ventilated
- 50-70 degrees F
- cartons and shelves at least 6” above floor and away from walls
- humidity maintained at 50-60%
- Fresh F + V require highest humidity to be maintained due to higher H2o content (85-90%)
Refrigerated Storage
All potentially hazardous foods < 41 F
Frozen foods 0- (-10) F
Running record of balance on hand; updated each time an item is added or removed
perpetual inventory
Actual count of OH items at end of accounting period; counted as an ASSET on a balance sheet
physical inventory
Determines the point at which to re-order an item
Fixed order quantity inventory system
= (avg daily use)*(lead time) + safety stock
Stock can be depleted to safety level before new order is placed; establish a min and a max for the itme; amount of item ordered with be the SAME each time
Mini-Max Stock
ABC Inventory
- A Items: vital; high value; most money spent on this per year; 15-20% of stock; 75-80% of annual purchases; usually protein foods (MEAT)
- B ITEMS: moderate, medium value items
- C ITEMS: trivial; low value; 60-65% of stock, only 5-10% of annual purchases
Pricing method based on most recent price paid for the item; tends to price inventory HIGH
FIFO
Pricing method using the oldest price paid for an item in inventory; usually underestimates the value of current inventory; common if taxes are paid on inventory
LIFO
- Activity affected by temp and pH of the product; all are proteins
- Role in ripening of fruit – converts starch to sugar
- Acid lowers pH and decreases these proteins activity = decreased browning
Enzymes
Browning reactions
- Enzymatic: cut surfaces of fruit
- Non-Enzymatic: maillard reaction; more rapid browning = increased pH/alkalinity, lower H2O content
Use of electrical magnetic vibrations to excite molecules of metal cooking surfaces; pan is generation of heat, no burner or flame; i.e. griddle
Induction Heat
Heat by contact; i.e. meat kept warm in a dish sitting on a heated pellet
Conduction heat
Heated air moved by fan
- most energy efficient
- can cook at lower temp for shorter time
- even heat distribution
Convection heat (oven)
Infrared waves coming from glowing heat; i.e. charcoal, microwave, toaster
Radiation
Cooking that affects only H2O molecules; used in foodservice for prepared foods and on demand feeding; uneven Heat!!
Microwave
Steak on a grill or meat braising in steam kettle uses what type of heat?
Radiation AND conduction
Danger zone of bacteria
41-135 degrees F; bacteria grows best in moist, neutral pH environments/foods
Freezing
thaw potentially hazardous foods in fridge or submerge in running COLD water at 70 degrees or below; if thawed in microwave, cook immediately
Drying foods
Low water content, prevents growth of microorganisms
Canning
- Foods last up to a year
- High acid foods support low bacterial growth; low pH and high Acid –> use boiling water for canning
- If pH high and acid Low, use pressure cooking
- Additives: calcium compounds used a humectants
Humectants
retain moisture and increase tenderness and firmness; used in canning
-ex: calcium compounds
Scoop #12
2 3/4 oz portions
measure in 1/3 cup
Scoop #16
2 oz portion
measure in 1/4 cup
Scoop #60
Garnish
0.5 oz portion
1 Tbsp measurement