This week we’ve added 9 new items to our inventory including basmati rice, lemon peel spice, mozzarella cheese block and more…
Chef’s Pantry: Maine Sea Salt
May 7, 2019For naturally enhanced flavors, add Maine Sea Salt Co. products to your repertoire. Their Maine-made sea salts are unrefined, dried by the sun and hand harvested…
8 Scheduling Strategies for Restaurants to Increase Profitability
May 6, 2019Creating a schedule is about more than just covering shifts. Good scheduling processes can positively affect your customers, employees and revenue. While having adequate staff on hand to accommodate your guests is your top priority, keeping your staff happy is a close second. You can find a balance between the two in which everyone wins.
Naked Cob… Corn off the Cob
May 6, 2019Although the corn kernels have been stripped away, the naked Cobb can still provide many layers of flavor. Personally, I’ve always used two easy fail-safe methods to extract every bit of flavor from the cob that can be used in other culinary preparations.
New food service products from McKenzie, Kayem, Tyson & Maine Farms
May 1, 2019This week we’ve added 9 new items to our inventory including black forest ham, chunky blue cheese dressing, sliced roast beef and more…
New food service products from Farmland, Rich’s, Bag Craft & IBP
April 19, 2019This week we’ve added 12 new items to our inventory including a plant based cooking cream, haddock, fry oil and more…
New food service products from Sauce Craft, Jennie-O & Bake N’ Joy
April 10, 2019This week we’ve added 8 new items to our inventory including garlic parmesan sauce, shaved turkey steak, three new muffin batters and more…
Chef’s Pantry: Pork Puffs
April 8, 2019Airy, Crunchy, puffy morsels of porkliciousness. Pork rinds, pork skins, chicharróns are a fun on-trend item to incorporate into your menu.
5 Ways to Enhance Your Customer’s Takeout Dining Experience
April 5, 2019A growing number of today’s restaurant patrons would rather order delivery or takeout than dine in. In fact, the booming market for food that leaves an operator’s walls will surpass $300 billion in sales by 2023. Nevertheless, on-demand foodservice has its challenges…
Chef’s Pantry: Blue Mango Veggie Burgers
April 3, 2019Blue Mango Veggie Burgers cross Maine ingenuity with the flavor-bomb combo of onions, black beans, panko, spinach, rice & spices.
New food service products from Sommer Maid Creamery and King’s Command
April 3, 2019This week we’ve added 2 new products to our inventory including fully cooked seasoned beef steak slices and more…
New food service products from American Foods Group & Ale House
March 20, 2019This week we’ve added 2 new items to our inventory including fresh ground beef and beer battered onion rings…
Chef’s Pantry: Cheese Curds
March 18, 2019A cheese curd is essentially the cheese solids that remains after being separated, or cut, from the whey in the cheese making process. Cheese curds as we know them are a young un-aged, unformed cheese…
Scrape It, Don’t Scrap It!
March 18, 2019It’s safe to say we have all witnessed containers brought to the “dish pit” with a substantial amount of product remaining within the holding vessel. Although the remnant may appear to some staff as minimal, and not worth the time and effort to scrape the container, in my opinion it’s a wasteful practice…
The 4 Best Ways for Restaurants to Draw in Traffic
March 18, 2019Increasing competition and customer expectations for consistent, quality service at restaurants makes getting people in the door more difficult than ever in today’s market. Competition created by new establishments and constant scrutiny via social media have raised the bar for service standards. Modern restaurateurs must react faster in order to succeed…
New food service products from Fabri-Kal, General Mills, Ace Bakery & Farm Rich
March 14, 2019This week we’ve added 12 new items to our inventory including breaded avocado appetizers, 2 ounce bowls of lucky charms, cinnamon toast crunch, cocoa puffs and more…
Chicken Thigh Croquettes with Smoked Paprika Sour Cream
March 7, 2019A crispy golden fried exterior enveloping a moist creamy center are a few of the many things that make croquettes the perfect finger food appetizer…
New food service products from McCain, The Dough CO., Leafware & Costanzo’s Bakery
March 6, 2019This week we’ve added 8 new items to our inventory including all natural pizza dough balls, spicy French fries, wheat sub rolls and more…
New food service products from Pellman, Hoffmaster, Leafware & Genpak
February 27, 2019This week we’ve added 21 new products to inventory including peanut butter cheesecake, bamboo leaf plates, triple chocolate cake, white rolls and more…
New food service products from Smithfield, Highliner, Farmland & Hoffmaster
February 20, 2019This week we’ve added 12 new products to inventory including pappardelle pasta, French fries, country fritter chicken tender loin and more…
New food service products from Fontanini, Beeler’s Pork, Ace Bakery & Costanzo’s
February 13, 2019This week we’ve added 7 items into inventory including a large kaiser roll, ground pork chorizo, natural meatball mix, ciabatta lunga bread and more…
Vegetable Stalks, More than Stems
February 11, 2019For many operators, cauliflower and broccoli stalks are looked upon as waste, using only the florets while discarding the stalks and leaves is a common practice…
New food service product from Pillsbury
February 6, 2019This week we’ve added 1 items to the inventory including whole grain cinnamon roll dough…
9 Tips to Prepare for a Restaurant Health Inspection
February 6, 2019The proper strategy for a successful health inspection is to be ready at all times. To stay ahead of the game, managers can conduct weekly, in-house inspections. Here are nine tips to help your team prepare…
Fire Braised Turkey Sandwich
February 5, 2019Warm Fire Braised® Turkey breast, pecan wood smoked shoulder bacon and a medium-boiled egg on herb focaccia with a luxurious maple feta dressing.