Saturday, 21 February 2015

CHAPTER 6 - PURCHASING



PURCHASING

Purchasing is the function of acquiring desired products and services.
Standards for - quality
                      - quantity
                      - price







THE MARKET

Market :

            -Marketing channel => that the food processing and distribution system, beginning with the   grower of raw food products and ending at the final consumption

              -Primary market=> basic source of food supply

             -secondary market=> that product accepted from the primary market and distributed to buyer

-broker=> serves as a sales representative for single manufacturer
  • Market regulation : U.S. Food and Inspection Program
  => Interstate commerce : financial transactions (buying and selling goods) carried on between states
  => Intrastate commerce : financial transactions (buying and selling goods) carried on within state boundaries
  • U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
  • Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
             =>Misbranded
             => Standards of identity
             => Standards of quality
             => Standards of fill
  • National Marine and Fisheries Service
  • U.S. Public Health Department
  • Environmental Protection Agency
  • Department of Treasury 
THE BUYER
  • The art negotiation
  • Ethics in purchasing
  • type of purchasing
             =>Centralized purchasing
             => Group or cooperative purchasing

METHODS OF PURCHASING
  • Informal /open market buying
  • formal competitive bid buying
  • Advantage and disadvantage
  • Competitive bidding variations
  • Variations on methods of purchasing
                   =>cost push purchasing
                   =>prime vending
                   =>blanket purchasing Agreement
                   =>just in time purchasing
  • Market form of foods
  • food quality
  • quality standards
  • grades
  • grading and acceptance service 
  • brands

Saturday, 7 February 2015

CHAPTER 5 : THE MANU

ASSALAMMUALAIKUM...........
TODAY I WANT TO CONTINUE with next CHAPTER....
this chapter about a menu...... do you know what is MENU?????????


MENU is a detail list of food items that may be ordered or served such as restaurant,school and hospital.





MENU PLANNING
  • organization 
  • customer
  • operational and managerial
1. Organizational mission and goals

2.The customer 
( demographics, sociocultural influences and eating habits)
  • Demographics =>  the  demographics refer to the statistic of population such as age, gender and ethnicity.
  • Sociocultural influences => refer combination  of social and culture factor such as marital status, lifestyle, ethnic background, values.
  • Nutritional requirements => nutrition influences the menu planning process depend on type of food service like school and hospital.                                                                                                                                     => DRA(Recommended daily allowards)                                                                                             -this is specify nutrient  level for various age group by gender
  • Dietary reference intakes(DRI)
  • Food consumption, trends, habits and preferences 
3. Budget guidelines


MENU PLANNING: production and service capabilities
  • Equipment and physical facilities.
  • personnel
  • availability of food
  • style of service
  • extent of selection
Extent of selection
  • selective menu : this menu include two or more food and we can a choices/ menu that lets you choose what food you like.

  • semi selective menu:  that menu includes one or more food choice in at least one menu category

  • non selective menu: this menu do not have a choice.
  • static menu/ set menu :this is use a same menu /same offering every day like restaurant

  • cycle menu : rotated the same menu such as school

  • table d'hote: this is a complete menu from appetizer until dessert and that a fixed price

  • single use menu : this menu used only once like wedding event

  • du jour menu: this menu use for special day and use only once day like mother's day

THE PRINTED MENU
  • menu design and format
  • descriptive wording
  • truth in menu legislation
  • menu marketing
  • spoken menus