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FIGHTING FOODSERVICE WASTE WITH TECHNOLOGY
Butternut Squash & Apple Soup
Courtesy of Synergy Tech Suite
Serving Size: 180 ml Yield: 50
Ingredients:
48 ml canola oil 425 g onions, peeled & cubed 4.65 kg butternut squash, peeled & cubed 1 kg Granny Smith apples, cored & sliced 65 ml concentrated vegetable base 10 ml ground black pepper 65 ml brown sugar 4.25 L water 1 L 18% cream 250 ml chives, chopped
Preparation:
1. Heat oil in a pot. Add onions and cook until soft. 2. Add squash and apples. Cook for 10 minutes or until squash starts to soften 3. Add base, sugar and pepper. Mix and cook for 5 minutes 4. Add water. Bring to a boil then reduce to simmer and cover; cook for 25 minutes. 5. Remove from heat and puree. Stir in cream. 6. Garnish each bowl with chives at time of service.
Apple Zucchini Slaw
Courtesy of Synergy Tech Suite
Serving Size: 125 ml Yield: 50
Ingredients:
60 ml lemon juice 1 kg Golden Delicious apples, peeled & chopped 2.5 kg cabbage mix, shredded 1 L coleslaw dressing 1.25 kg zucchini, shredded 350 ml green peppers, diced 300 ml onions, chopped fine
Preparation:
1. Toss apples with lemon juice to prevent browning. 2. Combine vegetables with dressing and mix well. Fold in apple mixture
Apple & Sweet Potato Flatbread
Courtesy of Synergy Tech Suite
Serving Size: 1 slice Yield: 50
Ingredients:
3.75 kg pizza dough, ball 165 ml flour 3 kg cheddar cheese, grated 1.9 kg apples, peeled and sliced 1.5 kg sweet potato, peeled & sliced 1 kg red onions, sliced 250 ml olive oil 250 ml fresh rosemary 5 ml salt 5 ml black pepper, ground
Preparation:
1. On a lightly floured surface, shape pizza dough into a large rectangle, at least 14” long. Place on the prepared sheet and sprinkle with half the cheese. 2. In a large bowl, toss sweet potato and onion with oil, rosemary and salt and pepper. Add apple and remaining cheese, toss then scatter over prepared dough. 3. Baked until potatoes are tender and crust is golden brown.
FIGHTING FOODSERVICE WASTE WITH TECHNOLOGY
The Tale of a Senior Living Eco-Superhero
DID YOU KNOW?
Did you know that integrated foodservice technology can help you fight excess waste in your everyday operations – so you can champion a more sustainable future for your community?
Read on to discover how it all happened for foodservice operator, John – and how simple solutions can help you save BIG on paper, printing & food waste, too.
With integrated technology from Synergy Tech Suite, John gained the superpowers he needed to...
1. Take his operations digital so he could eliminate daily paper menus and reports.
From daily printed menus to reports – right down to the paper your waitstaff uses to write down orders, there’s no doubt that foodservice operations tend to eat up a lot of paper and printing resources.
But what if you could take your operations digital, while avoiding paper and printing waste – not to mention the cost savings! –in major points of your foodservice? With fully integrated systems like Synergy, you, and other operators like John can swap printed menus or reports for digital ordering options like tableside select via tablet, inroom ordering or even self-ordering. Plus, with comprehensive resident profiles built right into the ordering software, you can breathe easy knowing that they’ll only be offered options that are safe and enjoyable for them to consume, unlike relying on paper which can be more difficult to control.
FACT: On average, communities using Synergy’s touch technology save 46,000 printed pages.
Offering residents, the opportunity to see their delicious choices is a very important aspect to increasing appetite and ensuring they receive something they’ll love. But come the end of mealtime, we all know that guilty feeling that comes with throwing away those once perfectly-edible show plates. Have you ever done the math to see how many meals you’re tossing per year? The number tends to surprise most foodservice operators, including John!
The best foodservice technologies allow you to take a photo of your selections, load them to your ordering portal and show them to residents efficiently, all from a single device. Whether your waitstaff are showing the photos at tableside, or your residents are selfordering, they’ll be able to see everything your delicious plates have to offer – sans food waste or distracting plastic wrap.
See the tablet photo feature in action!
3. Forecast orders and visualize trends to fight overproduction
Planning out menus that specifically cater to residents’ needs and preferences is one of the best ways to save on food waste and make accurate predictions for future inventory orders. But how can you anticipate which menu items will yield the most popular? Through the power of data.
Integrated foodservice technology helps operators like you and John track what residents tend to order more of, while giving you the information you need to make more accurate purchasing and production decisions. Over time, this will help you not only offer a more personalized menu but fight food waste that comes with overproduction of less popular items or unsatisfying meals being sent back or thrown away.
4. Mitigate risk of inventory spoilages with Wireless
Temperature Sensors.
"This new fabric is a company patent and we're confident it will be a great addition to our collection."Fridge or freezer malfunctions in food spoilage and health can cost citations thousands – not to mention the impact they can have on your kitchen's food waste footprint. That’s why foodservice operators like John benefit from fully integrated Wireless Temperature Sensors that can help mitigate that risk, while taking the burden of manual tracking off of his hands. Synergy’s wireless sensors automatically alert you via text message or email when your temperatures go out of range, so you can focus more on your foodservice quality and less on worrying about food spoilages. As you can see, choosing integrated foodservice solutions is always a win-win: for foodservice operators like John, and for the environment! Sustainable lifestyles and green values are only continuing to grow in individuals across all walks of life – and your staff, residents and families want to know that they’re choosing a community who can live up to those values. And it can all start with reducing waste in your foodservice operations.
If you’re interested in diving deeper into any of these solutions, Sysco would love to show you all that’s possible for your community. Contact us today at sysco@mealsuite.com to schedule a personal demo with one of our foodservice technology experts!
