Professional Documents
Culture Documents
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Rationale
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Must Satisfy Guest Expectations
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Must attain Marketing Objectives
Locations
Times
Prices
Quality
Specific food items
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Must help to achieve
Quality Objectives
Quality standards:
flavor, texture, color, shape, flair,
consistency, palatability, visual appeal,
aromatic apparel, temperature
Nutritional concerns:
low-fat, high-fiber diets, vegetarian
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Must be Cost-Effective
Commercial
financial restraints
profit objectives
Institutional
minimizing costs
operational budget
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Must be Accurate
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Menu Planning Constraints
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Facility Layout/Design
and Equipment
Space
Equipment available
Work flow
Efficiency
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Available Labor
Number of Employees
Required Skills
Training Programs
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Ingredients
Standard recipe
Availability of the
ingredients required
during the life span of
the menu
Seasonal ingredients
Cost
Miscellaneous cost
(flight charges, storage)
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Marketing Implications
Social needs
Physiological needs
Type of service
(fast food, leisure dinning)
Festival
Nutrition
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Quality Levels and Costs
Guests’ expectation
Employees’ skills and knowledge
Availability of equipment
Specific ingredients
Food costs and selling prices
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The Menu and
the Food Service Operation
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The Menu Helps to Determine
Staff Needs
Variety and complexity increases, number of
personnel increases
Production staff
Service staff
Back-of-house staff
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The Menu Dictates Production
and Service Equipment Needs
Tableside service
carving utensils, trolleys,
gueridon, salad bowls,
suzette pans, souffle dishes,
soup tureens, large wooden
salad bowl, rechaud, Voiture
(heated cart for serving
roasts) and ......
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The Menu Dictates Dining Space
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Purchase Specifications May
Be Dictated By The Menu
If the menu offers such items as USDA Choice New
York strip steaks, quarter-pound lean beef burgers,
grade AA eggs, freshly squeezed Florida orange
juice, or vine-ripened tomatoes, back -of-house
procedures will not only include receiving, storing,
issuing, and producing the menu items but also
purchasing the specific products described. (When
such factors as grade and portion size are not dictated
by the menu, managers and chefs must determine
purchase specifications and related quality factors.)
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How and When Items
Must Be Prepared
To stimulate guest interest, the menu planner may
offer a dish prepared in a variety of ways:
Cooking methods
Poached, broiled, batter-dipped, deep fried
The finished product must be prepared using the
method indicated on the menu
Small quantities cooking (a la carte)
Batch cooking
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The Menu is a Factor in the Development
of Cost Control Procedures
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The Menu and the Service Plan
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Menu Design
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Menu Design
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Menu Styles
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Types Of Menus
Breakfast
(offers fruits, juices, eggs, cereals, pancakes, waffles,
and breakfast meats)
Lunch
(features sandwiches, soups, salads, specials; usually
lighter than dinner menu items)
Dinner
(more elaborate, steaks, roasts, chicken, sea food and
pasta; wines, cocktails, etc..)
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Types Of Menus - Specialty
Children’s
Senior citizens’
Alcoholic beverage
Dessert
Room service
Take-out
Banquet
California (breakfast, lunch and dinner menu items on one
menu)
Ethnic
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Basic Rules Of Menu Planning
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Selecting Menu Items
Menu category:
Appetizers
Salads
Entrees
Vegetables
Desserts
Beverages
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Common Sources
For Menu Item Recipes
Old menus
Books
Trade magazines
Cookbooks for the
home market
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Menu Balance
Business balance
- balance between food cost, menu prices,
popularity of items, financial and marketing
considerations
Aesthetic balance
- colors, textures, flavors of food
Nutritional balance
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Elements Of Menu Copy
Headings
- Appetizers
- Soups
- Entrees
Sub-heading
- Under entree:
Steak, seafood, today’s specials
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Elements Of Menu Copy
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Truth-in-menu
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Supplemental Merchandising
Copy
Includes information such as:
Address
Telephone number
Days and hours of operation
Meals served
Reservations and payment policies
History of the restaurant
A statement about management’s commitment to guest
service
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Menu Layout
Sequence:
Appetizers, soups, entrees, desserts
Depends on the operation (side orders, salads,
sandwiches, beverages)
Depends on popularity and profitability
Placement:
artworks; space; boxes; clip-on; etc.
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Menu Layout
Format:
Menu’s size
General makeup
Typeface:
Printed letters
Font size
Type face
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Menu Layout
Artwork:
Drawings, photographs, decorative patterns,
borders
Paper:
Texture
Cover:
Color
Texture
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Common Menu-design
Mistakes
Menu is too small
Type is too small
No descriptive copy
Every item treated the same
Some of the operations’ food and beverages are not listed
Clip-on problems
Basic information about the property and its policies are
not included
Blank pages
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Evaluating Menus
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Menu Evaluation:
Questions Most Often Asked
Is the menu attractive?
Do the colors and other design elements match the
operation’s theme and decor?
Are menu items laid out in an attractive and logical way?
Is there too much descriptive copy? Not enough? Is the
copy easy to understand?
Is attention called to the items managers most want to
sell, through placement, color, description, type size,
etc.?
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Menu Evaluation:
Questions Most Often Asked
Have guests complained about the menu?
Have guests said good things about the menu?
How does the menu compare with the menus of
competitors?
Has the average guest check remained steady or increased?
Is there enough variety in menu items?
Are menu items priced correctly?
Are you selling the right mix of high-profit and low-profit
items?
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Menu Evaluation:
Questions Most Often Asked
Is the typeface easy to read and
appropriate to the restaurant’s
theme and decor?
Is the paper attractive and stain-
resistant?
Have the menus been easy to
maintain so that guests always
receive a clean, attractive menu?
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Menu Pricing
SUBJECTIVE PRICING:
The reasonable price method: from the guest’s
perspective - what charge is fair and equitable
The highest price method: sets the highest price that
the manager thinks guests are willing to pay
The loss lender price method: an unusually low
price is set for an item to attract guests
The intuitive price method: takes a wild guest, trail-
and-error
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Menu Pricing
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Menu Pricing
PROFIT PRICING:
factors profit requirements and non-food expenses into
menu item selling prices
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Menu Pricing
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The Menu:The Foundation For Control
GUEST SATISFACTION BASIC OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
CONTROL POINTS
HOLDING PURCHASING
COOKING RECEIVING
PREPARING STORING
PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES
ISSUING
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The Menu Influences
Product Control Procedures
every item on the menu represents a product to be controlled
Cost Control Procedures
careful cost control procedures must be followed,
particularly when expensive products and labor-intensive
service styles are used
Production Requirement
product quality, staff productivity and skills, timing and
scheduling, and other back-of-the-house functions are all
dictated by the menu
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The Menu Influences
Equipment Needs
equipment must be available to prepare products required by
the menu
Sanitation Management
management must consider menu items in light of possible
sanitation hazards
Layout and Space Requirements
the physical space within which food production and service
take place - must be adequate for purchasing, receiving, storing,
issuing, producing, and serving every item on the menu
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The Menu Influences
Staffing Needs
as menu becomes more complex, greater demands may be
placed upon the staff
Service Requirements
the menu affects the skill levels required for service
personnel, along with equipment, inventory, and facilities
needed in the front of the house
Sales Income Control Procedures
elaborate menus require more stringent controls than simple
menus
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Menu Planning
is also.. A Tool for:
Sales
lists the items an operation is offering for sale
Advertising
communicates a property’s food and beverage marketing
plans
Merchandising
target market expectations - products, service, ambience
(theme and atmosphere), perceived value
Marketing Tool
strive to meet or exceed the expectations of its target market
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Priority Concerns Of
The Menu Planner
Priority Concerns of menu Planner
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Menu Planning Strategies
Rationalization
its objective is simplification for the sake of operational
efficiency
i.e., cross-utilization menu items use the same raw
ingredients
- Menu when carefully plan can be a streamlining of the
purchasing, receiving, storing, issuing, production, and
serving control points.
- High-quality convenience foods make it easier to offer new
items without having to buy additional raw ingredients
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Factors That Influence Menu
Planning Strategies
Needs and wants of target markets
Several items from same ingredients
Storage requirements
Personnel skill levels
Product availability / seasonality
Quality and price stability
Sanitation procedures
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External Factors
That Influence Menu Changes
Consumer Demands
decide which potential markets wants to attract
Economic Conditions
cost of ingredients, potential profitability of new menu items
Competition
many not want to serve next door’s best
Supply Levels
seasonal items, price to the quality and quantity
Industry Trends
industry’s response to new demands
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Internal Factors
That Influence Menu Changes
Facility Meal Patterns
existing meal periods - breakfast, lunch and dinner
Concept and Theme
the image may rule out certain foods that do not
blend with its theme and decor
Operational System
costs for new equipment to the successful
production and service of new menu items
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Pricing Approaches
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Pricing Approaches
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