Foodservice and Nutrition Management Flashcards
(159 cards)
What type of stainless steel is the most durable?
340
What are the largest segments of the commercial foodservice market?
Full-service and fast-food restaurants
According to the NRA, restaurants are the nation’s _____-largest _______-sector employer
second, private
How many Americans are provided jobs by restaurants?
One in ten
What is onsite foodservice?
What is commercial foodservice?
Where sale of food is the primary activity and profit is desired
Examples of onsite foodservice
Where sale of food is secondary to the goal of the organization (not typically for profit), provides meals primarily to those involved in the facility, as well as visitors
Examples of commercial foodservice
Limited service, fine dining, lodging, food and beverage, recreation/sports/convenience stores
Examples of onsite foodservice
Hospitals, childcare, schools, colleges/universities, correctional facilities, senior-care, military operations
Self-operation
foodservice is managed by an
employee of the company in which the
foodservice is located
Partnering
contracting with foodservice
management companies (ie., ARAMARK,
Sodexo, Compass Group)
Systems concept
Developed in 1968 by Ludwig Von Bertalanffy - theory that systems are either open or closed, depending on the amount of interactions with the environment
What is a system?
A collection of interrelated parts or sub-
systems unified by design to obtain one
or more objectives.
FS system inputs
Human - labor and skills
Materials - food and supplies
Facilities - space and equipment
Operational - money, time, utilities, and info
FS system outputs
Safe and desirable meals, customer and employee satisfaction, and financial accountability
Strategic management
Focused on competitive advantage, intent focused, long-term oriented
Steps in the Strategic Management Process
Analysis (company and environment)
Implementation (strategic direction, strategies)
Evaluation (performance)
Vision vs Mission
Vision - broad terms expressing where a company or organization wants to be in the future
Mission - provides more focus, describes what the company does
Implementation strategies
Cost leadership, differentiation, focus
Evaluation
Final step in the strategic management process
- Assessing whether changes have occurred and
whether the organization is progressing toward achieving its objectives
Four areas of sustainability
Built environment
Water, ecosystems, and agriculture
Energy and the environment
Materials and toxins
Sectors of food systems
Production
Transformation
Distribution
Access
Consumption
Providing room service in a hospital
and having higher patient satisfaction
scores than other hospitals in the
region is an example of
competitive advantage
Examining trends in the foodservice
industry is an example of what
component of strategic planning?
monitoring the environment