Fun in the Sun

Color in the pictures

Connect the dots and color me in.

Doodle Area

Tips on best menu practices andengineering.

MenuDoctor

Distinguish Yourself

Soft Chicken Tacos

Grilled Chicken TacoChicken soup

Mini Chicken Sliders

Scrambled EggsHard Boiled

Spaghetti Squash

Whole Wheat Pancakes

Baked Potato

Small Chili

Vege Pizzaw.wheat pizza

Soft Chicken Tacos

Grilled Chicken TacoChicken soup

Mini Chicken Sliders

Scrambled EggsHard Boiled

Spaghetti Squash

Whole Wheat Pancakes

Baked Potato

Small Chili

Vege Pizzaw.wheat pizza

11 x 17 PostersSluggers

Simple Table TentsBuzz Cards

11 x 17 PostersSluggers

Simple Table TentsBuzz Cards

Sysco Connecticut Sysco Connecticut

Sysco Connecticut

Veggie PizzaWhole Wheat Pizza

Sysco Ct.com Customer Resource Site

There is so much going on with Social Media today it would be nice if you could get all of your information about the business of Foodservice in one spot. Well you can if you are a customer at Sysco Connecticut.

Go to SyscoCT and log on and you will see what we are talking about.You can look at our weekly market updates to catch what the Protein markets are doing, what fresh fish is available for the week,are blackberries in season yet or what is running for local produce.We are now the supplier for Certified Angus Beef and we stockhundreds of items. You can look at the latest Flip Book catalog and see for yourself what you could use.

Whether you’re cooking for a restaurant of 80 people or a dinner party of eight,ChefRef has all the tools, tips and trends you need to make every meal a success.

Special Features- Industry news, cuisine trends and up-to-the-minute meal ideas

Recipes- Thousands of recipes from chefs and suppliers across the nation, customized withSysco-exclusive ingre-dients

Automatic Updates - No waiting for the latest on-trend recipe

Favorites -A list of your top quick-find recipes

Shopping List - Adds ingredients from any recipe for easy shopping

Serving Sizes- Scale recipes up and down as necessary for any size group

Videos- Step-by-step visual instruc-tions on recipes, food safety and prod-uct information,all featuring Sysco chefs

Categories- Search by keyword, ingredients, recipe type or menu category

Timer - Cooking timer starts and stops with a touch

Extras -Share favorite recipes on Facebook and Twitter and send shopping lists to your Sysco Marketing Associate

2 Versions, Both FREE! -Download the iPhone/iPod Touch version or the iPad version from the iTunes App Store. If you own both devices, why not download both!

Droid coming in May

Sysco Table Top Recipe and Resource Site

Keep your business instincts as sharp as your knives. Sysco Table Top is a no cost,easy to use, value-driven website that delivers the tools,recipes, consumer trends and information you need to build and protect your restaurant business. All you have to do is register and you’ll have the collective knowledge and practical expertise of Syscos’ resources at your fingertips. www.syscotabletop.com

Business Resource News

INTRODUCING CHEF REF - THE NEW

CULINARY APP FROM SYSCO PACKED WITH INSPIRATION AND NEW IDEAS FOR

EVERY CHEF!

WWW.SYSCOCT.COM

Why Market to Kids. 40% of all eating-out dollars are spent by families with children.The amount of two income families has more than doubled within the past 15 years, resulting in a busier life style for parents and fewer meals prepared at home.

Start a birthday club!

SIDES

Vegetable PlatesYogurt TrixMotts ApplesauceJelloMashed PotatoesSaladBanana BreadCelery And Carrot Stick With Hummas

Frozen fruit barsApple slicesChocolate puddingIce cream sandwichNutella and bananaMini cupcakeMake your own sundae

DESSERT

Menus Drive Customers in...

■The top 10 menu trends for next year will be: Locally sourced meats and seafood; Locally grown produce; Healthful kids’ meals; Hyper-local items; Sustainability as a culinary theme; Children’s nutrition as a culinary theme; Gluten-free/food allergy-con-scious items; Locally produced wine and beer; Sustainable sea-food; and Whole grain items in kids’ meals.

Anything on your menu 1/2 size

Diner Meat Loaf Muffins

Honey ginger chicken bites

Bacon and potato frittatas

Mini Sliders

Peanut Butter banana spirals

GI Joes (vege sloppy joes)

Carrot cake pancakes

Soft chicken tacos

Grilled chicken taco

Chicken soup

Mini Chicken sliders

Scrambled eggs/hard boiled

Spaghetti squash

Whole wheat pancakes

Sweet potato FF

Popcorn

Stuffed Baked potato

Small chili

Vege Pizza

w.wheat pizza

sandwiches

Healthy mac and cheese(skim milk,red fat cheese)

French Toast sticks

Personal Pizza

Lemon and Herb chicken leg with

steamed Broccolli

Pasta with Butter

MENU SUGGESTIONS

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Keep familiesComing back...

The Art of Menu Engineering

Before After Before any menu can take this transformation

as shown to the left you need to do your home-work and follow certain steps that we can go over with you during your the Business Review process. Believe it or not, there is a science be-hind a successful menu.

MENU ANALYSIS-Knowing the true cost of each menu items is crucial for the rest of the process to be successful.

MENU ENGINEERING-3 Step process taking Menu Analysis, Your Sales Re-ports, to find your menu Stars, Work-horses, Puzzles and Dogs.

PAGE POSITIONING-The average per-son looks at menu for only 109seconds, are they reading what you want them to?

CATEGORY POSITIONING-Are your most profitable items listed in each category correctly?

PRICING THE MENU-Keep it simple, 2-3 endings and no more leader dots..........

Example of Menu Analysis from your Marketing Associate.

All items that do not represent 3% of total sales per category need to go.

This is the main spread of the menu and as you can see it is layed out according to the picture on the previous page. We start in the center then go to the right and counter clockwise from there.

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1.CHOOSE YOUR PRODUCT

2.CHOOSE YOUR SIDE

3.EDIT YOUR CONTENT

4.EDIT YOUR FONTS

5.CHOOSE QUANTITY

6.CHOOSE FINISH

7.CHECK OUT

8.GET THE PRODUCT ON YOUR TABLE

POSTERSSLUGGERSBUZZ CARDSTABLE TENTS

http://shop.classykidproducts.com/

All Kids Network is a network of websites dedicated to providing fun and educa-tional activities for parents and teachers to do with their kids. We have hundreds of kids craft ideas, kids worksheets, printable kids activities and more. So far, we have two main sites - allkidsnetwork.com and kidslearningstation.com. Kids Learning Station is thewebsite dedicated to printable learning worksheets for kids. http://www.allkidsnetwork.com/

Riddles,Knock Knock Jokes,Brain Teasers,Rhymes

http://www.azkidsnet.com/riddles

SuperKids WordSearch Puzzle Creator

http://www.superkids.com/aweb/tools/words/

http://www.restaurant.org/foodhealthyliving/kidslivewell/about/

The National Restaurant Association launched the Kids LiveWell program in collaboration with Healthy Dining to help parents and children select healthful menu options when dining out. Restaurants that participate in the voluntary program commit to offering healthful meal items for children, with a particular focus on increasing consumption of fruit and vegetables, lean protein, whole grains and low-fat dairy, and limiting unhealthy fats, sugars and sodium.

Sysco iCare provides restauranteurs with connections to business partners that help them compete, stay in the game and focus on what they do best. iCare offers a suite of value-added resources specifically designed to help the restaurant operator boost sales, hire and retain the industry’s best employees, streamline and protect business operations, and much more.

REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

Let us help you connect with prescreened, top-rated professionals to get the job done right, on time and on budget with our repair and maintenance partners.

Boost sales and drive traffic to your restaurant with these marketing and promotional resource partners.

MARKETING SERVICES

LOCAL SERVICES

Looking for local services? This section will help you find partners in your area.

OPERATIONAL SERVICES

Optimize operational efficiency, protect your restaurant’s reputation and en-hance employee education with these operational partners.

FOR MORE INFORMATION GO TOWWW.SYSCOICARE.COM