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Our Vision. To continually enhance our customer s profits through innovative value-added service, by being the food service distributor most responsive to our customers wants and needs. To achieve our vision, we treat our staff, customers, and suppliers as partners, with integrity and respect, and recognize that our success and profitability depend on the success of our partners.
We re In This Together! Helping You Build Your Business For Over 30 Years!
Trends in the market place (Gourmet Tours & Catersource) * Packaging, packaging, packaging! * Choice of 6-8 soups * Chopp t salads * Bread all types, baguettes, specialty heavy grain breads brioches * Avocados and avocados *Adding sliced fruit to sandwich selection, sliced apples with country ham and aged Cheddar * Smaller sandwiches and combo with soup or salads
Trends in the market place * Grains and rices * Lattes * Green tea * Crostini with soups * Healthful foods. Blueberries and salmon (anti-oxidants) * Soup sampling * Smoked meats, turkey etc. * The new spice smoked paprika * Lox in the box * Baby spinach, roasted tomatoes *Artichokes in salad and on sandwiches
Trends in the market place * Chipolini onions * Flavored ice coffee * Asian and Indian! Curry everything * Everything in the box via Panera * Braising and pan searing * No carbs is out but lower carbs and good carbs are in * Postcard mailers * Rectangular pizzas * Weekend weddings * Parfaits * Italian ruskis vines
Packaging, packaging, packaging
Packaging, packaging, packaging
Packaging, packaging, packaging
Packaging, packaging, packaging
Packaging, packaging, packaging
Road trip Imperial paper
Who s the customer, selling to the IPOD generation Has your customer base changed?
Who s the competition, and what are they up to?
Independent vs. nationals, how do they differ? Stony Brook research The emergence of large chain restaurants poses a threat of the independents because of the chains vast resources and great ability to exploit their product through brand recognition, marketing and a highly successful training program. The areas in which independent sites need the most improvement are marketing, market research, cost reduction, pricing and training.
Pricing survey results McDonalds 7-11 Industry leaders Coffee small medium large 1.07 1.17 1.26 1.27 1.38 1.50 Panera Breads Dunkin Donuts Krispy Kreme Starbucks 1.39 1.49 1.59 1.27 1.58 1.80 1.40 1.65 1.90 1.50 1.70 1.80 Pricing survey results Coffee small medium large 1.02 1.40 1.61 Starbucks 2003 42 locations 2006 63 locations
Pricing survey results Panera Bread Chili's 7.49 Industry leaders Caesar salad with chicken 5.29 Quiznos 4.99 Subway 5.49 Ruby Tuesday 8.99 Pricing survey results Caesar salad with chicken 6.55
Pricing survey results Industry leaders Specialty sandwiches Panera Bread 5.19 Chili's 6.99 Quiznos 5.59 Subway 3.49 Ruby Tuesday 8.49 Starbucks 5.95 Pricing survey results Specialty sandwiches 6.35
Pricing survey results Industry leaders Soups Panera Bread 4.69 Chili's 3.59 Quiznos 2.99 Ruby Tuesday 5.49 Pricing survey results Soups clear cream small 2.77 large 3.54 small 3.24 large 4.02
Pricing survey results Pricing survey results Iced Tea small 1.34 medium 1.72 large 2.23 Egg Sandwich 2.84 Yogurt Parfait 3.07 Garden salad 4.47 Chef salad 6.07 Cole slaw per pound 3.78 Potato salad per pound 6.59 Pasta salad per pound 5.32
How Can We Help?
Marketing solutions Website development
Labor issues kitchen cuts, use the cost analysis program
Hiring seminar
New at King s Ship s Chandler,LHG, Office Coffee Service, The Bus
Quality assurance program You will be happy or we ll buy it back!
Save the date April 19 th. Do you have the best sandwich or salad in NY? "Bring your best sandwich with accompanying salad and see how it measures up against the competition! Great prizes, and bragging rights, Grand prize is a trip for 2 to National Restaurant Association Show in Chicago!!! Ask your Sales Consultant for details" May the fork be with you!