MANAGER S GUIDE 2014
is back with new desserts! Drive sales with these delicious dessert offerings: cookies, macaroons, luxurious individual desserts and traditional holiday pies. Feature Home for the Holidays as a take-home dessert concept, a holiday gift offering, an addition to your current catering program or capture off-peak hours with an afternoon dessert cart. Be sure to incorporate these great seasonal sweets wherever and whenever possible. Home for the Holidays 2
FEATURED PRODUCTS 10" Pumpkin Pie (Pre-baked) 10" Sweet Potato Pie (Pre-baked) 10" Pie Apple Unbaked Gourmet Hi-Pie (Kosher Kvh-D) 10" Southern Pecan Pie Luxe Layer Pie Apple Carmel Layer Luxe Layer Pie Cherry Chocolate Pineapple Upside down cake 32/4.9 oz Molten Chocolate Lava Cake 40/3.8oz Red Velvet Layer Cake Macaroons Cupcake Variety Pumpkin Spice Bundt Salted Caramel/Pretzel Brownie Dough Cookie Shortbread All-Butter 100% 240/1.33 Oz Dough Cookie Chocolate White Cranberry All-Butter 100% 240/1.33 Oz Dough Cookie Oatmeal Raisin Pecan All-Butter 100% 240/1.33 Oz Dough Cookie Chocolate Chunk All-Butter 100% 240/1.33 Oz Roll Dinner French Par Baked 96/1.8 Oz Pecan Raisin Loaf Bread Baguette French Unsliced Parbaked 23 In 15/11.7 Oz Home for the Holidays 3
IMPLEMENTATION Plan your Home for the Holidays promotion, and if necessary, review Home for the Holidays with your client. Decide when and how you will implement Home for the Holidays. Take-home desserts Merchandise cookies and macaroons as holiday gifts and grab and go snacks Offer seasonal desserts in catering Capture off-peak or afternoon hours with a dessert food cart Bundle desserts with entrees Feature French baguettes and dinner rolls with holiday entrees Pre-Order Desserts Download the stocking matrix to determine which products you want to feature and what is available in your distribution center. If a dessert is not available in your area, pre-order to guarantee it! New this year! To guarantee product, it is highly recommended that units pre-order desserts by visiting https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/home4holidays2014. Pre-ordering is not necessary however, by doing this you will guarantee specific product for your café. By NOT pre-ordering, you may not be guaranteed to get the desserts you want. Fill out the required information and select the desserts, number of cases and receiving date to guarantee your product. Pre-order deliveries will be received Nov. 17 Nov. 21 and Dec 8 Dec.12. Home for the Holidays 4
Print Or Order Marketing Download your Home for the Holidays marketing materials directly from MyCompass or purchase from compass-printing.com. Select the marketing collateral and sizes that fit best in your account. Free Dessert Boxes FREE white dessert boxes are available from the Sara Lee website. The FREE dessert boxes may be used to sell other holiday desserts (not Sara Lee products) as long as 1 case of Sara Lee product has been ordered for your account. Advertise Throughout the winter season, advertise with marketing and merchandising. Create enticing dessert displays in visible locations in the café. Create awareness by advertising on your dining website and throughout the café. Samples Sell Feature samples of your dessert offerings to heighten holiday sales. Place a tasting table in a highly visible location and offer a different dessert sample daily. Have your most energetic employee conduct the sampling and encourage customers to place their orders, or purchase an impulse dessert. Take-Home Desserts If you are implementing Home for the Holidays as a take-home dessert offering, utilize the order forms so that customers can place their orders in advance. When featuring promotional signage, be sure to clearly display the procedure for ordering desserts along with signage that lists what is for sale. Be sure to include prices and the pick-up date and time so that customers will know when their desserts will be ready. Sweeten Your Catering Provide your customers with something sweet this holiday season! As the catering season picks up, incorporate seasonal pies and desserts into your existing catering menus. Pumpkin pie with ice cream or house-made whipped cream may be a nice seasonal addition to your catering menu! Home for the Holidays 5
MARKETING Home for the Holidays marketing materials are available for download from MyCompass and can be purchased from compass-printing.com. Utilize the editable signage to create your own message to your customers. Create messaging about your promotion utilizing the editable template. Now offering today! This season bring home a Order you holiday dessert take-home holiday desserts! Menu Item 1 3.5x2 PIDS 8.5x11 POS EDITABLE MENU TEMPLATE Add some color to your holiday! Take home a Sweet treat today! Order you holiday dessert today! Take home a Order you holiday dessert today! Sweet treat today! Order you holiday dessert today! This season bring home a This season bring home a BANNERS 5.5X8.5 POS POSTER Take home a Sweet treat today! Order you holiday dessert today! This season Now offering take-home holiday desserts! Glue Area (No Print) bring home a Order. Pickup. Enjoy NAPKIN HOLDERS TABLETENT Ho me f o r t he H ol i d a ys 6