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Who is Kurt Kwiatkowski?
corporate chef at MSU 
Who is Gina Keilen?
registered dietitian at MSU 
How many "all you can eat" facilities are on campus?
12
How many meals are served at The Gallery each day?
close to 5200-5500 meals 
How many meals are served in campus dining halls each day (total)?
35,000 - 38,000 scans per day 
Recipe card system (back in the day)?
always for 100 servings and had to calculate any portion adjustments by hand 
How much does MSU food service spend in food each year?
$20,000,000 food cost 
Sequoia system
-used in all food halls, trucks, sparty's etc -builds weekly/monthly forecasts 
How does the sequoia system work?
-ring system -individual computers (if one goes down, the others still work) 
What kind of info does sequoia provide?
-data mining: -how many people come through -peak times during the day -popular locations 
Where was the first dining hall renovation?
the gallery at sny-phi in 2007 
How has updated technology helped MSU culinary services?
They can track where people eat and who is eating there (faculty, off-campus, dorm residents) 
What dining halls were closed and why?
-McDonel and Wonders -56% of those residents were eating elsewhere 
What would biodynamics do for MSU in the future?
technology for a thumbprint scan that matches with student ID 
What is one negative of the systems used at MSU?
They don't talk, blend. Have to manually transfer information to the other systems 
What FSF system does MSU use for recipes?
CBORD 
What information does CBORD provide?
-10,000 ingredients in the system -price, date, in/out of stock 
What does not transfer well when multiplying recipes?
spices 
What information is available on the MSUtrition page on eatatstate.com?
track nutrition information at specific dining halls 
pre-post costing
so you know what costs are and how to price an item, make sure food costs are what you expected 
prechecking
nothing leaves the production area until first entered into the system. guarantees that we collect revenue for food served 
menu explosion
take plated item that we're serving and break it down into its component parts for the purpose of costing 
check tracking
make sure opened guest checks are settled and closed (prevent missing checks) 
auto-coursing
use of artificial intelligence in terms of sequencing a meal. auto timing for serving salad, entree, dessert. 
bill sharing
access any guest check from any terminal in the system. not popular because then lounge misses the tip before guests moves to dining 
split tender
multiple forms of settlement (gift card, cash, credit card, etc) 
cover definition
when a sale becomes a cover. restaurants establish the criteria (buy an entree, spend at least $8, etc) 
Customer turnover
# of covers / # seats. how many times seats are turned over per day, meal time, etc. (higher turnover is better) 
contribution margin
difference between selling price and direct cost. always try to maximize this 
preset keys
dedicated location on the POS screen 
plu keys
more key strokes 
modifiers
price and non-price. POS requires response for each step before moving on 
standard recipe
take these ingredients in this amount and prepare them in this way = specific yield (portion size) 
menu engineering
benchmarking of menu items to know if its more profitable (also a way to price items) 
split checks
separate checks for dining groups that are not paying together 
Request For Proposal (RFP)
put specifications out there when we want to buy and have suppliers bid 
foodservice guest cycle
1. pre-sale (planning) 2. point of sale (production) 3. post-sale (settlement) 
guest cycle: pre-sale
-forecasting/purchasing -receiving/storage -requisitioning/issuing -precosting/pricing -order entry/prechecking 
guest cycle: point of sale
-open checking -production/expediting -service/consumption -check tracking 
guest cycle: post-sale
-closed checking -settlement/sales analysis -postcosting/inventory -cashier reconciliation 
Four modules of foodservice
1. sales oriented applications 2. management oriented 3. specialty interfaces 4. specialty applications 
foodservice module: sales oriented
pre-checking check tracking server accounting menu mix analysis 
foodservice module: management oriented
general ledger inventory control human resources financial reporting 
foodservice module: specialty interfaces
recipe management pre/post costing forecast modeling menu management 
foodservice module: specialty applications
wireless terminals paging systems bill sharing auto-coursing 
what is the food/non-food purchasing system at MSU?
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