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Stir It Up: Mix Bonus Series

Stir Up Sales with Flavor-Forward Tips and Menu Ideas Your Customers Will Love

April 1, 2017

Successful food service items start with craveable flavor. This series is designed to provide operators with the ultimate toolkit for creating and customizing delicious signature items, easily and profitably.

  • Flavor can be broken down into its smallest components then built back up, from the inherent taste, texture, and even aroma of individual ingredients to the techniques and products that are used to enhance them

  • The skillful use of stocks, marinades, rubs, glazes, bastes, sauces, and condiments helps to create delicious food that will keep customers coming back for more

  • Product versatility translates to variety for an increasingly demanding customer, from always-popular comfort foods to exciting global specialties

  • Using speed-scratch items, from sauces to entrées, helps minimize waste and ease prep worries; more labor comes out of the equation, reducing cost and maximizing food safety

 

Stir It Up Mix Bonus 4: Plate with Brazilian roast beef sandwich; bowls and burgers with chutney, onions, and spreads; plate

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Stir It Up Mix Bonus 2: Assorted flavored butters; bowls with sauces and aioli; bowls with dressing, vinaigrette, and dip

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Five small bowls of food in white dishes with sauce poured over

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