In This Issue:

Chocolates and Desserts Soar beyond the Holiday Season

Promoting your Holiday Dessert menu...

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Catering Supplies and Equipment:
Another Approach to Traditional Takeout

Meeting your foodservice needs with Sysco’s Supplies & Equipment products...

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Beyond Shrimp Cocktails

Creating tasty and healthy menus with shrimp...

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Build Profits and Tempt Tastes with Appetizers and Bar Menus

‘Tis the season for parties, celebrations, and gatherings. It’s also the season when time is at a premium for restaurant operators.

Make the most of this busy time by offering a variety
of easy-to-serve appetizers that add a festive touch to any occasion.

A bar menu is a great way to build appetizer profits. Bar menus—especially those that focus on shareable,
snackable items instead of main courses—draw in guests for drinks and snacks with friends. Bar menus offer your customers the social and entertainment aspects they enjoy about dining out, without the commitment to more formal and potentially more costly sit-down meals. Such menus also build your business beyond the typical mealtimes to include afternoon snacks, after work gatherings, and late-night bites. Enticing bar menus encourage guests to linger longer and indulge in multiple drinks, which increases your profits. Bar snacks are fun, accessible, and easy; they may be unique dishes on dedicated menus or regular appetizers that guests can order in the dining room or the bar.

You should also consider the pickup time for the kitchen—less than 10 minutes is ideal—and enough choices to allow guests to complement a variety of drinks.¹

* Source: “Banking on the Bar Menu” by Allison Perlik, Sr. Editor – Restaurants and Institutions, 10/15/2008

 

To help customers celebrate the season

with an assortment of tastes, skip the extra time in the kitchen and look to Sysco’s spectacular selection of savory hors d’oeuvres. Equally at home on bar, catering, or regular menus, our bite-size delights offer exceptional taste, consistency, and convenience. Made from the finest ingredients and certain to add holiday cheer to any gathering, their made-on-premise appearance adds value for the customer while making portion control easy and efficient for you.

Choose from such delicacies as:

• Antipasto skewers
• Spinach and cheese crostini
• Cuban springrolls
• Cheese straws flavored with rosemary and Asiago cheese
• Mascarpone in phyllo
• Teriyaki glazed shrimp or asparagus
• Roasted peppers in phyllo

With labor at a premium as well, these handmade treasures add value to your menu and profits to your bottom line. No matter how you present them, you can feel confident that Sysco’s appetizers
offer the high quality and consistency you need during the holiday season! With everything from a hot hors d’oeuvre assortment to elegant bacon-wrapped shrimp spiced with pepper-jack cheese, you’ll have everything you need to make this your tastiest season ever!

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