Modern Food Service Purchasing: Business Essentials to Procurement - Hardcover

Garlough, Robert B

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1418039640 ISBN 13: 9781418039646

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 2010

Synopsis

MODERN FOOD SERVICE PURCHASING is designed specifically to provide culinary arts professionals with current, in-depth coverage of the essential concepts of purchasing, storeroom operations, and financial stewardship. This comprehensive resource brings together under one cover the four fundamentals of contemporary food service purchasing: Market and distribution systems Storeroom operations Cost controls Product information Delivering a chef-focused overview of financial management and the formulas used to control a successful business, Modern Food Service Purchasing explains in detail how to set up a successful storeroom operation while providing chefs and buyers with a comprehensive reference that will deliver value for years to come. Extensive color photography, useful charts and forms, and a comprehensive glossary of key terms round out the coverage.

About this title

About the Author:

Robert Garlough is a Chef Emeritus at The Secchia Institute for Culinary Education at Grand Rapids Community College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is also a partner of My Chef, Inc., located in Naperville, Illinois, and the author of MODERN FOOD SERVICE PURCHASING. He holds a Masters Degree and has received many culinary awards, including the prestigious CHRIE Chef Herman Breithaupt Award and the ACF National Educator of the Year. Mr. Garlough is an active member of national and international culinary associations and the author of the new culinary text, MODERN FOOD SERVICE PURCHASING.

Review:

"I think the chapters are detailed and well organized. The subject matter is appropriately covered and the text easy to read." - Andrea White-McNeil, Master of Hospitality Management (M.H.M.), Assistant Professor, Daytona Beach Community College

"I think the book is very useful because it teaches future food service workers the importance of purchasing and the many facets that are associated with it." - Jacqueline L Baldwin, CEC, District Chef, Sodexho Campus Services, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

About this edition

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1418039640
• ISBN 13: 9781418039646
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 864