CALCMENU - Making the business profitable with the right culinary solution.

Food Brand Marketing using Recipe Websites Why they Work and How “ Recipe content is the single most important aspect of our food brands / and forms a key channel to consumers…” - Top clientele of Recipe Management Software global experts Enggist and Grandjean Software SA When consumers search for Recipes on brand websites, they are instantly drawn to buy the brands used if the recipe is interesting. This is an important goal for consumer brands companies to maintain a strong brand identity  and build their corporate image to a particular market. However,/ with their recipes in different places,/ regions,/ formats,/ done by different chefs and authors, / companies worry about not having good recipes / available for their target markets, / and thus / losing on the opportunity to advertise their brands / with this potent medium. // The Challenge: / No standardization, / no consistency in how recipes are written, resulting to a disordered recipe management system.// ...

Kitchen software management for Nursing and Retirement Homes: EGS CALCMENU Web Care Hospitals and nursing homes gain more with these benefits by creating meals best suited to the particular condition of the patients. With a dedicated, central organization that decides assigned meal plans for different branches, the risk of inaccuracies is eliminated. Food and patient safety Nutritional content is the cornerstone of the patient's health and well-being There are specifics that need to be strictly followed when providing food services for patients and individuals with special needs. In such, it is a task that needs an extensive amount of time and effort to provide for hospitals, nursing homes and other similar institutions that provide care for clients with different needs. A study conducted in Brazil states that hospital nutrition present inadequacies saying that 45.5% of patients lose their weight in the first three days of their stay. Researchers attribute this ...

Allergens, Nutrients and the importance of Label Information Shrimps, nuts, and eggs. These are but a few food items that could really trigger an itch and for some, even death. However, these food items are often what makes recipes unique and tasteful. Allergens are often included to ingredients that make culinary masterpieces what they are. Allergens are generally defined as any number of materials (food or chemicals) that produce an abnormally vigorous immunity response to the body resulting to hypersensitive reaction. It’s like introducing something really strange to your body and it starts to defend itself because it is unable to identify it as a food product. What EU authorities say Food allergens are often a topic of concern for most foodservice establishments that serve various menus for different sets of customers. This is why allergen information is critical to both foodservice providers as well as consumers not only for health but also for p...

Profit through partnership, CALCMENU introduced to LTB Philippines It’s no question that working hand in hand with the best ensures profit from the business and recognition to the effort of those involved. That’s why CALCMENU is pleased to tell yet another of our client’s success story and how our foodservice management solutions help organize and standardize kitchen operations. Chef J. Gamboa a graduate of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and current Educational Director of LTB Philippines Chefs Association, shares his account on how a lucrative partnership with CALCMENU helped him boost two of his esteemed establishments to heights beyond his expectations.   For over 20 years, Cirkulo and MilkyWay Cafe restaurants have been a go-to place and a mainstay for food aficionados worldwide. In August of 1995 Chef Gamboa opened Cirkulo and re-introduced Filipino tastes to original Spanish cuisine like tapas and paella. MilkyWay opened long before. Opened dur...

Label printing made easy Label printing presents a variety of challenges that can come from accuracy of the label to the speed and convenience of the action. That’s why EGS CALCMENU found a solution to make an otherwise tedious and complicated kitchen task a little more manageable. Introducing the newest addition to EGS CALCMENU’s roster of innovation, Food Label Assistant. A free downloadable app available for all Windows 10 formats (PC, Laptop, Tablet) to… Well… Assist you in any number of foodservice label printing tasks. We know what you’re thinking “It’s just food labels, how hard could it be?” Well, we don’t doubt your label making prowess but can you ensure your customer’s safety with the multitude of ingredients, nutrients, and most importantly, allergens packed up on the food product you are selling? EGS CALCMENU knows the importance of these oftentimes neglected information. Food Label Assistant helps foodservice professionals design and print comple...

EGS CALCMENU Gets 2016 Management Software Awards From FinancesOnline One of the most popular business software platforms - FinancesOnline, has recently prepared a very positive review of CALCMENU and distinguished this software with its prestigious Expert Choice Award for 2016 . The platform published very thorough CALCMENU reviews on their site, and the reactions of their review team of SaaS experts have been nothing but positive. FinancesOnline is delighted to hear that the review team appreciates the features allowing users (chefs, food and beverage staff, nutritionists, digital content managers among others) to create and share recipes online, and they loved how CALCMENU helped them to manage merchandise and other recipe data more easily. The thing that really impressed both FinanceOnline team was CALCMENU’s popularity among culinary experts, who revealed that our software is their favorite tool for recipe standardization for food costs, and nutrient calculation. The f...

Your school’s culinary prowess and a foodservice software programmed for excellence – now that’s the recipe for success. As Enggist and Grandjean Software SA celebrates its 25 th year of bringing world renowned professional foodservice software, it gives a special treat to all upcoming chefs and culinary institutions from all over the globe: CALCMENU Academic Edition . The CALCMENU Academic Edition comprises of solutions that are ideal for the scholastic setting. With features that train budding chefs on consistent recipe creation, nutrition valuation and automated costing, all in solutions that are easy to adapt to, CALCMENU is a chef’s partner not only in his time in the academe but for the rest of his future successful career. And the best part of this? Our offer for the Academic Edition come at no cost or with discounts of up to 80%. ** Here’s what EGS has to offer to all esteemed culinary schools and promising chefs-to-be: 2 SPECIAL OFFERS: ·    ...