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

Cooking in the most time-economic way possible is a skill all chefs-in-the-making should master. A few kitchen shortcuts, tips, and tricks will certainly go a long way in beating the dinner rush in a crowded restaurant. Save yourself some precious kitchen time and serve gastronomic meals in a snap with these tips:          Read instructions first In your rush to get everything done right away, you might forget the first essential step in cooking a great meal—to read the recipe instructions. It pays to know the entire procedure beforehand, so you’ll know which steps to prioritize and which ingredients to prepare first. Multi-task Like with all other jobs, cooking also requires a high level of multitasking skills. This is necessary to get more done in a shorter amount of time. One effective way to multitask in the kitchen is to start preparing other ingredients while boiling water or waiting for the oven to warm. This way, the ingredients have a...

The Kiosk for CALCMENU is the latest solution from EGS . It allows foodservice professionals like chefs, culinary arts students, caterers, F&B Managers and other food enthusiasts to share their recipes in CALCMENU with any PC and even via mobile. The Kiosk for CALCMENU can be viewed on any PC with an Internet browser (Windows, Macintosh, Android, etc.) and even on smartphone (iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows Phone, BlackBerry, etc.). The Kiosk is secure and private as it requires a login. Your login details in the EGS Website, which are associated with your CALCMENU product keys and serial number, are used as your login details in the Kiosk for CALCMENU.     The Kiosk for CALCMENU is available to clients of EGS CALCMENU with valid EGS Support and Update Plan .   Our latest version also works on Windows 8!  

Last week, we have talked about the importance of nutrient and allergen management tools like EGS CALCMENU and EGS F&B Control, for foodservice professionals. We have concluded that such tools are an effective way to keep up with the growing need of informing consumers of the nutrient and allergen content in food products and in improving nutrient and allergen management in the food industry. This week, we have listed down the various ways on how these tools, specifically EGS CALCMENU and EGS F&B Control help in ensuring reliable nutrient and allergen management. 1. CALCMENU Pro and CALCMENU Enterprise automatically provide nutritional information for your recipes and menus. Each recipe’s nutritional content can be easily calculated to up to 12 nutritional values that you have chosen from several databases or references such as USDA (American reference), BLS (German) and ASA (Swiss).  Nutrient Tab in CALCMENU Enterprise containing the nutrient information of...

In this time of economic uncertainty, when there is a growing market of individuals who are conscious about their purchases, it is best that your businesses have cutting-edge approaches to maximize profits in order to survive. In the food business today, having a list of regular customers is not enough to remain successful. One needs a well-performed sales mix analysis and pricing strategies to keep the food business thriving. EGS has over 20 years of experience in providing chefs, restaurateurs, hospital professionals and caterers with solutions to increase their productivity, profit margin and work- efficiency.Through these we have been committed to quality, reliability and drive to provide the best possible tools in improving the way food-service business are handled.One of these latest developments in our solutions is the Menu Engineering module. Menu Engineering It is likely that executive chefs know the simple costs of particular dishes in their menu, but most do not really hav...