Customized Menu Meal Solutions and Components

Wornick Foods will work with you, the foodservice operator, to develop products that complement your menu to drive increased sales and profits.

We offer you a choice in product, packaging and processes. Our 4 oz to 5 lb flexible packaging options, frozen or Shelf Safe™ processing and customized Menu Meal solutions provide a comprehensive set of alternatives for eliminating waste and improving your bottom line.

Processing and Packaging Solutions

  • Frozen – 4 oz to 12 oz pouches
  • Shelf Safe™ – 4 oz to 5 lb pouches, oval platter
  • Ready to Use – heat and serve in 5 minutes or less

Our proprietary Shelf Safe™ process offers foodservice customers Menu Meal solutions that provide flexibility, mobility, and consistency without the worry of food safety issues – in a single serve packaging format. All Shelf Safe™ formulations are ready-to-use by heating via the microwave, combi oven, turbo chef ovens or boiling water in a matter of minutes.

Kids Meals

  • Mac & Cheese
  • Kids Pasta and Kids Pasta Sauces, including but not limited to: marinara, alfredo, parmesan butter sauce

Prevalence of Kids Menus inTop 250 Chains

  • QSR: 75%
  • Casual Dining: 89%
90 percent

 

Nearly 90% of parents cite the existence of a kids menu as an important factor in choosing a place to dine out.
91 percent

 

91% of the time kids are consulted on where the family dines out.
43 percent

 

43% of the time the kids choice is where the family goes.
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Kids Menus are on the NRA's Chef Survey as one of the top 10 trends for 2010

Benefits:

  • Nutritionally balanced and formulated to meet current nutritional and healthy eating trends
  • Opportunity to differentiate kids' menu from your competitors' offerings
  • Ease of preparation
  • Portion controlled, no food waste

Wornick Foods can help you develop Kids Menu offerings that are indulgent but nutritionally balanced, meeting the demands of kids' more sophisticated palettes in a single serve packaging format. No more guessing as to how many orders you should prepare. In 3-4 minutes, you can have a variety of offerings ready-to-go, with no waste at the end of the business day.

Side Solutions™

Side Solutions™ are Ready-to-Use customized menu meal components that complement and add value to your menu offering while reducing back of the house labor and waste.

  • Risotto
  • Flavored Rice
  • Casserole Potatoes

When developing customized menu meal components, our culinary team takes into consideration quality factors such as appearance, ingredients, consistency, flavor, color, taste and texture to ensure we are exceeding your customers' expectations.

Traditional American cuisine is the most popular side dish with Asian, Italian and Hispanic running closely behind. The value in Side Solutions comes in packaging and ease of preparation. Reducing labor up to 50% with the added benefit of reducing waste up to 20% are great reasons to have Wornick Foods design, develop and deliver your customized Side Solution.

Ready to Use Sauces & Glazes

Your customer demands bold and unique flavors along with quality and consistency in the sauces you serve. Let Wornick Foods customize this very important menu meal component and eliminate the waste, labor, inconsistency that comes with back of the house sauce making.

Classical

  • Béarnaise
  • Volute
  • Demi Glace
  • Burgundy
  • Tomato
  • Béchamel

Ethnic

  • American
  • Hispanic
  • Asian
  • French

Glazes

  • Balsamic
  • Fruit
  • Chipotle
  • Ginger Soy

These are examples within the categories of the sauces and glazes that Wornick Foods can customize for you. We specialize in classic and contemporary scratch based sauces and glazes that are Ready-to-Use. These sauces provide your operation with consistency, labor reduction, and exact portions with little no food waste.

Quality sauces and glazes are available in single serve portions or bulk packaged up to 5 lbs. They are Ready-to-Use at a moment's notice and are always fresh in taste and appearance.

Hot Breakfast Cereals

Q: What is the #1 eating occasion in the U.S.?

A: Home Breakfast

Q: What is the #1 beverage occasion in the U.S.?

A: Early morning

Time starved consumers are seeking convenient alternatives for breakfast that are different from traditional breakfast offerings. These trends are creating new incremental sales opportunities for Foodservice operators and chain accounts.

Foodservice operators must deliver innovation that is "on the go." Wornick Foods has the ability to provide you with single serve, precooked oatmeal that is a ready-to-go breakfast meal solution for your "on the go" customer.

Precooked Steel Cut Oatmeal – Ready-to-heat and eat on the go:

  • 4 oz to 8 oz single serve portions
  • Pouch or bowl
  • Sweetened
  • Unsweetened
  • Flavored
  • Fruit added
  • Frozen or Shelf Safe™

We can customize a ready-to-heat and eat steel cut oatmeal that is ready to serve in 5 minutes or less.