The Chef's Problem Solver

The Chef’s Problem Solver Why Bindi USA is the Food Service Partner Your Kitchen Has Been Waiting For!

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Introduction Why should an executive chef work with a food service supplier?

The short answer is to make his or her job easier.

Chefs work long hours, grinding through a lengthy to-do list that ultimately only grows. While a well-trained team goes a long way, good help is hard to find, and there is almost always too much to do and not enough time. Working with reliable food service partners can provide the dual benefit of alleviating workloads without sacrificing quality.

However, getting it wrong can be incredibly costly. So, how can a chef identity a top-shelf food service partner? By answering two key questions: • Do they lower my costs?

• Do they provide reliable quality?

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Controlling Your Food Costs: Ease of Mind with Bindi 3

Food Costs: The Basic Problem Food costs are a fundamental concern for anyone operating in the food service industry. Whether you run a neighborhood bistro, a high-end restaurant, or the kitchen of a major hotel, keeping food costs under control is absolutely fundamental.

Managing food costs can be a complicated and time-consuming activity for executive chefs. The most common formula to calculate food costs is the following:

(Cost of Goods Sold/ Food Sales) X 100

Fighting Food Waste As any chef will know, one of the most common contributors to increased COGS is food waste. This is where working with a food service provider like Bindi can be a major asset.

By working with Bindi, executive chefs can rest assured knowing that they will no longer deal with issues of overpurchasing or over preparation, thus reducing food waste and lowering costs.

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Over-Purchasing Overbuying ingredients is not always an easy problem to resolve.

Of course, good planning and organization will, to a certain extent, reduce the risk of over-purchasing. However, some overpurchasing is almost unavoidable when making dishes from scratch, in-house. Executive chefs need to overshoot inventories to account for potential spoilage, unfit products, errors in the kitchen prep, and other unforeseen issues that may arise.

Moreover, it doesn’t stop at food waste; excess purchasing of ingredients also has implications regarding logistics and storage costs.

Over-Preparing After product orders, preparation is another cost center. Kitchen staff often prepare more dishes or components than necessary.

This may be due to short notice changes in attendance or errors in preparation. Whatever the reason, if a chef’s team prepares 800 pastries but only 650 are served, the remaining 150 have a negative impact on the kitchen’s total cost of goods sold.

Bindi Provides Peace of Mind When you rely on Bindi to provide a particular dish, there is no risk of over-purchasing. Chefs no longer have the headache of planning order sizes or properly receiving and storing all the ingredients. Simply purchase the finished product from Bindi, store easily in the freezer, and plate only those required. There are no wasted ingredients, spoiled products, imperfect preparation, or over-purchasing. The result? A welcomed decrease in COGS.

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Tackling Personnel Challenges: How Bindi Can Help 6

Labor Shortages Virtually all foodservice and hospitality companies are facing labor shortages. This shortage not only makes it difficult for service industries to find new workers, but also makes hiring new employees more expensive. Those who are willing to work are pushing for higher wages, more benefits, and competitive bonuses.

The solution is not to scavenge for unexperienced personnel who will accept lower wages, nor is it to overwork current staff in order to pick up the slack. Instead, identifying reliable partners can free up your team to work on tasks that cannot be outsourced.

Add Bindi to Your Team Finding and hiring new employees can be a lengthy and costly process. Moreover, not every operation can afford to hire a fulltime executive pastry chef, for example, or additional kitchen staff to prepare desserts. Ultimately in today’s market, quality candidates are disappearing, and hourly rates are rising.

Although the current labor shortage presents a daunting challenge, Bindi can help mitigate many of the potential problems associated with this issue. Outsourcing your dessert needs to Bindi, for instance, can allow chefs to simultaneously postpone hiring new personnel and enable current staff to focus greater attention on other essential tasks.

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Quality You Can Count On: A Dependable Food Service Supplier 8

Proven Track Record Bindi has been supplying restaurants for over 75 years. Bindi USA, operating since 1990, is a supplier for over 3000 food service customers. Ranging from cafés to steakhouses, casinos to universities, hotels to country clubs, the nationwide proliferation of Bindi products attests to an extraordinarily high level of customer satisfaction spanning several decades.

Consistent Quality Chefs need to know that the products they receive from Bindi are not simply excellent, but always excellent. Here is how Bindi ensures consistent quality: • • • • • •

Production facilities are BRC (Europe) or SQF (USA) certified State-of-the-art R&D and Quality Control kitchens / labs Strict supplier approval system Product preservation through temperature control Production process monitored according to the HACCP plan All production batches are analyzed

Reliable Partners Beyond food production, Bindi boasts a top-tier customer support team and logistics network. In New York, New Jersey, and Los Angeles, Bindi is equipped for direct distribution. With over 75 specialty distributors and cold-chain management distribution nationwide, chefs can rest assured that Bindi will deliver their orders on time and in perfect condition.

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What’s on the Menu?

Ample Selection and Seasonal Variety 10

Bindi not only provides a consistent level of quality, but also a truly staggering variety of products.

Chefs working with Bindi benefit from the company’s decades of Italian expertise and constant drive for innovation in crafting delicious foods.

From classics, like cakes and croissants, to indulgent frozen desserts and gelatos, Bindi’s entire range of over 300 offerings provides both whole cakes and single portion delicacies.

Breakfast Options Bindi’s breakfast options include a variety of French croissants, traditional Belgium waffles, and rich Italian bomboloni. Most Bindi breakfast items come in a range of flavors and fillings and include several vegan options.

Main Courses From traditional tagliatelle to vegan asparagus ravioli, Bindi offers an assortment of lunch and dinner options. Chefs can choose from over 29 different types of pastas, ravioli, gnocchi, and more. Other savory options include pizzas, piadine, and 9 different types of focaccia!

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Desserts Bindi was born as an Italian dessert company. This heritage remains strong, and today Bindi offers over 100 dessert item to fit any menu, event, or clientele.

European Schools

Crème Brûlée

Tiramisu Traditional

Black Forest

The Americas

Traditional Cheesecake

Guave Mango Flute

Old Fashioned Chocolate Fudge Cake

Asia Inspired

Coppa Pistachio

Mango Mousse

Coconut Ripieno

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Bindi Through the Year Seasonal specialties are essential to food service, and Bindi does not disappoint. Take a look at some of the company’s seasonal offerings!

Winter Specials

Spring Specials

Chocolate Souffle Truffle Brownie Bars

Mixed Berry Cake Mini Carrot Cake

Summer Specials

Fall Specials

Coppa Raspberries & Cream Limoncello Flute

Pumpkin Cheesecake Apple Strudel 13

About Us Bindi USA is a manufacturer and distributor of quality desserts.

For over 75 years, we have served the most renowned and discerning restaurateurs in the United States, Italy, and around the world. The Bindi team has built an organization with extensive knowledge of development, production, distribution, sales and marketing for the entire food service sector.

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BINDI USA 630 Belleville Turnpike Kearny, NJ 07032 USA Tel: +1 973 812 8118 info@bindiusa.com

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