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Make Every Holiday Easy for Your Guests and Boost Incremental Sales The popular Holidays to Go program offers seasonal take-home meals and desserts for family celebrations. For each holiday, you can offer the full range of mix-and-match meals and desserts, the pizza bundle or any individual items that suit your guests’ tastes and your unit’s capabilities. USING THIS GUIDE: You’ll find helpful information about this year-long program on pages 2 to 7. Starting on page 8, discover menus and highlights of specific holidays throughout the year.
Mix-and-Match Holiday Meals and Desserts Guests choose ready-to-heat options that include a protein main course, savory sides, bread and a choice of dessert.
Ready-to-Serve Desserts We’ve paired with vendor partners Otis Spunkmeyer, Sara Lee and Sweet Street to offer delicious a la carte desserts to sweeten up your gatherings throughout the year.
Exclusive Offer from Otis Your unit can receive complimentary cases of cookie tins or cookie jars (depending on the holiday) with your cookie orders, while supplies last.
Pizza Meal to Go
Sara Lee’s Take-Home Pie Program
Whenever guests gather, pizza is always popular. Pizza bundles (hot pizza, salad, dessert and soda offer guests a quick, takehome meal every day!
For some holidays, you can generate revenue for your café by offering a delicious lineup of Sara Lee’s restaurant-quality pies for guests to take home and enjoy.
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Valentine’s Day......................... 8 Spring Holidays.....................10 Mother’s Day............................12 Commencement...................14 Fall Holidays.............................16
Easy-to-follow instructions, order forms and promotional assets help you market and launch Holidays to Go in your café.
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Turnkey Resources
Easy Steps to Success
Holidays to Go is easy to implement at your location. We provide all the tools you’ll need to run a successful promotion. Simply click on the arrow below to access operational and marketing resources.
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Review the operational assets by clicking on the Download Resources Here arrow below.
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For each holiday, share the Menu List with your chef to find the NBO and FMS recipe numbers for all Holidays to Go items.
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Review the Ingredient List.
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Select the most appealing menu items for your guests for each holiday.
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Meet with your client and explain the program.
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Set your pricing using the Holidays to Go Pricing Guide.
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Add Holidays to Go to POS system, if not using Infor. Or use the Everyday and Info Item Request Portal to request access to Holidays to Go items.
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Determine run dates for each holiday’s menu at your location.
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Determine staffing needs and decide how quickly you can fulfill orders.
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Identify adequate safe storage, following policies outlined in 1.2.6 Packaged Goods for Retail Sale.
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Designate a team member to oversee the guest ordering process and designate one area where guests can pick up their orders.
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Download Digital Marketing Assets, such as digital screens and social media images.
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Download Printable Marketing Assets, such as a customizable marketing brochure, counter cards, napkin inserts and Word templates.
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Locate printed marketing assets, such as banners and posters; these may be included in the Mutualized Promotions Kit shipped to you.
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Display all marketing assets in your café.
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Host preview and sampling days in your café to announce and market Holidays to Go to your guests.
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Guests use the Holidays to Go Order Form to place orders.
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Collect customer payment by any means currently available at your site.
PREPARING ORDERS Using the Visual Guide to Packaging and Labeling and the Packaging Guide, order packaging and labels.
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Schedule culinary team for order prep.
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Prepare and assemble meals for takeaway orders.
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Package orders during select date and time windows, providing At-Home Reheating Instructions with each order.
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Order ingredients and vendor partner products, based on guest orders.
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Operational Resources
Utilize these resources to run Holidays to Go at your location.
Ingredient List Consolidated list of ingredients by distribution centers with manufacturer information.
Order Form Use this editable form to highlight the specific menu you’re offering at your location.
Visual Guide to Packaging and Labeling Illustrated guide showing how to package and label menu items. For labeling, please use the templates found on Printables+.
Packaging Guide The packaging guide lists manufacturer names, product numbers, pack sizes and links.
Set, review and adjust pricing for each holiday campaign with this price optimization guide.
At-Home Reheating Instructions Attach reheating instruction sheets to each order.
Food Safety Guidelines Food safety is of utmost importance and HACCP food safety guidelines and procedures must be followed for Holidays to Go products offered for sale to guests for take-home through all stages of preparation, cooking, cooling, holding, packaging, display and storing. Take-home products must be labeled with this information: •
Product name, ingredients and potential allergens
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Storage instructions
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Reheating instructions (as applicable)
Check local and state Health Department regulations for additional labeling requirements. Refer to Sodexo’s 1.2.6. Packaged Foods for Retail Sale Guidelines for additional information.
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Pricing Guide
SAMPLE ORDER FORM HOW TO CUSTOMIZE FORM FOR YOUR LOCATION
REQUIRED GUEST INFORMATION WHEN ORDER IS PLACED
Edit unit name and contact Add order due date
Guest’s name and contact information Pickup day and time noted
Edit menu choices offered Choices selected in each menu category Add price(s)
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Edit ordering requirements and availability dates
Helpful Resources Explore the Holidays to Go Pricing Guide on Retail Ranger. Guests will appreciate the talents and time of your café staff in preparing takeaway desserts, allowing you to place a higher value and price on Holidays to Go menu items than on regular café selections. The pricing guide will help you determine the most appropriate pricing for the Holidays to Go program at your location.
DIGITAL ORDERING PLATFORM To advertise the menu on your CaterTrax site, download the Holidays to Go Order Form from the Download Resources Here arrow below and customize it with the menu items you’re offering, adding run time, payment and pickup instructions. Submit a support ticket to CaterTrax, add the appropriate holiday from the list below and attach your order form to the ticket: “Advertise Valentine’s Day to Go” “Advertise Spring Holidays to Go” “Advertise Mother’s Day to Go” “Advertise Commencement to Go” “Advertise Fall Holidays to Go” Request that the menu be advertised on your home page. CaterTrax has an advertising graphic for each holiday menu and will link your order form to the graphic.
OFFER IMPULSE DESSERTS EVERY DAY Prepare a variety of desserts each day and place at checkout registers to encourage impulse purchases as guests pass through your café.
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Marketing Resources
Find digital and printable marketing assets by clicking on the Download Resources Here arrow below. Printed banners and posters are often included in Mutualized Promotions Kits. This comprehensive set of marketing materials will help you advertise and build interest in each holiday’s campaign.
Counter Cards Print these designed ads to insert in countertop signage holders.
Digital Assets You’ll find dozens of designed assets to download for digital displays, social media and more.
Editable Brochure Advertise your program with a customizable marketing pamphlet you can print.
Napkin Inserts You can print these designed napkin inserts in horizontal and vertical formats for your location.
Word Templates These editable blank forms with Holidays to Go logos allow you to craft messaging for your guests.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT HOLIDAYS TO GO, CONTACT: Erica Milios
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Vice President, Guest and Operator Experience Erica.Milios@Sodexo.com
Valentine’s Day Menu Range
The sweets and treats featured in Holidays to Go Valentine’s Day program are guest favorites and ideal for celebrations. These items were carefully selected for their ease of production and packaging for your team members. Pizza bundles are also a great mid-winter offering because they make it easy for guests to host a small gathering.
Desserts
Pizza Meals to Go
(Sold A La Carte)
(Serves 3-4)
ASSORTED TRAYS: 3 Choices Butter Sugar Carnival Chocolate Chip Double Chocolate Chip Lemon Burst Oatmeal Raisin Peanut Butter Turtle White Chocolate Macadamia Nut
Complimentary tins available with order. Cookie Program Information
(prebaked and hot when guest arrives for pickup)
Chocolate Lovers Tray
Choose 1
(24 assorted cookies and 12 assorted brownies)
• Cheese • Margherita • Pepperoni
Cookie Lovers Tray (assortment of 32 cookies)
• Sausage • Supreme • Vegetable
SALAD Choose 1
Sweet Tooth Tray
• Classic Caesar • Traditional Garden
(assortment of 24 brownies and bars)
SODA Includes 2-Liter Soda
DESSERTS: 2 Choices
DESSERT
Molten Chocolate
Choose 1
Bundt Cakes (9)
• Chocolate Brownies • Rice Krispies Bars
Chocolate-Covered Strawberries (12)
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COOKIES: 9 Flavors
16" PIZZA
Valentine’s Day Highlights
The immensely popular Holidays to Go program offers delicious sweets and treats for Valentine’s Day celebrations and parties. You can offer the full range of desserts, the pizza meal bundle or any single component of the program to suit your guests’ tastes and your unit’s capabilities and staffing levels. You’ll find helpful operational resources and marketing assets by clicking on the Download Resources Here arrow below to make Holidays to Go a success at your location.
Sweets and Treats
Exclusive Offer from Otis
Pizza Meal to Go
Guests celebrating with friends, family and that Whenever guests gather, pizza is always popular. special someone will LOVE our lineup of cookies, Pizza bundles (hot pizza, salad, dessert and soda sweets and treats trays and decadent desserts. offer guests a quick, take-home meal every day!
Your unit can receive complimentary cases of cookie tins with your cookie orders, while supplies last.
Marketing Assets Printable Assets
Napkin Inserts
Digital Assets
Editable Brochure
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Editable Portrait Digital Displays
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Counter Cards
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Social Media Images
Editable Landscape Digital Displays
Spring Holidays Menu Range
The menu items featured in Holidays to Go are traditional dishes beloved by families at their spring gatherings. These recipes were carefully reviewed and selected based on their ease of production and packaging for your team members.
MIX-AND-MATCH MEALS Serves 4–6
PROTEIN Choose 1 Carved Smoked Pit Ham with Pineapple Chutney Herb and Pepper Crusted Roast Beef with au Jus
DESSERTS
SIDES
Choose 1
Choose 3
Double Chocolate Layer Cake
Charred Carrots with Thyme
Iced Carrot Layer Cake
Country Mashed Potatoes
Red Velvet Layer Cake
Italian-Style Roasted Whole Chicken with Tomato and Kalamata Olive Relish
Creamed Spinach
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Green Beans with Toasted Almonds
Roasted Pork Loin with Apricot Mustard Glaze
Butter Sugar Cookies
Macaroni and Cheese
Carnival Cookies
Roasted Balsamic Vegetables
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Roasted Rosemary Red Bliss Potatoes
White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies
Sautéed Asparagus and Grape Tomatoes
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Scalloped Potatoes
Coconut Meringue Pie
BREAD (includes 1 dozen with each order and Smart Balance Buttery Spread) Choose 1 Cracked Pepper and Parmesan Drop Biscuits Parker House White Dinner Rolls
Lemon Meringue Pie
Desserts (Sold Separately)
Pies Coconut Meringue Pie Lemon Meringue Pie Take-Home Pie Program Information
CHANGE LINKS WHEN NEW FILES ARE POSTED
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Butter Sugar Carnival COOKIES Chocolate Chip 5 Flavors Double Chocolate Chip Lemon Burst Oatmeal Raisin Peanut Butter Turtle White Chocolate Macadamia Nut
Complimentary tins available with order. Cookie Program Information
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DESSERTS
Cakes Double Chocolate Layer Cake Iced Carrot Layer Cake Red Velvet Layer Cake
Spring Holidays Highlights
The immensely popular Holidays to Go program offers take-home meals and desserts for family gatherings during Easter. You can offer the full range of mix-and-match meals and desserts, the pizza bundle or any single component of the program to suit your guests’ tastes and your unit’s capabilities and staffing levels. You’ll find helpful operational resources and marketing assets by clicking on the Download Resources Here arrow below to make Holidays to Go a success at your location.
Mix-and-Match Meals and Desserts for Easter Guests choose ready-to-heat options that include a main course of ham, roast beef, roast pork or chicken and savory sides, bread and a choice of cake, cookies or pie.
Pizza Meal to Go
Desserts and Pies
Whenever guests gather, pizza is always popular. Pizza bundles (hot pizza, salad, dessert and soda offer guests a quick, take-home meal every day!
We’ve paired with vendor partners Otis Spunkmeyer® and Sara Lee® to offer delicious a la carte desserts, along with Sara Lee’s takehome pie program to generate revenue.
Marketing Assets Printable Assets
Napkin Inserts
Digital Assets
Editable Brochure
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Editable Portrait Digital Displays
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Counter Cards
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Social Media Images
Editable Landscape Digital Displays
Mother’s Day Menu Range
The menu items featured in Holidays to Go are traditional dishes beloved by families at their Mother’s Day gatherings. These recipes were carefully reviewed and selected based on their ease of production and packaging for your team members.
MIX-AND-MATCH MEALS Serves 4–6 MAIN DISHES
SIDES
DESSERTS
Choose 1 Protein and 1 Brunch Dish
Choose 3
Choose 1
PROTEINS
HEATABLE
• Carved Smoked Pit Ham with Apricot Mustard Glaze
• Charred Carrots with Thyme • Green Beans Southern Style • Macaroni and Cheese • Oven-Roasted Greek Fries • Roasted Balsamic Brussels Sprouts • Roasted Beets with Thyme • Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes • Roasted Sweet Potatoes
• Italian-Style Roasted Chicken with Tomato and Kalamata Olive Relish
BRUNCH DISHES • Banana Nut Nutella Stuffed French Toast (6 servings) • Quiche Lorraine (1 quiche with 6 wedges) • Mini Brunch Sandwiches (6 Smoked Salmon and Cucumber on Mini Bagels and 6 Ham and Gruyère on Mini Croissants)
• Dutch Apple Pie • Lemon Meringue Pie • Peanut Butter Fudge Brownies (6) • Red Velvet Layer Cake
BREAD
(includes 1 dozen with each order and Smart Balance Buttery Spread)
Choose 1 • Cracked Pepper and Parmesan Drop Biscuits
SALADS • Classic Caesar Salad with Dressing • Country-Style Potato Salad • Garden Salad with Dressing • Lemony Chickpea Salad • Quinoa Cucumber Salad • Toasted Lentil and Feta Salad
• Parker House White Dinner Rolls
Desserts (Sold Separately)
+ Chef Pierre Cookies • Butter Sugar • Carnival • Chocolate Chip • Double Chocolate Chip • Lemon Burst
• Oatmeal Raisin • Peanut Butter • Turtle • White Chocolate Macadamia Nut
• Peanut Butter Fudge Brownies
Cakes and Pies • Dutch Apple Pie • Lemon Meringue Pie • Red Velvet Layer Cake Take-Home Pie Program Information
Complimentary tins available with order.
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Cookie Program Information
Mother’s Day Highlights The immensely popular Holidays to Go program offers take-home meals and desserts for Mother’s Day, inspiring families to spend time making memories with each other, rather than being busy in the kitchen. You can offer the full range of mix-and-match meals and desserts or any single component of the program to suit your guests’ tastes and your unit’s capabilities and staffing levels. You can also offer Pizza Meals to Go throughout the year. You’ll find helpful operational resources and marketing assets by clicking on the Download Resources Here arrow below to make Holidays to Go a success at your location.
Mix-and-Match Meals and Desserts Ready-to-heat options include a main course of roast chicken or ham, a brunch main of stuffed French toast, quiche or mini sandwiches, plus savory sides, bread and a decadent dessert.
Pizza Meal to Go
Desserts and Pies
Whenever guests gather, pizza is always popular. Pizza bundles (hot pizza, salad, dessert and soda offer guests a quick, take-home meal every day!
We’ve paired with vendor partners Otis Spunkmeyer® and Sara Lee® to offer delicious a la carte desserts to sweeten up the gathering.
Marketing Assets Printable Assets
Napkin Inserts
Digital Assets
Editable Brochure
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Editable Portrait Digital Displays
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Counter Cards
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Social Media Images
Editable Landscape Digital Displays
Commencement Menu
The menu items featured in Holidays to Go are traditional dishes beloved by families at their celebrations. These recipes were carefully reviewed and selected based on their ease of production and packaging for your team members.
TRAYS, ENTRÉES AND DESSERTS APPETIZER TRAYS
GLOBAL ENTREES
Serves 12
Serves 12
• Farmer’s Market Vegetables and Dijon Ranch Dip • Fresh Fruit • Naan and Hummus • Pepperoni and Cubed Cheese • Vegetable Antipasto
• Chicken and Cheese Enchiladas Verde • Chicken Pad Thai • General Tso’s Tofu Stir-Fry
BONELESS BUFFALO WINGS 36 wings
Includes celery and carrot sticks and ranch dressing.
• BBQ Boneless Chicken Wings • Crispy Boneless Buffalo Wings • Crispy Boneless Plain Wings • Honey Mustard Boneless Wings • Parmesan Herb Boneless Wings
SALADS
ITALIAN ENTREES Serves 12
Includes 12 dinner rolls and Smart Balance Buttery Spread.
• Baked Ziti • Chicken Alfredo • Meat Lasagna
BREAD
MINI SANDWICH TRAYS Serves 12
Includes potato chips or Red Delicious apples.
• Assorted Mini Sandwiches (24 total with 8 turkey, cheddar and chipotle mayo sliders; 6 grilled chicken Caesar half-wraps; 6 rustic antipasto mini sandwiches and 4 vegetable tarragon sliders) • Grilled Chicken Caesar Half-Wraps (24) • Rustic Antipasto Mini Sandwiches (24) • Turkey, Cheddar and Chipotle Mayo Sliders (24) • Vegetable Tarragon Sliders (24)
Includes 12 with each order and Smart Balance Buttery Spread.
DESSERTS
• Garlic Breadsticks • Parker House White Dinner Rolls
• Chocolate Lovers Tray (24 assorted cookies and 12 assorted brownies) • Cookies (12) • Cookie Lovers Tray (assortment of 32) • Glazed Cinnamon Rolls (18) • Luscious Lemon Bars (12) • Mini Butter Croissants (18) • Molten Chocolate Bundt Cakes (9) • Sweet Tooth Tray (assortment of 24 brownies and bars)
Serves 12
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• Classic Caesar Salad with Dressing • Country-Style Potato Salad • Garden Salad with Dressing • Lemony Chickpea Salad • Quinoa Cucumber Salad • Toasted Lentil Salad
Commencement Highlights It’s time for commencement and summer parties, filled with family celebrations and great food. The immensely popular Holidays to Go program offers take-home appetizers, party trays, meals and desserts, inspiring families to spend time making memories, rather than being busy in the kitchen. Since pizza is always popular for family gatherings, you can also offer Pizza Meals to Go at the same time. You’ll find helpful operational resources and marketing assets by clicking on the Download Resources Here arrow below to make Holidays to Go a success at your location.
Trays, Entrées & Desserts
Pizza Meal to Go
Desserts and Pies
No better way to celebrate a special occasion than with popular party trays, composed salads, and global and Italian main dishes.
Whenever guests gather, pizza is always popular. Pizza bundles (hot pizza, salad, dessert and soda offer guests a quick, take-home meal every day!
We’ve paired with vendor partners Otis Spunkmeyer® and Sara Lee® to offer delicious a la carte desserts to sweeten up the gathering.
Marketing Assets Printable Assets
Napkin Inserts
Digital Assets
Editable Brochure
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Editable Portrait Digital Displays
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Counter Cards
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Social Media Images
Editable Landscape Digital Displays
Fall Holidays Menu Range
The menu items featured in Holidays to Go are traditional dishes beloved by families at their celebrations. These recipes were carefully reviewed and selected based on their ease of production and packaging for your team members.
Mix-and-Match Meals
Pizza Meals to Go
(Serves 4–6)
(Serves 3-4)
PROTEINS
DESSERTS
16" PIZZA
Choose 1
Choose 1
• Carved Smoked Pit Ham with Pineapple Chutney • Herb and Pepper Crusted Roast Beef with Mushroom Gravy • Roast Turkey Breast with Gravy
• Apple Pie • Chocolate Cream Pie • Dutch Apple Pie • Pumpkin Pie • Southern Pecan Pie
(prebaked and hot when guest arrives for pickup)
HEATABLE SIDES Choose 3 • Creamed Spinach • Glazed Carrots • Green Bean Casserole • Macaroni and Cheese • Maple-Glazed Brussels Sprouts • Mashed Potatoes • Old-Fashioned Sage Stuffing • Orange-Roasted Butternut Squash • Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes • Whipped Sweet Potatoes
Choose 1 • Sausage • Supreme • Vegetable
• Cheese • Margherita • Pepperoni
SALAD
BREAD
Choose 1
(includes 1 dozen with each order and Smart Balance Buttery Spread)
• Classic Caesar • Traditional Garden
Choose 1 • Cracked Pepper and Parmesan Drop Biscuits • Parker House White Dinner Rolls
SODA Includes 2-Liter Soda
DESSERT Choose 1 • Chocolate Brownies • Rice Krispies Bars
Desserts (Sold A La Carte)
PIES: 9 Flavors
Butter Sugar
Apple
Carnival
Cherry Krunch
Chocolate Chip
Chocolate Cream
Double Chocolate Chip
Chocolate Cream Peanut Butter Silk Pie
Lemon Burst Oatmeal Raisin
Molten Chocolate Bundt Cake (9 mini cakes)
Dutch Apple
Pumpkin Swirl Pullman Cake
Fruits of the Forest Pumpkin Southern Pecan
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Chocolate Mint Cream
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Flourless Chocolate Torte (Gluten Free)
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DESSERTS: 4 Flavors Caramel Brownie Bite Cheesecake
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COOKIES: 9 Flavors
Fall Highlights
The immensely popular Holidays to Go program offers take-home meals and desserts for Fall holidays, inspiring families to spend time making memories with each other, rather than being busy in the kitchen. You can offer the full range of mix-and-match meals and desserts or any single component of the program to suit your guests’ tastes and your unit’s capabilities and staffing levels. You can also offer Pizza Meals to Go throughout the year. You’ll find helpful operational resources and marketing assets by clicking on the Download Resources Here arrow below to make Holidays to Go a success at your location.
Mix-and-Match Meals & Desserts for Fall Ready-to-heat options include a main course of carved smoked pit ham, herb and pepper crusted roast beef or roast turkey breast, savory sides, bread and a pie.
Cookies, Desserts & Pies
Pizza Meal to Go
We’ve paired with vendor partners Otis Spunkmeyer®, Sara Lee® and Sweet Street to offer delicious a la carte desserts. PLUS: Complimentary cookie jars with Otis orders!
Whenever guests gather, pizza is always popular. Pizza bundles (hot pizza, salad, dessert and soda offer guests a quick, takehome meal every day!
Marketing Assets Printable Assets
Napkin Inserts
Digital Assets
Social Media Images
Editable Brochure
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Counter Cards
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Editable Portrait Digital Displays
Editable Landscape Digital Displays