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Why Use Fresh-Cut Lettuce vs. Commodities?. #1 Food Safety. Fresh Cut produce is cut and washed in a state of the art processing facility is designed around a rigorous food safety and quality program.
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#1 Food Safety • Fresh Cut produce is cut and washed in a state of the art processing facility is designed around a rigorous food safety and quality program. • The entire plant is refrigerated between 34° - 38° F and only prepares fresh vegetables, no meats or other materials enter facility. • The plant undergoes a complete sanitation every night. • The products are subjected to a multi-stage wash system that includes a gentle agitation and foreign object filtering system. • No preservatives or additives are used! • When processing commodity product, in-house, liability and possible exposure to cross-contamination rests with the operator. • A food borne illness due to post harvest treatment or cross contamination can cost an operator $75,000 and devastate a brands reputation. • All Fresh Cut products offer complete traceability from the field to the final package and is coded with the field, lot number, harvesting crew, date, and time of harvest.
SmartWash™ SmartWash™ is a revolutionary wash addition that boosts and stabilizes the pathogen-fighting power of standard wash systems. When combined with chlorine wash agents, SmartWash™ maintains optimal levels of free-chlorine to ensure the consistent, and effective, removal of microbial contaminants and 100% elimination of cross-contamination.
#2 Consistency • Stable Pricing • Food cost / Profit margins are stable with value added product. • Commodity prices fluctuate weekly which translates to variable food cost and margin. • With VALUE ADDED Produce, food cost is stable 52 weeks/year and therefore offer your operation constant profit margin per salad or item. • Consistent Cut Size • Our products translate into the end customer being able to purchase a salad in any location and get the same salad every time. • Cutting Commodity product, in-house, can result in prep cook #1 cutting thinner strips, cook #2 cutting wide strips and the customer getting a different product both in the same unit, and in different units. • Constant Yield • Commodity carton weights vary with price, therefore number of salads made per carton will fluctuate based on weight & quality • Value added produce offers the same 100% useable weight and number of portions in every case, every time!
How Can you benefit from value – Added? • Add Food Safety to Salads and Other Fresh Cut Products • Reduce Liability & Shrink • Achieve Consistency Among Multiple Locations • Reduce Labor and Insurance Costs • Assure Supply / Highest Quality Product • Stable Product Cost / Consistent Margins • Reduce required storage space / Free up space for other cooler items
#3 Reduced Labor Cost • Using Fresh-Cut lettuce saves 30-60 minutes of labor per carton, versus commodity product. • Add the cost of labor to the cost of commodity product and this drives operating costs up. • Commodity requires knife time for cooks, training, and inconsistency of yield due to how much is peeled away in process • Value Added Produce reduces: Knife time, workers comp claims, injuries, and waste disposal costs.
