Creative Recipes using USDA Foods Take 2

Affiliation or Financial Disclosure

• Malissa Marsden, consultant for two agricultural marketing boards
• American Egg Board
• Mushroom Council

USDA Foods Ordering and Using

• Order in January 2020
• Use in SY 20/21
• If you order it you need to menu it
• Servings per time frame per menued item/servings per case = total annual cases per menued item
• Round down if you have limited deliveries

USDA Foods Use

• Use it 3 ways or 3 days
• 5 or more is better
• Single inventory items are most expensive item
• Assists in Rotating Stock
• Reduces inventory cost
• Increases “slot” use in house and at distributor
• Assists in controlling or reducing food cost