Creative Plating Ideas: Small Plate Catering
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Creative Plating Ideas: Small Plate Catering

Caterers often use disposable small plates for serving appetizer, dessert, and snack-sized dishes. However, doing so creates an on-going expense and doesn’t always deliver in the durability and aesthetics departments.  Reusable small plates made from melamine, plastic, and metal not only create high-end presentations, they significantly reduce the year-over-year cost operators must budget for due to low replacement rates….

Drinkware for Foodservice: Key Attributes to Consider When Buying
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Drinkware for Foodservice: Key Attributes to Consider When Buying

Whether you’re a first-time foodservice operator opening your premier location, or you’re a 30-year veteran who’s interested in overhauling your drinkware program, taking a few key attributes into consideration can help you make the best drinkware purchase for your establishment. Generally, knowing what you want in terms of ounce capacity, material (PC, SAN, or Tritanª plastics, or glass),…

Top 5 Ways to Affordably Upgrade Your Tabletop Without Replacing Your Plateware
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Top 5 Ways to Affordably Upgrade Your Tabletop Without Replacing Your Plateware

When you first got into foodservice as a junior manager some ten or so years ago, the world was a different place. The Great Recession was just beginning to peak at us, smartphones were nascent, and full-service casual restaurants like yours still had the lion’s share of the restaurant market. Now, as a GM, you’re…

5 Risks of Serving Food on Wood Boards, and the Better Choice
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5 Risks of Serving Food on Wood Boards, and the Better Choice

No doubt, as a foodservice operator, you’ve likely witnessed the uptrend of using real wood boards to serve food. You’ve surely seen this practice regardless of which segment you work or eat in, whether it’s a restaurant, catering service, hotel, or bar: Wood is everywhere. Grasping the reason why doesn’t pose much of a challenge: Wood…

12 Creative Plating Ideas: Onion Rings
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12 Creative Plating Ideas: Onion Rings

Onion rings: Most folks in America can’t imagine a life without them. These crunchy, sweet, and salty delights are enjoyed by diners at all kinds of restaurants from greasy spoon mom and pops to fast food, fast casual, and casual chains all over the country. We’ve taken it upon ourselves to orchestrate some creative ways…

Heiss Cookware
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Introducing Heiss Aluminum Induction Cookware

Heissª aluminum cookware is now available from G.E.T. Watch the introductory video featuring our resident metals expert, Mike Halles, as he tells you the many benefits this innovative cookware will bring to your foodservice operation.   If you prefer to read, we’ve provided a transcription below the video. Enjoy! 

How Long Does Melamine Dinnerware Last in Commercial Foodservice?
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How Long Does Melamine Dinnerware Last in Commercial Foodservice?

As a foodservice operator, understanding your long-term investments (e.g., equipment, smallwares, etc.) can help your overall budget planning. Here at G.E.T., we’re experts in alternative material dinnerware, so let’s focus on that part of your operation. Many operators invest in dinnerware made from melamine because it’s one of the most durable food-safe materials on the market. …

8 Tips for a Profitable Salad Bar
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8 Tips for a Profitable Salad Bar

Consumers’ demand for healthy dining options isn’t likely to go anywhere anytime soon. When there’s demand, supply is typically not far behind, hence the proliferation of salad concepts, including self-serve salad bars.  While you may earn repeat customers with salad bars, operators often find them expensive with low returns. To help operators meet consumer demand and get…

Cost of Plastic vs. Glass Drinkware for Foodservice
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Cost of Plastic vs. Glass Drinkware for Foodservice

All foodservice establishments need drinkware for guests, regardless of the style or volume of service. If you’re a foodservice operator, you may have been faced with the decision of whether to purchase glass or plastic drinkware. But with so many options, the choice can be difficult to navigate or even know where to start. You…

Most Durable Dinnerware for Casual or Fast-Casual Restaurant: Disposable vs Melamine vs China
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Most Durable Dinnerware for Casual or Fast-Casual Restaurant: Disposable vs Melamine vs China

Casual Dining Restaurant Typically a casual dining concept/restaurant will offer full table service (waiters and waitresses serve 100%) vs. limited table service (partially served/helped by waiter/waitress) and the length of time the customer spends in that restaurant is longer than a fast-casual (order and pick up by customer) concept. All of these options involve inside seating with…

10 Creative Pizza Plating Ideas
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10 Creative Pizza Plating Ideas

Pizza is an iconic, global dish that originated in Naples and is now enjoyed worldwide. It’s the perfect blank canvass for chefs and home cooks alike. You can stick with traditional toppings, or get creative with unexpected ingredients like smoked salmon, capers, and field greens, or even dessert pizzas. Whether you like soft flatbread, crispy…