2022-2023 Yavapai College Catalog 
    
    Dec 21, 2024  
2022-2023 Yavapai College Catalog [PREVIOUS CATALOG YEAR]

CUL 111 - Food Purchasing and Cost Control


Description: Methods to control costs in a food service operation while making a profit.  Focus is on principles and procedures of an effective food purchasing system.  Preparation for ServSafe certification.

Credits: 3
Lecture: 3
Lab: 0

Course Content:
  1. Operation procedures
  2. Inventory cost control
  3. Recipe conversions
  4. Menus
  5. Profit and loss statements
  6. Organic foods
  7. Sustainable foods
  8. Purchasing systems
  9. Point of sales systems
  10. Bakery design
  11. ServSafe certification

Learning Outcomes:
  1. Identify best practices in purchasing, receiving and storing. (1, 2, 8)
  2. Evaluate a comprehensive food service purchasing system and inventory cost control. (1, 2, 8)
  3. Calculate recipe conversions and cost of product to identify sales price. (3)
  4. Utilize menu engineering techniques to increase profit. (4)
  5. Describe the use of profit and loss statements. (5)
  6. Compare and contrast organic foods vs. sustainable foods. (6,7)
  7. Describe cost and labor control. (5, 9)
  8. Compare and contrast point of sales systems. (9)
  9. Design a plan for a bakery operation. (5, 10)
  10. Pass the ServSafe certification test. (11)