Foodservice operators continue to face significant challenges, from rising food costs and labor shortages to ongoing supply chain disruptions. As kitchens look for ways to maintain quality while improving efficiency, prepared flavor solutions are becoming an increasingly attractive option.
Butterball Farms flavored butter dollops help operators reduce labor, improve consistency, and deliver exceptional flavor without the time and expense of preparing compound butters from scratch.
The Biggest Challenges Facing Foodservice Operators
According to a Datassential survey of foodservice operators across the United States, the top challenges heading into the new year include rising food costs, Labor shortages, and Supply chain disruptions.
These ongoing pressures are forcing operators to rethink kitchen processes and identify solutions that improve efficiency without sacrificing quality.
The three great challenges for foodservice operators entering 2023.
Staffing Shortages Continue to Impact Kitchen Operations
The survey found that prep cooks, line cooks, and short-order cooks remain among the most difficult positions to fill.
Nearly With nearly 70% of operators reporting staffing shortages in these roles, restaurants and foodservice operations are looking for ways to reduce labor demands while maintaining consistency across every menu item.
Why Operators Are Turning to Prepared Food Solutions
As labor challenges persist, many operators are relying more heavily on prepared products that simplify back-of-house operations.
Benefits of Fully Prepared Products
Prepared ingredients and flavor solutions help operators:
- Save labor hours
- Reduce training requirements
- Improve product consistency
- Minimize kitchen errors
- Streamline food preparation
In fact, nearly one-third of operators surveyed indicated that fully prepared products have become more appealing because of ongoing labor concerns.
Nearly 1/3rd of operators say fully prepared products in the kitchen are more appealing due to labor problems.
How Flavored Butter Dollops Save Time and Labor
Butterball® Farms has been ahead of the issue for years with its pre-portioned flavored dollops and flavored butter tubs. Frozen, then thawed before use, these pre-portioned dollops come in a variety of flavors, such as garlic herb, or savory bacon or can be fully customized to meet the unique needs of the operator. Crafted to top proteins, vegetables, pasta or breads they flavored dollops easily upscale the dish and melt perfectly to impart consistent flavor serving after serving.
Flavored dollops upscale any protein or vegetable from the kitchen quickly and consistently.
Operators love dollops because they assure consistency, eliminate time-consuming prep, reduce kitchen waste and cleaning of utensils needed to make a compound butter. Most importantly, flavored butter dollops eliminate the need for training new staff. Because Butterball Farms is the market leader in flavored dollops, it also eliminates or reduces the need for culinary staff in finding the right flavors for your menu. Your Butterball Farms representative can help you create a custom-flavored butter that meet the flavor profile and applications you are looking for.
Evaluating the cost of flavored dollops or flavored butter tubs versus making a compound butter from scratch can be a great exercise understanding the total cost of making your own from scratch over an extended period. Here’s a great example.
It’s easy to overlook the hidden costs of scratch-made compound butters.
The graphic clearly points to why more and more operators are turning to Butterball Farms flavored dollops or tubs as a time and labor-saving solution in their kitchens.
Flavored dollops are easy to apply and melt perfectly.
Why Foodservice Operators Choose Butterball Farms
Butterball Farms has been in the business of shaped and flavored butters for more than 60 years, offering a wide array of custom flavor solutions, including flavored butter dollops for foodservice. The company also offers garlic herb butter in 1 lb. tubs available at your local distributor and can customize compound butters in portion control cups or individually wrapped for takeout and delivery
As you explore solutions for your kitchen, look at the many premium options offered by Butterball Farms. Check out the website for all their product offerings or request a free sample today for your own evaluation.
