I. Read and translate the text. II. Answer the following questions:II. Answer the following questions: • How does purchasing of food, supplies and equipment determine the success of an establishment? • What items are needed for smooth operation of a restaurant? • Who is usually in charge of purchasing? • What should a good purchaser know? • What kind of purveyors do restaurants use? • What considerations are most important for purchasers? Why? • What does yield mean? • What categories of foodstuffs are there? • How are convenience foods used? • Why are frozen and canned foods so important? • What storage areas do restaurants have? • How is a dry storeroom arranged? • Why should it have limited access? • How should cleaning supplies and poison be kept? · What kinds of refrigerators are used in restaurants? · What does it depend on? · Who is responsible for quality of the'foodstuffs? · What are the duties of the steward / a storekeeper? · Why are regular inventories necessary? · What is an issue form? · Why is a good system of purchasing and storage necessary in a restaurant?
III. Sum up what you've learned from the text about: • the people responsible for efficient purchasing of food, supplies and equipment; • different types of suppliers; • different categories of foodstuffs; • storage facilities available in different foods and supplies; • refrigerators and freezers used in the restaurant business; • the duties of stewards or storekeepers; • control methods to prevent pilferage
IV. Find in the text another way of expressing the following: 1. Foods precooked to be served with a minimum of preparation. 2. Items such as flour, sugar and spices that are used on a steady, continuing basis. 3. Table utensils such as knives, forks and spoons. 4. One who makes his living selling goods. 5. Sale of goods directly to the individual consumer. 6. In restaurant usage, the amount of cooked food obtained from raw food. 7. Sale of goods to a business in large, bulk quantities at prices lower than to an individual consumer. 8. A manufacturer who processes raw foodstuffs into commercial forms; frozen and canned products are _________ foods. 9. In a hotel or restaurant, one who supervises the provision and distribution of food and drink. 10. Table linens such as napkins and tablecloths. 11. A record of the date and quantity an item is withdrawn, signed by the one who withdraws and the one who gives permission for the withdrawal. V. Fill in the gaps with the appropriate words to complete the sentences: 1. _______ means the same thing as buying. 2. A purchasing agent for a restaurant must consider the _______ in cooked food that will be obtained from the raw food. 3. Large cities usually have ______ merchants who sell in bulk to restaurants, whereas restaurants in smaller communities often have to buy from _______ merchants who also sell to the general public. 4. ______ products such as bread and ______ products such as milk are often delivered regularly on a contract basis. 5. ______ foods are those which spoil after a relatively short period of time. 6. ______ foods are those that are used regularly and steadily. 7. Food ______ take raw food materials and manufacture them into commercial food products. 8. _______ foods like frozen entrees require little preparation time but usually cost more to purchase. 9. A form shows withdrawals of supplies from a restaurant's form. 10. The receiving agent _________and ___________ items when they are delivered. 11. Flour, sugar and canned foods are among those that are kept in a _______ storeroom. 12. __________supplies and _________ for insect or rodent control are frequently stored in the dishwashing area of a restaurant. 13. Meat, milk and butter are among the items that are kept in a _______ room. 14. A storekeeper is usually required to take a count known as an _______ of all items in the storeroom at regular intervals. 15. Unfortunately, _______ is a common occurrence in many restaurants, and an inventory is a good method for preventing it.
VI. Translate from Russian using vocabulary from the text:
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