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Conquering Fresh Food With TransAct's Suite of Apps:

With food prep facilities now on premises, staff hired to maintain the service, and shelves and stations designed to serve the hungry throngs, these convenience stores are now competing directly with restaurants and grocery stores for consumer dollars. While they may be the newcomers, c-store owners actually have a tremendous chance to generate new profit. Accessibility, speed of service, and price are all factors in their favor.

Be Prepared.

Once the kitchen facilities are laid out and the staff has been hired, it’s time to consider how best to produce and manage in-store fresh food preparation.

Forecasting Needs

Knowing how much food to prep is essential in preserving a profit margin. With experience and helpful technology, managers can predict foot traffic based on things like: • Proximity to workplaces, residences and highways • Rush-hour traffic • Weather patterns • Local food culture and preferences

Controlling waste will keep costs down — particularly the pre-consumer waste generated by the store’s supply and prep operations. The process begins with a waste audit to discover where the biggest problems lie: • Food spoilage • Mistakes in the kitchen • Malfunctioning equipment • Other possibilities

Every food item or ingredient in stock represents spent money. Mistakes in this area equate to losses that can’t be regained. Successful foodservice managers will: • Conduct regular inventory • Use reliable inventory software • Store food properly • Keep inventory stock as low as possible

Conduct a thorough food waste audit on a regular basis. Pre-consumer food waste • Food prep scraps • Spoiled supplies • Cooking errors Post-consumer food waste • All customer leftovers

Safety

It’s imperative to provide food that is tasty, satisfying and — above all — safe for the customer.

To provide the customer with peace of mind, and to protect the business’s reputation, any successful foodservice operation practices safety: • Careful food handling • Rigorous equipment maintenance • Accurate monitoring of food temperature

Foodsafety.gov FSIS Food Recall Alerts

New Technology Is

To ensure customer safety and loyalty, c-store owners need up-to-date, comprehensive technology that allows them to easily control all the factors involved in foodservice.

With a digital inventory system, business owners can more easily monitor their stock of perishable items. This helps to deal with sudden spikes in demand. And it simplifies the process for reporting damaged products and responding to recalls.

Meet

BOHA!, a suite of apps created by TransAct® Technologies, keeps every foodservice operation running smoothly. It’s a cloud-based solution that automates the time-consuming, error-prone tasks that used to be done manually.

BOHA! apps are changing the game in the convenience channel:

The BOHA! system hardware includes

BOHA! (which stands for “back-of-house automation”) provides 10 different apps in total. So, no matter how extensive your operation becomes, BOHA! can make it all function seamlessly and safely. Beyond the Temp, Sense, Food Prep, Food Recall and Labeling apps discussed elsewhere, BOHA! also includes:

BOHA! by TransAct offers a proven, easy-to-use solution.

Foodservice has officially entered the

All the Apps

Maximizing Inventory

Managing Food Waste

Defining Food Waste

Resources and Alerts

Just because they aren’t full-service restaurants, convenience stores can’t ignore the essential risks to food safety: • Contaminated prep surfaces • Inadequate food heating • Insufficient cold storage

C-Store's serving fresh food need to adhere to food safety guidelines. Part of that means being transparent to the consumer in regards to ingredients and calorie counts. The best place to start is with food labeling, where a new host of challenges have cropped up: • New FDA label guidelines • Larger fines • More detailed labeling specs • The need for accurate, user-friendly label technology

MAKES IT POSSIBLE

Simplify the process. Adapt with helpful new technologies.

Fresh food presents a brave new world for c-store owners — long-term success will be determined by how businesses manage their food prep and food safety.

For more information on the BOHA! suite of apps, visit the BOHA! website or call 866-503-1506.

Still, there are plenty of challenges to be met and obstacles to be overcome when a business opts for foodservice. Government regulations must be adhered to. And customer concerns about freshness and quality need to be thoroughly addressed.

By recognizing the issues at hand, then seeking the right technology for the job, c-stores can take control of this promising revenue stream.

BEST PRACTICES

SAFETY RISKS

REGULATED FOOD LABELS

Avoid pencil-whipped food temperature logs with a digitized temp-taking process. If food temps are even one degree out of range, get alerts and resolve the problem – instantly. Maintain proper temps in your fridges and freezers. With a sensor and app, you get alerted if fridge and freezer temps go out of range – so you can take corrective action and avoid costly food waste.

Prevent profits from rolling away. By connecting your inventory to your sales data, you'll know exactly how much of exactly which type of roller dogs (for example) to prepare each day. Eliminate guesswork and over or under-prepping.

If you’re getting into fresh food, the law says you need FDA-compliant food labels. Nutrition and ingredient guidelines are now stricter. Printing accurate, clear, FDA-compliant food labels is a must!

Their user-friendly design helps synchronize and support the BOHA! apps, allowing for maximum efficiency.

a Terminal,

a Handheld Device,

a Sensor

and a Gateway (using LoRaWan).

First.

Temperature taking and monitoring

Inventory tracking

Food production

Proper labeling

Key.

Takes food temperatures using step-by-step digitized method Preloads list of food items on handheld device Delivers efficient easy-to-follow workflow Displays corrective actions when temps are out of compliance

Senses temperature and humidity Monitors refrigerators, freezers, walk-in equipment and dry storage areas Alerts when temps are not in normal range Ensures quick fixes to avoid costly food loss

Calculates how much food to prep each day Bases calculations on sales and inventory metrics Eliminates hypotheticals Reduces food waste

Simplifies the food recall process Acts fast in the interest of consumer safety Increases recall response across multiple locations

Ensures up-to-date FDA compliant labels Simplifies what had been a laborious, error-prone process Automates date coding and grab ‘n go labeling with nutritional info, pricing and barcodes

BOHA! Temp

BOHA! Sense

BOHA! Food Prep

BOHA! Food Recall

BOHA! Labeling

• Inventory

Business owners can purchase any or all of the apps, according to their needs.

• Service

• Timer

• Checklist

• Delivery

Forecasting Needs

Maximizing Inventory

Managing Food Waste

Defining Food Waste

What You Should Be Auditing

Key Links You Need to Know

RESOURCES & ALERTS

+ See the Full Suite of Apps

BOHA! GOES BEYOND

Best Practices

Safety Risks

Regulated Food Labels

convenience channel.

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All the information you need on food safety, both as a business owner and as a consumer — they even have an app on proper food storage that you can download and share with your employees.

The Food Safety and Information Service regularly issues recall announcements — you’ll want to subscribe to their email alerts.