Home / Blog / Food Feed / 2018 Spring Menu Trends
Non-Commercial Foodservice Spring Menu Trends Spring is officially here! It’s time for flowers to start blooming, your favorite produce to be back in season, and menus to get a much-needed seasonal refresh. Spring offers a great opportunity for non-commercial foodservice operators to revamp their menus with limited time menu offers and seasonal flavors to drive […]
Home / Blog / Industry Trends / What Do Residents Expect from Senior Living Foodservice Operators?
Cater to Seniors with Snacks, Meals at Their Convenience The idea of needing instant gratification is typically associated with the younger generations of today, but senior living foodservice operators are seeing this expectation more and more among the newest wave of residents entering their facilities. Senior living diners no longer want to rely on eating […]
Home / Blog / Culture / 8 CaterTrax Employees Honored with a TRAX Star Award
Core Values Personified Our CaterTrax core values make us who we are – as individuals and as a company overall – and the way our employees embrace each and every one of our core values continues to solidify our company culture. Every staff member is an ambassador of hospitality, delivering excellence in every interaction with […]
Home / Blog / Food Feed / 3 Ways to Drive Plant-Based Diets in Non-Commercial Foodservice
Consumers Are Demanding Plant-Based Menu Options Non-commercial foodservice operators are seeing a growing interest in plant-based diets among consumers. This is supported by the fact that about 15% of the overall population is following a vegan, vegetarian, or flexitarian diet some of the time, thanks in part to the popularization of customization, sustainability, and healthier […]
Home / Blog / Industry Trends / Technology in Campus Foodservice Supports Dietary Needs
FDA Menu Labeling Compliance Deadline is Fast-Approaching For many young adults, college is the first time they’re leaving home for a long period of time, becoming 100% responsible for their personal consumption choices. Many students take health and cooking classes while attending high school but these classes can’t fully prepare them to make healthy eating […]
Home / Blog / Industry Trends / 2018 Food Trends Hitting Menus This Year
New Year, New Menu Items Trends in the foodservice industry are constantly shifting to keep up with the needs and interests of consumers. Technavio’s market research analysts predict that the global foodservice market will grow at a CAGR of close to 5% by 2021. Keeping up with food trends will help you drive growth at […]
Home / Blog / Culture / Meet Our CaterTrax Employees Who Earned a TRAX Star in Quarter 3
CaterTrax Staff Recognized For Going Above and Beyond With another quarter complete comes another round of TRAX Star recipients; CaterTrax employees who went above and beyond to embody one or more of our CaterTrax core values and who have been nominated for a TRAX Star by their peers for doing so. With no intentions […]
Home / Blog / Platform Updates / TLS Updates: What You Need to Know
Make your browser compatible with TLS 1.1 and higher to ensure your online information stays safe. TLS puts the “S” in HTTPS when you’re visiting secure websites, like this one (check out our URL!) but what does that even mean? Per Wikipedia: Transport Layer Security (TLS) and its predecessor, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), are cryptographic […]
Home / Blog / Platform Updates / Help Desk Ticket Categories Update
CaterTrax Administrators will notice some new and renamed ticket categories next time they submit a support request. On Tuesday, December 12th, we gave our hard-working Support Team an early holiday present by updating our help desk ticket categories. Just like we do for our partners and clients; we are constantly scoping out ways to make […]
Home / Blog / Industry Trends / Recognizing Healthcare Foodservice Workers Week 2017
How Will You Honor Your Hard-Working Healthcare Foodservice Professionals This Week? The Association for Healthcare Foodservice (AHF) is a professional group comprised of individuals who work in self-operated, non-commercial foodservice facilities within the healthcare foodservice industry. A legacy association that is now part of AHF started Healthcare Foodservice Workers Week in 1985 which continues to […]
Home / Blog / Culture / CaterTrax Rocks Shorts to Work to Support Rochester’s Open Door Mission
Staying Cool While Supporting the Community CaterTrax broke the dress code again this summer to support a great organization right here in our Rochester neighborhood: Open Door Mission. The organization was founded to provide for the spiritual and physical needs of the homeless community in Rochester, NY and believes that with the proper resources, hope […]
Home / Blog / Culture / Meet the 8 CaterTrax Employees Who Earned a TRAX Star in Quarter 2
CaterTrax Employees Honored For Going Above and Beyond Another successful quarter marks another round of deserving CaterTrax employees who went above and beyond to exemplify our core values in their everyday work without hesitation. Throughout the second quarter of the year, our TRAX Star winners specifically embodied the following core values: We’re excited to recognize […]
Home / Blog / Food Feed / As Summer Cools Down, Heat Up Your Menu with Fall Menu Ideas
That all-too-familiar chill has started creeping back into the air again (which isn’t surprising considering CaterTrax is headquartered in upstate, New York) and while that means summer is coming to an end, it also means warm, seasonal menu items will start heating up noncommercial foodservice menus. The shifting of the seasons delivers a great opportunity […]
Home / Blog / Industry Trends / Power Your Foodservice Revolution at 2017 AHF Conference, August 16th
It’s 2017 and technology runs the world. Can you think of a time when you went a day, or even a few hours, without using your smart phone or looking at a screen? Whether you’re at home, at work, or on the go, technology is everywhere you look. Now, rewind almost 250 years ago to […]
Home / Blog / Culture / Recognizing Exemplary Employees: Quarter 1 2017 TRAX Star Winners
CaterTrax has completed another successful quarter, and you know what that means. It’s time to announce the next group of TRAX Star winners! The following employees were recognized for going above and beyond to exemplify the following CaterTrax core values: Earning the prestigious honor of a TRAX Star deserves to be celebrated, so congratulations to the […]
Home / Blog / Platform Updates / New Date, Why Wait? FDA Menu Labeling Law
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) extended the compliance date of the new menu labeling requirements from May 5th, 2017 to May 7th, 2018. Although affected establishments gained another full year to comply, CaterTrax is ready to support those who no longer want to wait. Watch this short video to learn more about the […]
Home / Blog / Tips & Tricks / How to Launch Your New CaterTrax Solution
It’s almost time to launch your new CaterTrax online ordering solution. So now what? Transitioning customers from placing orders via phone or email to placing orders online may come with some resistance. So to set foodservice operators and their customers up for success, our CaterTrax team created materials to support a seamless experience when making […]
Home / Blog / Industry Trends / 5 Best Practices For Sustainability in the Non-Commercial Foodservice Industry
Each year, more stories are shared of individuals who have made big strides towards being sustainable – like the woman who has been waste free for two years, or the growing number of businesses that made the switch to solar panel roofing for energy. It can get quite overwhelming to think about when there’s barely […]
Home / Blog / Industry Trends / Generation Z and Foodservice: How To Recruit and Retain
Move over millennials, Generation Z is here! Consisting of those born in the mid-90’s and later, Generation Z makes up just under 26% of the population. They are tech-savvy, great at multi-tasking, crave individuality, and differ greatly from Generation Y – aka millennials. So how can the foodservice industry start to recruit and retain this […]
Home / Blog / Culture / Congratulations to the TRAX Star Winners from Quarter 4 of 2016!
In the final quarter of 2016, the TRAX Star Program highlighted the following core values: The internal committee of judges made their way through 15 nominations that recognized employees for exemplifying one, two, or all three of these core values. Together the judges collaborated and, after hours of deliberation, decided the following eight CaterTrax employees […]
