What Is Industrial Catering?

Industrial catering refers to meals prepared in large quantities primarily to serve factories, enterprises and schools. Industrial meals use fresh ingredients and are prepared to food safety standards. Industrial catering menus change constantly from day to day, and each meal starts from just VND 20,000.

Contents:

I. An overview of industrial catering

1. What is industrial catering?

2. What does an industrial catering menu look like?

3. What dishes does each industrial meal tray include? 

4. How much does an industrial meal cost?

II. STAVI -  A reputable industrial catering service provider

What is industrial catering? Industrial catering menus

Q&A: What is industrial catering and how much does it cost?

With the advance of industrialization and modernization, more and more factories and manufacturing enterprises are being established, driving up demand for industrial catering services. However, choosing a reputable, high-quality provider that delivers delicious, nutritious meals to a company's staff is a matter that many business leaders care about and focus on. What is industrial catering? How much does each meal cost? Let's find out in the following article from STAVI.

1. What is industrial catering?

Industrial catering is a form of meal service suitable for factories, enterprises, industrial parks, schools, hospitals and more. The number of industrial meals can range from a few hundred up to several thousand meals per day. Not only the nutritional content but also elements such as the menu and portion sizes of industrial meals differ from ordinary meals.

• Industrial meals are researched by experts, who design nutritious menus. This goes hand in hand with a strictly controlled cooking and management process that rigorously complies with food safety standards.

• The industrial meal preparation area must also meet standards, being designed and equipped with specialized industrial kitchen equipment that makes meal preparation as convenient and easy as possible.

• Usually, once cooked, industrial meals are packed into trays or boxes and delivered directly to the consumer, serving meals to employees in industrial parks and schools. However, STAVI has a professional team of staff ready to serve meals right in the partner's dining area.

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2. What does an industrial catering menu look like?

An industrial catering menu is simply understood as the list of dishes at an industrial kitchen, designed daily, weekly and monthly to ensure proper nutrition for workers at factories and enterprises. The dishes and portion sizes on the menu depend largely on the price of each meal. Basically, the menu includes all the components: a main dish, side dish, rice, vegetable soup and dessert.

Planning industrial catering menus keeps dishes from being repeated over a long period, so customers find their meals both delicious and nutritious enough for a long working day.

The process of planning an industrial catering menu must meet the following requirements:

2.1. A variety of dishes

Every menu must always include all the components: a main dish, side dish, vegetable soup and dessert. Each dish needs a specific portion size so that diners feel full and satisfied. Menus are set daily and weekly. At STAVI, menus are designed by chefs and nutritionists for a whole month, drawn from a menu bank of more than 1,000 dishes, guaranteeing no repetition for 41 days, meaning a different menu every day. This gives diners more choices and a change of taste, avoiding boredom.

2.2. Guaranteed nutrition

Besides being appetizing and attractive, dishes must be nutritionally adequate to provide diners with energy. Nutrient groups must be balanced and carefully calculated, from fat, fiber and protein content to vitamins. If a menu is not properly balanced, it can lead to too much protein and too little fiber, or vice versa.

Sample industrial catering menu board

2.3. Ensuring food safety and hygiene

This is extremely important whenever planning an industrial catering menu, because every day each menu serves anywhere from a few hundred to several thousand people. If any lapse occurs, the consequences are enormous. Therefore, when planning a menu, food hygiene must be the top priority. Preference is given to dishes made from fresh produce purchased from reputable suppliers, while dishes made from frozen or pre-processed food are limited.

2.4. Reasonable prices

Each kitchen has a different price level, and the industrial catering contractor plans a suitable menu based on it. However, even at a price starting from just VND 20,000, the menu must still follow a standard structure of main dish, side dish, vegetable soup and dessert, so customers can feel completely at ease using an industrial catering service.

3. What dishes does each industrial meal tray include? 

What an industrial catering menu looks like depends on the price of each meal. But in general, an industrial meal tray must have a main dish (a braised dish, a stir-fried dish or a fried dish, and so on) depending on the number of dishes. There is also soup and a dessert.

Industrial catering menus are designed for each day, with a different menu every day featuring various types of meat, fish, vegetables, roots and fruit. This keeps employees from losing their appetite, gives them a change of diet and ensures the nutritional value of every meal.

Please take a look at some photos of the industrial meals STAVI has supplied to its partners, companies, enterprises and factories in Bac Giang and the surrounding area.

The industrial meal portioning process at STAVI

Employee meals pre-portioned according to the menu

An afternoon industrial meal with fried shrimp and breaded fried fish

Nutritionally guaranteed industrial meals

Nutritionally guaranteed industrial meals

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4. How much does an industrial meal cost?

Understanding industrial meal prices is one of the important factors for a business when choosing a meal price level for its employees. Industrial meal prices are based on the following factors:

• Based on the field of operation: If the business manufactures heavy materials such as wood, iron and steel, requiring a lot of physical effort, meals will be around VND 30,000 - 35,000 per meal. Some companies may order VND 40,000 per meal. Businesses in garments or footwear, with a mostly female workforce doing less physically demanding work, may opt for VND 25,000 - 35,000

• Based on the gender of employees: Businesses with many male employees choose a higher meal level of VND 35,000 - 40,000 per meal. Businesses with many female employees usually choose VND 25,000 - 30,000 per meal. 

• Based on the age of the workforce: If the business has a young workforce aged 18 - 30, the industrial meal price will be VND 25,000 - 40,000 per meal, with extra rice, soup, dipping sauce and condiments. If the business has a workforce aged over 25 - 50, the meal price will be VND 25,000 - 35,000 per meal, with less rice, soup, dipping sauce and condiments because this age group needs less.

STAVI's professional team of staff

In the article above, we have answered what industrial catering is and how much it costs, and provided some photos of industrial meal trays to help partners picture them more easily. For a detailed industrial catering quotation and further discussion, please contact industrial catering company STAVI.

STAVI - Our commitments:

• Diverse, rich menus.

• A different menu every day, with no repeated dishes and no monotony

• 100% of food ingredients of clear origin, fresh and delicious

• Clean preparation and washing areas that meet the food safety and hygiene standards set by the Ministry of Health

A closed, clean and safe industrial catering production process. STAVI has many years of experience providing professional industrial catering to Japanese companies and businesses. Contact STAVI now via hotline 0917 32 5858  to experience the best service.