range of food services - Correct Answer limited- service properties do not have access to a
la carte dining or room service delivered by property employees like full-service hotels do.
a la carte - Correct Answer menu that lists its dishes separately and individually priced
lobby food services - Correct Answer food services offered in a limited-service hotel's
atrium or lobby area
continental breakfast - Correct Answer simple breakfast consisting of fruit juice, coffee,
and toast or a pastry
alternative breakfasts - Correct Answer expanded selection of juices, several types of
breads, rolls, and pastries, coffee and milk, other items
deluxe hot breakfast - Correct Answer a breakfast with hot food choices offered by a
limited-sevice hotel. includes eggs, breakfast meats, potatoes, and regional specialty
items
all day hot beverage service - Correct Answer brewed coffee and hot water for tea along
with required supplies may be available at help yourself beverage station in lobby 24 hours
a day
alcoholic beverages and snacks - Correct Answer during a defined time period, a hotel
may invite its guests to a special manager's reception
manager's reception - Correct Answer time, usually during the late afternoon/early
evening, when complimentary foods and beverages are offered to guests of limited-
service properties. offer their guests alcoholic beverages during this time
meetings-related food services - Correct Answer some limited-service properties have
meeting spaces available for small groups. these properties may offer food and beverage
services ranging from simple coffee breaks to entire meals
special-event food services - Correct Answer some limited-service properties with
adequate food preparation and service space market their facilities for small private
parties, such as wedding receptions and anniversaries, and for public events such as New
Year's Eve or Mardi Gras parties
management of lobby food services - Correct Answer menu planning, purchasing,
receiving and storage, setting up, maintaining breakfast service, and cleaning up.
signature item - Correct Answer food or beverage products produced by a hospitality
operation that are unique to the property and that the general public associates with it.
, food cost per guest (limited service hotels) - Correct Answer average amount expended for
breakfast for each guest served
food cost per occupied room - Correct Answer total breakfast food cost/ number of
occupied rooms
food cost - Correct Answer beginning inventory of food items + purchases of food items -
ending inventory food items
refrigerated food storage temp - Correct Answer 41 degrees F (50 degrees C) or below
frozen food storage temp - Correct Answer 0 degrees F (-18 degrees C) or below
dry storage food temp - Correct Answer 50-70 degrees F (10-21 degrees C)
centralized purchasing - Correct Answer purchasing system in which participating
properties develop common purchase requirements and combine purchase quantities
pair inventory system - Correct Answer system of managing purchasing and inventory
levels based upon the requirement that a specified quantity of product be available in
inventory
receiving (food service) - Correct Answer point at which ownership of products being
purchased transfers from the seller (supplier) to the hospitality operation
receiving and storage steps - Correct Answer confirm that correct items and quantity of
each item noted on delivery invoice were ordered and have been delivered to hotel, sign
delivery invoice, move products that have been received into the appropriate storage area,
and retain the signed delivery invoice and route it to the individual with
accounting/bookkeeping responsibilities
factors under the hotel manager's control that affect the performance of a food service
attendant - Correct Answer proper training, development of a work task checklist, and
serving diagram
efficiently designed storage area and serving kitchen - Correct Answer first step in process
of speeding the flow of work in area and reducing the attendant's travel time between the
area and the serving line
job descriptions for lobby food services clean up - Correct Answer will specify what other
duties, if any, are among their responsibilities. such as cleaning floors and removing food
service trash.
additional food services - Correct Answer manager's reception, complimentary dinner, and
meetings and special events