First Choice: A Purchasing Manual for School Food Service, 2nd Ed.

Reference manual provides child nutrition professionals with a resource to guide procurement procedures. The second edition updates procurement information and integrates food safety information to assist purchaser in establishing procedures to assure receipt of a safe product. Includes steps in:

  • purchasing
  • regulations
  • market place environment
  • product movement
  • bid units
  • specifications
  • brand approval
  • obtaining prices
  • monitoring cost
  • product testing
  • receiving and storage
  • purchasing cooperatives

 Revised 2002. EX59-02


Preliminary Pages

Preliminary Pages for a Resource for child nutrition professionals to guide procurement procedures. Published 2002. EX59-02
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Chapter 1: Step by Step

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Chapter 2: The Regulatory Environment

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Chapter 3: The Market Place Environment

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Chapter 4: The Product Movement Process

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Chapter 5: Allocating Time Resource to Product Categories

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Chapter 6: Determining Bid Units

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Chapter 7: Developing Product Specifications

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Chapter 8: Brand Approval

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Chapter 9: Getting Ready to Obtain Prices

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Chapter 10: The Purchase System

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Chapter 11: Monitoring Cost

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Chapter 12: Laboratory Testing of Products

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Chapter 13: Receiving and Storage

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Chapter 14: Purchasing Cooperatives

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Appendix 1: Review of Potential Distributor Vendor

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Appendix 2: School District Purchasing Profile

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Appendix 3: Market Area Analysis Worksheet

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Appendix 4: Self Assessment of Warehouse Cost

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Appendix 5: Par Stocks Form

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Appendix 6: Order Calendar Form

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Appendix 7: Sample Procurement Plan

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Appendix 8: Foods with Standards of Identity

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Appendix 9: Reading a Food Label

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Appendix 10: Classifying Food Products by Brand Approval Type

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Appendix 11: Corporate/Cooperative Distributor Buying Groups

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Appendix 12: Sample Letter for Scheduling Pre-Bid Conference

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Appendix 13: Pre-Bid Conference Record Form

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Appendix 14: Product Comparison Form

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Appendix 15: Sample Protocol for Screening New Products or Brands

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Appendix 16: Standard Contract Language

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Appendix 17: Active School Purchasing Cooperatives

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Appendix 18: Nutrition Label

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Appendix 19: Critical Path Form

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Appendix 20: Evaluating Preparation Instructions Form

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Appendix 21: Internet Reference List

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Appendix 22: Warehouse Receiving Temperature Report

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Appendix 23: Warehouse Receiving Report

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Appendix 24: Food Safety Audit of Manufacturer

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References

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Glossary

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