2. Catering Services

Although catering means provision, in English, the practical sense of the word itself in Argentina and in many countries all over the world is wider. Within a more technical range, a catering service can be regarded as the assistance or supplying of food or meals prepared in a different place from where they will be consumed. On the whole, and as to the specific case of food or victuals, they are elaborated at an external main kitchen and transported to places to be consumed, keeping a perfect condition of preservation.

Specifically, it is called elaboration in-situ to the service prepared in the place of consumption. Our task is to make use of the establishments by providing the raw materials and the staff in charge of the elaboration of the service. We make the necessary alterations in buildings and equipments for the best development of the services. This system differs from the catering as it lets a greatest variety of dishes and gastronomic alternatives.

Firstly: considerations on the working conditions, the type of service required, inversions, etc. Secondly: introduction of the complete project plus the economic proposal. Thirdly: taking-up, improvements, equipments, etc. Fourthly: starting-up of the service. The required times to get to this point depend on the tasks to be carried out before the starting-up. Moreover, in case the places were ready to start the services, the taking-up and the starting-up would not take more than 48 or 72 hours.

In order to get the fair balance between expense-benefit for the services received through catering, the minimum quantity required is of 50 dishes per day and within the delivery area of Buenos Aires city and its outskirts. With this system, when distances are greater, transport expenses turn to be an important part in the cost of each service. These expenses, included in the final price of each service, vary directly according to distances and quantities. As to services elaborated in the place of their consumption, minimum quantities are immovable.

The commercial department of our company carries out the analysis and considerations previous to the economic proposal and that of the service. Generally, the place is visited and it is discussed the convenient alternative together with the client. Furthermore, contracts related to food services have got escape articles so as to the fulfillment of both parties, being ours the ones connected to quality and the attention required by the client. Periods vary but generally the minimum is of one year.