10 Advantages of Buffet Systems - By Maria Ploumido
Let alone the size of your venue or its type, demonstrate your food offerings to your special guests with a buffet system! The elegant yet functional buffet systems will showcase your creations with grace using the minimum of an effort! Minimize your setting up and arrangement costs with a straightforward and resourceful buffet system. Give the chance to your guests to meet and catch up on their latest news. Organizing a gathering buffet style will keep the spirit alive among the people attending.
Why should you choose using a buffet system though?
The Looks of your Buffet
Have you ever though that a food stylist is a “must” when it comes to food presentation? Not anymore! A buffet system comes to give you a solution which matches all kind of interiors and event venues. It will be your buffet display decorator right the time you need one. Clean, simple cuts, homogenized visual and aesthetics finish. Once central idea!
Presentation of the food
Food is appealingly arranged and grouped. So you can have a station with desserts another with appetizers fruits and so on. Present different dishes in an alluring way. When the presentation of your food is well thought in advance, your guests tend to indulge more the food you offer.
Functionality
With our buffet system you don’t have to worry about the right temperature of your food. Icebox accessories will have your food chilled. You just have to fill it in with ice and once your event is over just get rid of the water! This makes it suitable for salad buffet or seafood buffet sections. If you now want to serve warm food you just need to use the icebox accessory together with the chafing fuel support. So you’ve covered both warm and cold buffet with just using two accessories, less is more. Buffetize in addition, following most country hygiene regulations, offers you clear sneeze guards to protect your food. Last but not least, impress your guests and shed light to your buffet using LED buffet lighting. Give your display a modern twist, illuminate your mini bites and demonstrate them in “one of a kind” ways.
Versatility
With a multifunctional buffet you can be ready in no time, for any type of event or any type of outlet. Breakfast buffet, coffee break or brunch, banqueting, all day dining or executive lounge, indoors or outdoors catering our buffet systems give you the solution. One tool, several components and you are ready, simple as that! Hospitality trends have changed and with the buffet display equipment it is sure that you are “in”!
Being modular and mobile
You can change the look of the buffet depending on what you want it to be. Write down the characteristics of your event, how many people you will host, what is the type of the event, what is the type of the venue and have our buffet system assembled accordingly. Present your food in an appropriate yet tempting way! Our Buffetize systems can be assembled and disassembled in zero time, but it is not only this. By changing the colors, forms and sizes of the plates hoteliers, restaurateurs and caterers can change the look of the buffet depending on the occasion.
Storage
Our buffet display equipment is designed that way so that you can reduce the space that is required to store them, so they can be folded, stacked one on top of the other easily transported. This will save you also money having in mind the warehousing expenses and the transportation costs.
Minimizing the costs
With the buffet system you will cut down your costs as compared to a sit down mean. Think about it. The self service concept requires fewer staff, less space, tableware and linens. Moreover, more people are served in less time and this is profit as well. In a sit down meal, you have to wait for the waiter to pick up the empty plates after finishing your meal and bring you the next one, with the buffet system you don’t have to wait anymore you go and serve yourself. Time is money! Go to the buffet, serve yourself whenever you feel like and don’t wait in the queue. Have your social gathering in a buffet style..it is preferred these days for parties, corporate meetings, events, marriage receptions.
The atmosphere
With buffet presentation style you create a casual, relaxed, friendly and welcoming atmosphere. Have your guests ready to mingle with one another, have their food while walking around, socializing and chatting.
Choice of the food
Your guests can check out the food before taking it. They check the appearance of the food before tasting it. This cannot happen in a sit down meal. They can take the quantity they want from their favorite ones even do it twice or more times, no harm.. this is why the buffet systems are replenished in the meantime. The guest can choose if they will eat a particular dish and repeat it or try different ones without reluctance.
Variety of foods
With a buffet system you increase the variety of dishes presented and offered to the guests, different cuisines, different preferences, vegetarian and vegan options while this seems a bit restrained in the case of a table service. The buffet system increases the variety of dishes served which is reserved in case of table service.
If you are in the hospitality business, Buffetize systems are ideal. Our passion for design is recognizable and passed on designing our buffet display equipment also. Started with coffee break buffets, breakfast buffets and brunch buffets, but we keep going.Together with our clients we use our imagination to expand our portfolio and add new designs in our Buffetize brand. Have your business reach the pick and use your creations and buffet systems to do so! Your dishes will stand out with Buffetize and wow your guests.
Create the buffet as you pictured it in your mind and not as it was designed for you from someone else. Level up your work by combining it with our work!
Author’s Bio:
Maria Ploumidou
Maria is a buffet systems advisor at Buffetize - a world leading buffet display systems manufacturer. With good eye for details she provides quick aesthetic and functional solutions that improve hotel and restaurant operations. Maria brings over 10 years of experience in the hospitality market and has worked with chefs and F&B managers from major hotel chains such as Four Seasons, Marriott and Hilton. She has a good understanding of buffet set ups and extensive experience in assisting clients create memorable buffet presentations. When she is not helping hotels improve their operations she loves to travel and organize occasional home cocktail parties herself.
Unlimited Food Restaurants or buffet restaurants, a concept that originated around the 16th century, is gaining momentum once again. A unique concept where customers can choose between a variety of dishes, it usually includes self-service. Thanks to its versatility, varied food options and unlimited servings at a reasonable price, buffets continue to be one of the most popular choices for customers. Large hotel chains have since extended buffet services to attract more customers. However, many Buffet Service Restaurants like Barbeque Nation and Band Baaja Baaraat have been persistently upping their game by offering unlimited buffet meals at reasonable prices to their customers.
While buffet restaurants are becoming a popular choice for customers, introducing buffet service for a new restaurant may be advantageous or disastrous. Therefore, before deciding whether a buffet-style business model will align with your restaurant goals, consider their pros and cons to decide whether this restaurant concept works for you.
Pros And Cons Of Buffet Or Unlimited Food Restaurants
Unilever Food Solutions suggests four common types of buffet services in restaurants.
Simple Buffet – As the name suggests, it is a simple buffet where guests serve themselves from a variety of food options at a buffet line. Restaurant staff is available to help guests with minor requests.
Station-type Buffet – Beverages are offered to the customers by servers while diners can avail everything else from the buffet table.
Modified Deluxe Buffet – Here, buffet tables are set with cutlery. Servers offer beverages, coffee, and dessert to the guests at their tables. All the other food items are provided on the buffet line.
Deluxe Buffet – Servers offer appetizers, soup and/or salads and beverages to diners at their tables. Customers can choose from a multitude of main course options and desserts from the dishes displayed on the long table.
Here are the advantages and disadvantages of buffet restaurants
Benefits Of Buffet Restaurants
Saves Labor Cost: The emphasis of buffet service restaurants is more on food than services. A restaurant operating a buffet service can serve a large number of diners with minimal staff. Even though servers would be needed for serving appetizers or beverages to the guests, the requirement for the front-of-house staff is less compared to table services. With fewer servers, you can bring a significant reduction in labor costs and concentrate more on improving the quality of food being served to the customers.
Attracts more customers: One of the main reasons for customers choosing unlimited restaurants is that they are cost-effective. Buffets make it easier for restaurateurs to offer a variety of dishes to their guests at once. The value pricing of buffet meals for the array of food options it provides makes it a steal for customers. When compared to plated servings in table service restaurants, having the same variety could cost them more. Overall, buffet restaurants are a popular choice amongst corporates and families. As these restaurants are attracting more customers, it makes the buffet concept more profitable.
Reduced Inventory Costs: Preparing buffet meals requires the consumption of inventory quantities in bulk. There is less spoilage as the inventory levels are restocked in a timely fashion. Buffet Meals also allow the chefs to experiment and rotate the dishes, according to the inventory levels. Buffet restaurants offer diners a wide variety of food options to choose from. A tasting menu like arrangement limits the need to alter food according to customer’s preferences and saves the consumption of inventory to provide extra portions.
Improves profit margins: Buffet restaurants can help restaurateurs in cutting food costs and increase their profit margins. However, it greatly depends on menu innovation. As long as restaurant operators understand how to price their buffet menu competitively whilst offering value to their customers, the buffet restaurant business model can increase profit margins substantially. Buffet restaurant chains like Barbeque Nation have priced their weekday buffet menu slightly lower than the weekend menu. This attracts customers even on the slow days.
Drawbacks Of Buffet Restaurants
Food Wastage: One of the most significant disadvantages of having buffet service is the wastage of food. A buffet meal typically requires large quantities of food offering single or multiple cuisines. However, there is no guarantee of the entire meal being consumed on a single day. Oftentimes, diners tend to serve too much food on their plates which results in unnecessary food wastage. Food wastage is not only unethical but in the long run, it may lead to higher food costs and low profits.
Difficulty in Managing a Buffet Arrangement: Managing a buffet arrangement requires proper management. Restaurant managers need to analyze the spaces for food presentation and readily maintain food safety. They have to ensure that the servers and kitchen staff are refilling the containers whilst maintaining hygiene standards. Unlike table service restaurants, where food is directly served on the tables right from the kitchen, restaurant staff has to keep a proper check on food temperatures for both hot and cold food items.
Customer Perception: In spite of the unique combination of multi-variety food and ambiance, diners may prefer table service over buffet service. A busy day in a buffet restaurant may attract chaos around the buffet line and result in mismanagement. Unlimited Food restaurants limit the scope of customizations for customers. The meal is prepared at once, and special preparation requests by customers might not be addressed.
If you want to offer a plethora of great food options at reasonable prices to your customers, unlimited food restaurants may be a perfect choice. However, if you wish to offer remarkable services and a lavish setting of food and beverages priced at a premium, having buffet service at your restaurant might be an option for special occasions. But choosing whether to begin or expand your restaurant business to an unlimited food restaurant concept comes down to your restaurant’s business model. Before forming the decision, think about your restaurant’s long-term goals, consider the benefits and drawbacks of buffet services and make a wise choice!
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