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Cake decorating made simple
By using the new food safe Spellbinders Sweet Accents for Icing
Images professional cake decorating machine, you can add photo
mats and color frames to your photo cakes. Whether you make round
cakes, square cakes, quarter sheet cakes, cupcakes, mini cakes or tea
cakes, the new Spellbinders Sweet Accents Professional system works.
According to Chef Mike E. Terry, CMSA, it is powerful but compact, so
it doesn’t take up valuable space, nor does it require electricity or a
computer.
Give your cakes sweet accents and see your profits soar above your
competition. Use it to create a beautiful shaped picture or accent backgrounds for the tops of designer cakes using gum paste flowers, a great
way to add an artistic touch to your cakes. It’s the best way to easily
upscale your designs and increase your profits, Terry says. If you
work with buttercream cakes remember that when using Spellbinders
Sweet Accents the tops don’t have to be perfectly smooth because the
die cut background covers it up.

Reducing customer wait times
Innovations in packaging and equipment can bring about enormous
labor savings for retailers faced with the stress of constant labor
turnover and needing to reduce customer wait times. Instore delis can
take food safety and packaging convenience to a whole new level with
Cryovac Grip & Tear bags, which reduce the possibility of accidents
and cross-contamination, saving time and labor in the deli. The easyopen bags eliminates need for scissors or knives to open, and reduces
the chances of worker injury and cross-contamination. The bags
produce a straight, consistent tear and easy removal of product from
the package.

features quick efficient
packaging, easy open
design, grease resistance, no-fog window,
easy loading, no soak
through, custom
printing and more. Also
available from McNairn,
Artisan Baking Cups
create an allure in individual portions quickly
and easily from oven to
table in the same parchment container. You can
fill, bake and serve all in
the same cup, then toss
them in the trash when it’s time
for clean-up.

Experience precise burner control
with the MIWE ideal T e+.
PHOTO CREDIT: MIWE

On the equipment front, oven
manufactures are proving labor
savings and high-efficiency features that improve the overall quality
of the final product. The gas-fired MIWE ideal T e+’s new, more precise
burner control system enables for more flexible temperature response,
allowing for better temperature control.
Increase efficiency and
speed with the Rational
KitchenManagementSystem.
PHOTO CREDIT: RATIONAL

For enhancing
overall kitchen operations, the Rational
KitchenManagement
System enables the cooking
processes to be generated in
seconds on a PC and automatically transferred to all
connected units simultaneously. The best thing about
this system is that chefs can
even initiate, monitor, and

McNairn Packaging’s new Pick-Up ‘N Go Bags offers retailers a solution
for giving consumers take-out food without crumbs, mess or leakage.
Show hungry customers that they’re buying only the freshest foods
you offer with the attractive see-through window. The Pick-Up ‘N Go

“Our customers can now organize
weekly promotions, specialty days,
and all of the occasions that require
new processes, centrally, with
minimal effort.”
Jessica Braun, product manager at Rational

control cooking processes from their PC.
“With our KitchenManagement System, cooking processes can be
modified quickly and easily from a PC for different branches, with
up to 30 different units,” explains Jessica Braun, product manager at
Rational. “This means that our customers can now organize weekly
promotions, specialty days, and all of the occasions that require new
processes, centrally, with minimal effort.”

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