Innovation Services is the answer to improving your food program. We offer all the support and training of a contractor without turning over control of your purchasing, staff, and policies. Innovations will tailor a program to meet your needs. We are a team of professionals who have worked the field and understand your day-to-day challenges. With over forty years of combined experience in the food service industry, we will give you practical and realistic advice and programs. Our goal is to understand your vision and to assist you in reaching your goals. We will make sure that the plan we put together is achieved by working closely with your managers and staff. Innovations is committed to building a reputation in the industry as a cost effective and wise choice for helping you manage your dining services department.
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Tired of clunky menus that waste your time and limit your creativity?
Traditional methods—vendor software, consultant dietitians, in-house Word/Excel—get the job done… but come with frustrating limitations:
• Lack of automation and slow adjustments
• Poor flexibility and endless data-entry headaches
• No seamless integration for recipes, production, diets, or guest counts
• Difficult editing, no holiday/monotony breaker storage, and outdated or institutional-looking outputs
These roadblocks slow you down, increase errors, and make it harder to respond quickly to resident feedback.
Enter Resident Menu Manager — the innovative, web-based powerhouse designed specifically for busy professionals like you! Created by on-the-ground experts who know your time is precious and your results need to be fast, accurate, and impressive.
Why You’ll Love It:
• Lightning-Fast Edits & Updates — Easily tweak menus daily or weekly based on resident comments, requests, or preferences — changes flow automatically to ordering, production, and beyond!
• Seamless Automation Across Tools
• Production sheets (with freezer pulls, pre-prep, garnishes, and real-time diet/production counts updated by census)
• Smart grocery/ingredient alerts (includes condiments & garnishes — add them once to the database!)
• No guesswork: See exactly what ingredients you need — then use your expertise for precise ordering after physical inventory checks.
• Powerful Inventory & Ordering Smarts
• Compare physical inventory against upcoming menus
• Adjust orders for needs, leftovers, or recipe tweaks
• Controlled access to reports — prevent unauthorized menu changes
• Stunning, Ready-to-Use Menus
• “Week at a Glance” views — exportable to Word/Excel in modern, non-institutional formats
• Add borders, graphics, custom fonts — make them beautiful and brand-aligned
• Email-ready, always date-driven, and accessible from anywhere (web-based freedom!)
• Effortless Extension Sheets & Diet Management
• Clear, staff-friendly views for serving — deactivate unused extended diets to reduce clutter
• Automatic diet permissions & extensions (with easy overrides)
• Audit tools catch skipped items and simplify edits
• Complete Production Sheets — Exportable to Excel
• Full meal breakdowns: menu items, substitutes, modifications (diet-specific)
• Tallied production counts by location
• Garnishes highlighted when needed
• 2-day-ahead freezer pulls + 1-day pre-prep lists
• Special Events & Holidays — Made Simple
• Add one-time or recurring events (e.g., Labor Day picnic menus)
• Trigger by date — edit the date to reuse forever — endless flexibility without starting over!
Bottom line: Resident Menu Manager delivers everything a dining services director dreams of — and MORE! Save hours every week, boost resident satisfaction, streamline operations, ensure compliance, and present menus that look as amazing as they taste.
CEO Wayne Toczek
Wayne Toczek is founder and CEO of Innovations Services, a consulting and training company in the dining services industry. Based in Norwalk, OH, Toczek is the author of books on customer service, including The Customer's Experience and The Dining Experience.
Specialties:
Leaders of implementing innovative training
Consulting
Dietetics
Management
Systems that will enhance food quality and service