HMGT-225 Hospitality Purchasing and Cost Control
This course will prepare students to employ the principles of effective food, beverage, and supply purchasing and the cost controls necessary to support food preparation and service departments of a hospitality operation. The course will include procurement, types of markets, food product identification and selection, beverage selection, nonfood products, costing procedures, product yields, and value analysis. Students will acquire knowledge of computerized purchasing, record keeping, and recipe costing and nutritional analysis.