Canned and frozen soup can be used to cut the time it takes to make complex dishes, stews or casseroles. By using high-quality prepared soup canned or soup frozen, you can offer the very best to your patrons at a better price and with faster service.
Frozen soups come in a large variety of flavors from reputable frozen soup companies, including broccoli, tomato, minestrone or Mexican tortilla soup. Top canned soup labels can fill your shelves to make it easier to make a pot of soup or casserole. Many restaurants and food service businesses use frozen and canned soup of some kind in their recipes. When considering what canned and frozen soup to use in your business, you should:
1. Decide on the canned and frozen soups you would most like to have on hand as ingredients for more complex recipes.
2. Find reputable canned and frozen soup processors and suppliers to keep you stocked while providing top customer service.
3. Buy specialty frozen or canned soup from frozen and canned soup manufacturers and suppliers.
Action Steps
The best contacts and resources to help you get it done
Decide on the canned and frozen soup you will stock
There are literally hundreds of canned and frozen soups from which to choose in stocking your commercial kitchen. Consider the soups you use most, the type of menu you are offering and the changes you can make in the way you buy and use ingredients. Contact other restaurants in your area that have similar menus to ask about the quantities they order and what suppliers they recommend.
I recommend: SYSCO is one of the largest and most well-known marketers and distributors of both canned soups and frozen foods for restaurants and other food service businesses. They also distribute their own label canned and frozen soups, or those by top canned soup brands like Campbell's.
Foodservice.com offers canned and frozen soup reports detailing what canned and frozen foods are selling best and which are not selling as quickly.
Find reputable canned and frozen soup processors
Working with a reputable canned and frozen soup company can save you time and money. The more items you buy from the same soup distributor, the better.
I recommend: Campbell's Soup Company is one of the most well-known manufacturers in the canned soup industry and also house the Pace, Pepperidge Farm and Prego brands, among others.
Cuizina Food Company offers a variety of frozen soups, pastas and sauces. You can buy frozen soup from them or have them package and freeze custom soups for your business.
Buy from specialty canned and frozen soup companies
Consider the specialty soups you may want to offer, but are not confident in the local ingredients or have the expertise to make-order them from a company that has both and give your customers the very best.
I recommend: Norpac offers a wide selection of specialty frozen soups, including three different kinds of chowder and an Asian style Chicken Vegetable soup.
Truesoups has an extensive selection of delicious and specialty soups, including vegan and low fat varieties.
Tips & Tactics
Helpful advice for making the most of this Guide
- Watch your canned and frozen soup inventory closely the first couple of weeks. By immediately noticing trends and adjusting orders accordingly, you can save money and reduce spoilage.
- Always remember the "last in, last out" theory of food inventory management. Buy an industrial sized can organizer (like the kind canned food companies use to stock soup on store shelves) that allows canned goods to roll out toward the front from the back where you will load them. Also put newly received frozen food behind older food to encourage you and your staff to always be pulling the oldest food out for use.
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