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Account Center
Account Center allows you to view your account’s statement and invoice details online on your time. 
  • View 365 days of invoice history
  • 90 days of payment history
  • Up-to-date transaction information at your fingertips
  • View open invoices, invoices due today and more
  • State-of-the art security

Value-added for FSA customers. Request access today, or contact your Sales Associate with any questions.

At Your Service
Our job is to help our customers succeed. It’s good for your business and good for ours.


At Your Service is a suite of service solutions that will assist you with your many everyday restaurant needs: payroll, credit card processing, employee health care, and more. 

At Your Service was created to make it easier to get the services you need from well-respected and reliable vendors. By leveraging our size, we can help you get discounts that you wouldn’t typically be able to negotiate on your own. 

Bar Codes

This tool can be used to generate barcodes that will print nicely on Avery 5260 labels.

The sources needed to generate sheets of labels are Microsoft Excel files that are easily obtained from Star Solutions Operator.  (Please note, both Star Solutions Operator and Star Solutions Mobile are required for use of the Bar Code tool.)

Contact us today to learn more.

Kosher Certificates

Get Kosher certificates for your items from our product catalog. It's paperless and efficient. If you have Kosher products, you'll love having this tool at your fingertips.

Value added for our FSA Customers.  Contact us today to learn more.
Nutrition

Used widely by our healthcare and educational customers but available to all of our customers.

Use this catalog of nutrition data to meet the needs of students and patients and to fully comply with regulations.

Search the system by FSA product number or by entering a product description.

Value-added for FSA customers. Contact us today to learn more.
MSDS

Save time! Use this tool to print your own material safety data sheets (MSDS) on a wide range of cleaning and chemical products.

Search by item number, product name, or manufacturer.

FREE for FSA customers. Contact us today to learn more.
Product Catalog

Now, 4 great resources in one place:

1.  Product Catalog
Browse and check availability on the products that will fit your needs.  Search by Category, Description, Brand or Item Number.

2. MSDS
Get material safety data sheets on a wide range of cleaning and chemical products. Search by item number, product name, or by manufacturer.

3. Nutritional data sheets
Use this catalog of nutritional data to meet the needs of students and patients and to fully comply with regulations. Search by FSA product number or description.

4. Kosher certificates
Certificates now at your fingertips. Get Kosher certificates for your items in a paperless, efficient and secure way.

All are value-added for FSA customers. Contact us today to learn more.
Market Report

Market Report provides market news for major product categories.  Market highlights and trends are spotlighted.

You can review articles from previous weeks to read about how conditions will affect the price, qualtiy, and supply of the products you purchase.

Value-added for FSA customers. Contact us today to learn more.
eAdvantage

Designed specifically for multi-unit operators, the eAdvantage system gives DMA customers fast online ordering, order confirmation, purchase history, and online customer reporting.


Value-added and available for FSA/DMA customers only. Contact us today to learn more.
Where's My Truck

Do you want to know exactly when to expect your next delivery? Now there’s a way to track your order online.

Value-added for FSA customers. Contact us today to learn more.
Star Solutions Online


Anywhere Anytime Order Entry

Created for fast and convenient online order entry, this Internet-based service requires no additional software and offers order confirmation, tracking, product usage reports, and pricing information.

• Order guides based on preference
• Item searches and descriptions
• Pricing per serving and case
• Items in stock at FSA
• Helpful usage reporting

Features

• Real-time Internet customer service
• Check order status, accounts receivable, and usage information
• Import orders from external files and check online before sending
• Create orders from order guides
• View invoice information
• Generate reports by product, category, brand, or manufacturer
• Track inventory status

Value added for FSA customers. Contact us today to learn more.

Star Solutions Operator

The Star Solutions Operator software suite includes: Order Entry, Inventory Manager, Recipe Manager and Profit Manager. This is a PC-based solution – just download and install and you’re ready to go!

“I’ve been using kitchen software for about 10 years and Star Solutions is definitely the best.”
– Bernie Eckroth, GM of Doublewood Inn in Bismark, North Dakota

“It saves me money, time, and energy.”  – Matt Neltner, Chef at Deschutes Brewery, Bend Oregon

“I’m not a real computer guy, but it’s an easy to use program.”  – Drew Leger, Chef at The Reef in Boise, Idaho

FREE to qualified customers. Retail value approximately $3,000. Contact us today for a demonstration.  

** Star Solutions Mobile  - a mobile based software - is embedded in Star Solutions Operator. Use a handheld device to scan barcodes to generate an order or count inventory items. (Hardware must be purchased, contact Sales Associate for details.)

Star Solutions Mobile

**You must be a Star Solutions Operator subscriber first to use Star Solutions Mobile.**

Star Solutions Mobile is a mobile extension of our popular Star Solutions Operator. Save time managing inventory with this hand-held device. Get faster, more accurate inventory count

• Easy to use, compact size
• Touch screen, stylus, and keypad
• Docking pad for charging and info transfer
• Optional portable printer for shelf tags
• Pays for itself in just a few months

Star Solutions Mobile AVAILABLE TO STAR SOLUTIONS OPERATOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY. 

Value-added for FSA customers. Contact us today to learn more.

COIN

Customer Ordering Interactive Network (COIN) interfaces easily with your own ordering systems software so you can place orders with FSA.

Connect your ordering system with FSA and send orders through the Internet, email, or ftp file transfer.  COIN easily interfaces with programs such as CBORD®, MenuLink, Computrition, and more.

COIN is compatible with several ordering systems.  Ask your Sales Associate about using COIN for your business or to check for system compatibility.

Value-added for FSA customers. Contact us today to learn more.  

CURE

CURE (Customer Usage Reporting Environment) allows access usage reports and is Internet based. CURE gives you the ability to show 2 years of purchases.

Includes excellent drill-down capabilities and filtering by vendor, brand and category and item.

Value-added for FSA customers. Contact us today to learn more.
First Link

This valuable tool for our HEALTHCARE CUSTOMERS ONLY provides fast, accurate and easy healthcare menus and uses resident cards, menu planners, tray tickets and nutritional tables.

With FirstLink the detail work that used to take you hours — the calculations, the cross-references, the updates — now just takes a click of the mouse!

Some of FirstLink's Features:
• Track nutritional requirements & preferences
• Menu planning
• Recipe selection & scaling
• Ordering & inventory management
• Toll free, 24 hour, 7 days per week support help desk
• Systems to manage from one facility to 100+ facilities
• The industry’s only centralized management system for chains/corporate
• Proven recipes & menus provided at no additional cost

FirstLink Express - A modified version of our FirstLink dietary software.

Firstlink has been developed and is available for the HEALTHCARE SEGMENT ONLY of our business. Contact your Healthcare Specialist for a FirstLink demonstration.

News

How to Buy, Cook and Serve Meats Safely
Center-of-the-plate menu items are your most expensive food cost item, but they're also easy to mishandle. Review these guidelines on selecting, preparing and serving meats properly. read more
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Why Do I See the Same Things on Restaurant Menus?

Chef's TableChicken wings, quesadillas, poppers, battered mushrooms. How do we get out of this rut? We can still keep these items but put a twist, your own twist. Make it sound tasty!

  1. Chicken wings fried tossed with chipotle honey glaze served with mango ranch.
  2. Skewered poppers and boneless wings with jicama slaw and popper jelly.
  3. Battered mushrooms, fried and tossed in spicy bacon and onion glaze.
  4. Mediterranean-style chicken quesadilla with tzatziki sauce, kalamata olives, capers, feta, and artichoke hummus.
  5. Use the seasons -- fresh fruit, berries, and vegetables are in their peak season; use some in sauces or garnishes, grill some vegetables to get the maximum flavor and texture.
  6. Hidden flavors -- experiment and put a hint of a spice so the customer can say, “What was it that brought all the flavors together?" It really isn’t hard, just use your imagination and create.
  7. Try to mix up your menu with a combination of cooking methods: sautéed prawns, grilled chicken, fried swai. Not only does it give diverse applications, it helps your cooks so one area isn't heavily busy with having to do numerous items on the menu.

 

Flattened Jerk Chicken Sandwich
Serves 4

4 chicken breasts, 5 oz each, pounded flat as you can

Jerk seasoning (enough to season chicken)

½ mango, peeled and diced

2 tsp madras sauce

8 oz mayo

4 oz cheddar/jack cheese

4 chibatta or hamburger buns

 

1. Mix madras, mayo, and mango.

2. Sauté or grill chicken until done. Top with cheese and melt.

3. Grill bun and spread mayo mixture.

4. Place chicken in bun.