5 Tips to Serve Meal in Food Boxes

With the spread of the COVID-19, the operational trends of the catering industry have changed drastically. Instead of serving foods on traditional plates or arranging buffets, boxed meals have become quite common.

Serving meal boxes instead of traditional buffets has become much more common as convenient and safe, especially during this pandemic. Catering food boxes are a healthier choice for the kids as well as the adults.

Let’s discuss how catering companies can make these food boxes more presentable and ensure that the food stays fresh in them.

5 Tips to Deliver/Serve Fresh Food in Meal Boxes

Here are a few ways through which event caterers can take maximum advantage of meal boxes and ensure that the guests love and remember the experience for a longer time.

1.   Choose the Right Food

If you want to serve the food in meal boxes in any event, the first and foremost thing you need to consider is choosing the right food. You have to make sure that the food you select stays fresh even when packed.

Bring into consideration a few crucial factors, such as climatic conditions. Your objective should be to decide the menu that works best in a food box.

Avoid choosing anything that is heavily greasy because it may soak through the packaging. Similarly, avoid choosing heavily breaded foods because they may become soggy when closed in a box with steam. Never pack seafood or boiled eggs in the boxes because the minute the guest opens the box, he will experience an unpleasant smell.

You can include foods that are best enjoyed at room temperature or slightly chilled temperature.

2.   Make Adjustments to Ensure Your Food Stays Fresh

Once the food menu has been decided, the second thing you need to do is make adjustments that can help uphold the integrity of the food for as long as possible. For example, you can use mayonnaise-based spread for sandwiches that contain tomato. Doing this will not allow the juice to seep into the bread.

Similarly, skip using limp lettuce and add dressing in a small container instead of pre-dressing the salads.

3.   Label the Food Boxes

Labeling the catering boxes is incredibly important. Labeling is considered the best part of the distribution process. At the same time, it is important to inform your staff to handle the food boxes with ultimate care.

Another benefit of labeling is that, even if you fail to inform your staff about the food, they will know about it and eventually handle the food boxes with utmost care.

4.   Improve the Presentation of Food

There is no doubt that boxed food does not allow the catering company the luxury of making a statement when compared with stunning table settings and creative buffets. That’s where food presentation comes into play.

To make a good statement and deliver the best to your client, chefs and event caterers need to improve the presentation of the delivered food.

One of the best ways of improving the presentation is by placing a bed of greens or a few slices of Kiwi in the food box. Sometimes a fresh flower serves the purpose as well.

5.   Deliver/Serve Timely

The last important factor that improves the outcome of delivering food boxes is, serving or delivering the food boxes in a timely. The event planners and caterers must ensure that the boxes are served to the guests timely. Only then food stays enjoyable and safe.

All these factors add up to improve the efficiency of meal boxes and make sure that your guests love this food experience.