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Exhibit 20.2. Sensory Assessment <strong>for</strong> Test Tray<br />

Sense <strong>Food</strong> Item <strong>Food</strong> Item <strong>Food</strong> Item <strong>Food</strong> Item<br />

Color: Are the colors true?<br />

Are the greens bright, whites<br />

white, reds bright, or yellows<br />

a true yellow? Are all colors<br />

natural?<br />

Taste: Sweet, salty, sour, bitter,<br />

combination?<br />

Texture: Crisp, moist, dry,<br />

smooth, mushy, grainy?<br />

Aroma: Pleasant, unpleasant?<br />

Appearance: Looks the way<br />

it should, or unnatural,<br />

unacceptable?<br />

Temperature: Hot-hot, cold-cold,<br />

lukewarm?<br />

Person Testing Tray Date<br />

Exhibit 20.3. Plate-Waste or <strong>Food</strong>-Return Record<br />

When trays are returned from patient and nonpatient areas,<br />

check the amount of food returned.<br />

Menu <strong>for</strong> Day Date: ___________________<br />

Name of Employee: ____________________________________________________________________<br />

Patient tray<br />

1.<br />

2.<br />

3.<br />

Nonpatient tray<br />

1.<br />

2.<br />

3.<br />

What Percentage Why? Check Room<br />

<strong>Food</strong> Items (Approximately) of Number When<br />

Returned the Serving Remains? Possible<br />

Enhancing Customer Satisfaction<br />

Whichever meal service system and customer group are targeted, to be truly customer oriented<br />

and to operate competitively and cost-effectively, the health care food service operation must<br />

develop a marketing plan, described in Chapter 3, that allows room <strong>for</strong> customer feedback.<br />

As mentioned earlier, distributing customer surveys or conducting focus group meetings on<br />

Distribution and <strong>Service</strong><br />

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