Denville, NJ
FOOD
BUYER MANUAL
Job Description for Food Supervisor
1. Prepare the menu for the campout and turn into patrol leader or senior patrol leader on assigned date(usually two weeks before campout). Keep in mind that you will have a limited amount of money to spend.
Breakfast should include:
Eggs and bread, muffin or biscuit; or French Toast or Pancakes
a fruit
Bacon or Sausage
Juice
Hot Cocoa
Lunch should include:
Sandwich, sloppy joe on rolls, or hot dogs
Fruit
Cut vegetables
Chips or Snack(Optional)
Drinks
Dinner should include:
Meat
Starch-Potatoes, rice or noodles
Vegetable
Salad
Biscuit, roll or bread(optional)
Fruit or desert
Drinks
You may want to include extra snacks if your budget allows.
Sample Menus: B-Rocky Road(egg in hole in bread) or omelet and toast, oranges,
juice, Cocoa.
L-English muffin pizzas, apples, juice
D-Foil chicken(chicken, potatoes, and carrots), salad s’mores, juice
Snack-Donuts
B-Pancakes, bacon, oranges, juice, cocoa
L-Sloppy joes on hamburger rolls, chips, carrots and celery, canned fruit, juice
D-Swiss steak, biscuits, potatoes and onions, salad, banana boats, juice
Snack-apples
Suggested Entrees: chili, taco filling, chicken stew, beef stew, swiss steak, sweet and sour
meatballs, sausage spaghetti, meatballs and spaghetti, foil chopped meat, foiled
chicken, barbecued chicken.
2. Prepare a list of all ingredients that you will need to buy to cook the menu you planned for the number of scouts going on the overnight. When figuring out the meat plan on 3-4 servings to a pound. Check with the patrol leader or senior patrol leader about items that are leftover from previous campouts and basic items that will be need to be replaced(paper towels, paper plates, foil, etc.)
3. After you have a list of all the items you need to purchase, set up a shopping list by grouping similar foods together. Turn list into patrol leader or senior patrol leader on assigned date(usually one week before campout). Make sure you stay within your budget. Try to keep similar items together since they will be found in the same aisle in the market.
4. Shop for the campout and keep track of the cost as you go to make sure you stay within your budget. If you go over your budget, put back some unnecessary items such as snacks and deserts or cut back on quantities. Put all refrigerator items together so that you can put them in the refrigerator until the campout and in the cooler when you get there. You may want to pack the other food by meals so it will be easier to distribute when cooking. Keep your receipts and change and give it to the patrol leader or senior patrol leader to save for the next campout. Figure out the cost of the food per boy for your skill award.
5. Bring all food to the campout.
6. Supervise the distribution of all food. This means at meals and snacks. Remember what you bought must last the entire trip. Don’t give out what is not on the menu for that meal or for a snack. Keep track of what everyone gets so that all the boys get equal amount.
7. Inventory leftovers and basic supplies with your patrol leader or senior patrol leader and give
the list to him for the next campout.
8. NO DUPLICATION of MENU ITEMS ALLOWED FOR THE SCOUT YEAR!