Unfortunately, we can’t rely 100% on word of [...]]]> ChefMod is hiring and needs your help. We have some great people here and everyone is doing well. So well in fact that we need more of them! Our experience shows us first hand that the best candidates come through people that we know and trust. That’s you!

Unfortunately, we can’t rely 100% on word of mouth and so we also place ads.

Our current search is for a Sales Executive. If you have someone in mind or can think of anyone, please have them email their resume to us at jobs@chefmod.com. We will interview everyone on the phone and then call in those that we feel will bring the right energy to our team.

The right person may be sitting right next to you! Please let us know.

Thank you in advance for your help.

As of today, 85 users from over 40 restaurants have used the List Manager to add or [...]]]> The news didn’t make this morning’s Dining section of the New York Times, but the release of our new List Manager tool last week has caused quite a stir in our corner of the New York restaurant world.

As of today, 85 users from over 40 restaurants have used the List Manager to add or delete items from their original restaurant guide, create new custom lists, or share lists with their colleagues. While the response has been  overwhelmingly positive, we’ve also received very constructive feedback from customers about how the tool
could be more useful for them. We are busy evaluating and implementing several of these recommendations in preparation for the first batch of updates.

In the meantime, please give the List Manager a try if you haven’t already, and don’t hesitate to let us know what
you think. If you don’t yet have your own username and password, give us a call!

The overwhelming majority of the butter we purchase each year is Grade AA, the highest grade assigned by the USDA. We’re not surprised to see that for our growing ChefMod membership here in New York, we were able to leverage close to 250,000 pounds of the creamy, fatty delight in the [...]]]> The answer…yes! (Whew!)

The overwhelming majority of the butter we purchase each year is Grade AA, the highest grade assigned by the USDA. We’re not surprised to see that for our growing ChefMod membership here in New York, we were able to leverage close to 250,000 pounds of the creamy, fatty delight in the last twelve months.

Most of you are buying 80% milkfat* product, primarily in an easy to use 36/1# case. (*By the way, the other 20% is water and nonfat milk solids.) High fat butters, which are prized for their lower moisture content, are also purchased by our members in great volume. Of course all that butter comes salted, sweet, whipped, wrapped, or clarified in blocks, quarters, rolls, chips, and balls.

That diversity is reflected in our database. Below is a small sample of the butter products we have live in our system right now that are sold by our featured vendor of the month, Ace Endico.

3147 BUTTER ALTERNATIVE PLUGRA 36/1 LB

3140 BUTTER BALLS SWEET UNSALTED PACKER 6/3 LB

42270 BUTTER BLEND COUNTRY MORNING OUD LAND O LAKES 30/1 LB

9372 BUTTER CHIP SWEET 90 COUNT GRASSLAND 6/5 LB

2982 BUTTER CONTINENTAL SALT 47 IND WRAPPED SS 17 LB

2983 BUTTER CONTINENTAL SWEET 47 IND WRAPPED SS GRASSLAND 17 LB

29444 BUTTER CUP 90CT 720PC GRASSLAND 8 LB

42275 BUTTER REDDIES TRAY PAT 90CT GRASSLAND 1/15 LB

24230 BUTTER ROLL FRENCH LESCURE 20/250 GR

42277 BUTTER ROSETTES 60CT SOMMERMAID 1/8.5 LB

2984 BUTTER SALTED 55 LB

42269 BUTTER SALTED BALLS PACKER 6/3 LB

42276 BUTTER SALTED FRENCH LESCURE 20/8 OZ

2985 BUTTER SALTED SOLID 36/1 LB

28674 BUTTER SALTED SOLID BEAVERMEADOW 6/1 LB

33525 BUTTER SALTED SOLID OLD FASHION CABOT 36/1 LB

42273 BUTTER SALTED WHIPPED GRASSLAND 5 LB

8862 BUTTER SALTED WHIPPED LIGHTLY SALTED 4/5 LB TUB

42278 BUTTER SOYNUT OU SOY NUT 2/4 LB

2987 BUTTER SWEET UNSPECIFIED 55 LB

35878 BUTTER SWEET CLARIFIED WUTHRICH 4/5 LB

35879 BUTTER SWEET CLARIFIED WUTHRICH 5 LB

42272 BUTTER SWEET QUARTERS GRASSLAND 1/36 LB

42274 BUTTER SWEET SOLID 83% FAT GRASSLAND 36/1 LB

39357 BUTTER SWEET SOLID AA GRASSLAND 1 LB

2986 BUTTER SWEET SOLID AA UNSPECIFIED 36/1 LB

8470 BUTTER TRUFFLE URBANI 8 OZ

42281 BUTTER TRUFFLE BLACK 3 OZ URBANI 8/3 OZ TUB

42283 BUTTER TRUFFLE WHITE TRANSATLANTIC 16/16 OZ LOG

42282 BUTTER TRUFFLE WHITE 3 OZ AUX DELICES 9/3 OZ

28578 MARGARINE BUTTER BLEND OU-D ADMIRATION 30/1 LB

42271 OIL BUTTER ALTERNATIVE OU ZTF TOWN & COUNTRY 3/1 GAL

SALLY SHERMAN is just one of the thousands of brands available through our program. Although they may not have products that work for [...]]]> As you may guess, here at ChefMod we service a wide range of customers with very eclectic needs. We pride ourselves in offering a supply network who can meet these demands.

SALLY SHERMAN is just one of the thousands of brands available through our program. Although they may not have products that work for you, if you’re looking for great locally produced prepared salads such as pasta, chicken, and black bean with roasted corn, these products may be right up your alley.

I’ve thrown a few on this post, but for a full outline, please log in to ChefMod and do a Quick Global Search for SALLY SHERMAN. We’ve got over 50 different varieties available. If you see something you like, give it a try and let us know how it works out!

Pasta Salads:

42160 SALAD PASTA PRIMAVERA WHOLE GRAIN 5 LB CS

42146 SALAD PASTA PENNE SUNDRIED TOMATO 5 LB CS

42147 SALAD PASTA PENNE SPINACH FETA 5 LB CS

42145 SALAD PASTA PENNE MED WHOLE WHEAT 5 LB CS

42157 SALAD PASTA BOW TIE PESTO 5 LB CS

Some Basics:

30495 SALAD CHICKEN 5 LB CS

42150 SALAD ARTICHOKE 5 LB CS

Desert Items:

42206 PUDDING TAPIOCA K 8 LB CS

42205 PUDDING RICE K 8 LB CS

42204 PUDDING CHOCOLATE K 8 LB CS

Bulk Items:

42190 SALAD COLE SLAW K 30 LB 30 LB CS

30917 SALAD MACARONI OU 30 LB CS

42196 SALAD POTATO OU 30LB 30 LB CS

I wish I had some of these on my desk today. Satsuma oranges (Mandarins) are easy-peeling, sweet and seedless just arrived at Baldor. Use our Item ID 41753 to order.

Go on line here to see [...]]]> Clementines are here! At least the start of them. Use item ID 6464 to get them tomorrow.

I wish I had some of these on my desk today. Satsuma oranges (Mandarins) are easy-peeling, sweet and seedless just arrived at Baldor. Use our Item ID 41753 to order.

Go on line here to see images of some of these items.

8509-MEYER LEMONS 10 #

41754-MEYER LEMON 18 LB BOX

41755-MEYER LEMON FULL BUSHEL

35501-IMPORTED BLOOD ORANGES

41749-SUNBURST TANGERINES 100ct

41756-PAPAYA “ROYAL STAR” 22 LB

6582-BEETS BABY RED BEETS

6622-BEETS GOLDEN BABY

6428-BEETS CANDY-CANE BABY

41757-”BOURDEAUX” BABY SPINACH**4lb**B&W**

6433-CANARY MELONS 5/6CT

41758-GARLIC BRAIDED PIECES

41759-GARLIC PINK LAUTREC 3 HEADS NET X 40

Nice … Starting off the short week with a snow day! Many vendors were closed. Some customer locations were closed. Everyone was a little late, but we ended up making it through the day with a smile.

Enjoy the week and a Happy New Year to you all!

As you may know already, although ChefMod is only 5 years old, our history goes much further back than that.   We’ve been purchasing [...]]]> You’re probably thinking new computer hardware or a new system release… well no, but that’s coming also.  Nope, this time it’s plain old bricks and mortar changes.  Office renovations started this week!

As you may know already, although ChefMod is only 5 years old, our history goes much further back than that.   We’ve been purchasing food, beverages and supplies for over 20 years now.

Our first office back in 1988 was on West 29^th Street.  Our small office consisted of a very large door laid down over a bunch of boxes and two fold out chairs which opened only when the office door (no not the same door) was closed.  In those days, you had to hammer down the buttons on the phone pretty hard in order to change lines since it was manual in effect.  There were no e-mails, no internet, but fax machines were well in use and the Lotus spreadsheet was king.  There were only two of us then, so as small as it was, it was just perfect.  Since then we’ve moved three times, if you include the change of rooms within the office on 29th street.

Fortunately, much changed in the years that followed, certainly technology changed, but so did the way we work.  With all the technology, you would assume we’re working less, but actually we’re working more.  The good news is that we can work from pretty much anywhere, so in the end, it really is better…no really.

We finally landed here on 5th Avenue, not a bad address by the way, 16 years ago.  There were four of us then and we built the famous “pit”.  You’ll have to check out our Facebook page to see it.  It was perfect for us.  The CRT monitors fit nicely into the center of the desk allowing us to all see each other over the tops of them.  This was important because we acted as a unit and it was important, or so we thought to have constant access to each other’s expressions and of course each others conversations.  Think of the trading floor on a busy day.  It was loud and we were in each other’s faces all day.

Once again, things are changing, which brings us to today.  The “pit” has seen its last war room drama and was greeted today by a couple of sledge hammers.  There are ten of us now and we’re growing faster than ever, largely to the efforts of our sales team which we just put on last year.

We welcome you to follow our project on Facebook.  We expect to be displaced for only a few weeks.  In the meantime, we have found a temporary home.  Don’t worry, we’ll still be here to take your calls and follow your orders.