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Coming Soon to On-Tap: Food Cost Quality Assurance Checklist

Our programmer is working on adding the Food Cost QA Checklist to our staff On-Tap site. You will then be able to enter your facility's information and access it for better tracking to help the communities with their dietary cost control systems. You can access and print a pdf of the checklist at the staff website under the RD Toolbox, Reference File, Food Costs/Fiscal Management section.

Nutricopia RDs are to begin gathering the data for the Cost Control QA checklist and to complete it by the end of the month of October. Make sure the Administer and Dietary Managers are aware that you will be conducting this QA in place of the monthly RD Report Card. Discuss with them the importance of cost containment with the onset of the revenue cuts beginning in October.

Use the Nutricopia Policy and Procedure Manual for reference and resources to help your Dietary Managers implement systems for cost control. In the QA Checklist, the 3 main categories to review are Accounting Practices, Purchasing Practices, and Production Management. Review the following sections of the manual for worksheets and forms you may suggest to your facilities. You can also find a pdf of this policy and procedure list on the staff site under RD Toolbox, Reference, Food Costs/Fiscal management.

Accounting Practices:

Policy #910 Dietary Cost Records

Monthly Food and Supply Invoice Tracking for Dietary Department

Dietary Expenses Spend Down Worksheet

Monthly Recap of Dietary Department Costs

Annual Recap of Dietary Department Costs

Policy #920 Dietary Expense Transfer to Other Departments

 Dietary Requisition Form

Policy #930 Employee Meals

Dietary Meal Request

Dietary Daily Meal Log

Purchasing Practices: