October
Spotlight
October
Chef Table Recipes
October
Unity Materials
Café Thompson
Chef Spotlight Materials
Publications
Additional Resources
October 2019
National Disability Employment Awareness Month began as National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week. Congress expanded the week to a month in 1988, when the current moniker was adopted.
Ground Lamb Skewers
What makes this universally loved, Middle Eastern dish a standout is the amazing blend of pungent spices. Each and every bite is a palate-pleasing experience.
Salmon Wellington
Take your basic salmon to a whole new level. Also known as Salmon en Croute, this savory puff pastry is a fancy meal that all will enjoy.
Tequila Jalapeno Chicken
Marinated for as little as one hour, this entrée is absolutely scrumptious. Austin Grill Express brings authentic Tex-Mex flavor to you! Contact Chef Rommel Mendoza for additional recipe information.
Vegetarian
Curry 'Chicken' Salad
The popularity of seitan is due more to its texture rather than its taste. Seitan is what vegan dreams (we mean, meats) are made of!
Thompson DeLight
Grilled Lemon-and-Thyme Chicken Breasts
Here's a chicken recipe that's easy and perfect for a weeknight meal. The result is a perfectly tender Greek grilled chicken, and a vibrant lemon-herb
flavor combo.
Menu items marked as FIT meet certain criteria, which were developed to be consistent with current dietary recommendations.
Connect with diners by providing our exclusive reading material at your location. Each month, Our Cultural Calendar, Did You Know and Entry signs are filled with fresh, engaging information for your customers to enjoy. For directors and others making presentations to clients, the PowerPoint slides provide a quick snapshot of our diversity content.
Add a little excitement by posting our monthly Cookbook Raffle sign at your location. NOTE: Books for the raffle should be purchased only from Barnes & Noble.
Cultural Calendar
Mobile App
Cookbook Raffle Sign
Promotional Materials Standards
Entry Sign
Diversity and Cultural Awareness Sign
Did You Know?
PowerPoint Slides
Digital Monitor Slides
Café Thompson: The brand, usage and guidelines
Café Thompson is new culinary offering that will improve Thompson Hospitality's onsite presence. With the number of product and corporate brands that are featured in our daily operations, it's easy for the Thompson Hospitality brand to get lost. Café Thompson is a marketing tool that will help solve this challenge.
Café Thompson is a live cooking exhibition and is presented as an action station. All recipes come from the Thompson Hospitality recipe library. You can bookmark the Joint Ventures page and find the recipes there, and they are delivered via the monthly e-blast. Use this program at a minimum of once per month, or you can use it biweekly or weekly.
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Café Thompson Marketing
You can find the materials you will need to market this program here. Download the posters and signs that will work best for your operation. Depending on the café station location and space, use a full size poster, an 11" x 17" sign or a regular letter-size sign. Recipes are displayed in a counter-top sign holder or on the poster as seen in the illustration to the left. Display your marketing materials early (when employees first arrive to open and prep) on the day of the event. Also, the chef or employee working the action station must wear a black bib apron branded with the new Café Thompson logo, complemented by a black skull cap.
Contact Mike Taylor at (908) 644-7987 or mtaylor@thompsonhospitality.com with questions about the program or ordering information for branded aprons and skull caps.
Signage
Slide
1) print,
2) foam board mount,
3) laminate,
4) trim on
crop mark
Poster Printing Tips
Menu Template (Word)
Apron Info
Celebrating Foods of the World
These documents come in handy when you need to promote an upcoming appearance by one of our chefs at your location.
Thompson Hospitality
And Compass Group's Partnership Signs
Posters:
20" by 30" when finished.
1) print
2) foam board mount)
3) laminate
4) trim on crop marks
8.5 X 11 Signs
Send to inhouse print shop or print on a color desktop printer. These files print on standard letter-size paper.
Tips
Chef Mendoza
8.5 X 11 Signs
Send to inhouse print shop or print on a color desktop printer. These files print on standard letter-size paper.
Tips
Chef Rivera
8.5 X 11 Signs
Send to inhouse print shop or print on a color desktop printer. These files print on standard letter-size paper.
Tips
Chef Rose
8.5 X 11 Signs
Send to inhouse print shop or print on a color desktop printer. These files print on standard letter-size paper.
Tips
Chef Jonas
8.5 X 11 Signs
Send to inhouse print shop or print on a color desktop printer. These files print on standard letter-size paper.
Tips
Unity
Sept. 15-Oct. 15, 2019
Hispanic Heritage Month Issue
Publications
As part of our joint venture with Compass Group USA, Thompson Hospitality produces a full-color, eight-page publication six times a year. It's perfect reading material for diners to pick up at your location or enjoy via the Web, tablet or smartphone.
Unity Magazine
Unity is a cultural publication from Compass Group and Thompson Hospitality. Approximately 25,000 are distributed in Fortune 500 environments (IBM, Microsoft, Bank of America, Boeing, etc.), K-12 schools systems (Chicago Public Schools), colleges and universities (HBCUs), museums (Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian), and other influential venues in coordination with the official heritage months celebrated throughout the year. Stories are positive, inspiring, and focus on food, art and culture.
Thompson Hospitality Newsletter
Read President and Chairman Warren Thompson's message to all employees. And get up-to-date info on current initiatives, new accounts and much more.
More Tools at Your Disposal
Café and cafeteria managers can make use of our Chef Spotlight Menu Templates (pre-visit) and Evaluation Reports (post-visit). And if you're in need of a vendor, check out our MWBE Suppliers List.
Our Promotional Table Setup document is a visual guide for setting up our marketing materials at client sites.
Menu Template
(PDF Format)
Evaluation Reports
(Excel Format)
MWBE Suppliers
(Excel Format)
8.5 X 11 Signs
Send to inhouse print shop or print on a color desktop printer. These files print on standard letter-size paper.
Tips
Promotional Table Setup
Instructions (PDF format)
Pictured is a guide for displaying Unity and Chef Spotlight material. Letter-size documents can be sent to an in-house print shop or printed on a desktop color printer. You can purchase acrylic sign holders for these documents online or at brick-and-mortar office supply stores. Have the 20x30 posters professionally printed, foam-board mounted and laminated. Each month’s Cookbook for Raffle can be purchased online or at major brick-and-mortar booksellers.
Tips