Salad Dressing Types and Styles

Order the best type of salad dressing for your business

When ordering salad dressing, there is more to consider than only the flavor of the dressing. You have to consider the form you want the salad dressing shipped to you from the salad dressing distributors. You also have to decide what brand of salad dressing you need.

Choosing the specific salad dressing to order depends largely on the space you have for product, the type of food you sell, and the preferences of your guests. Consider the following suggestions to help you choose the most appropriate salad dressing types and styles for your needs:

1. Save on shipping costs and space by ordering dry salad dressing mixes.

2. Ensure consistent quality by ordering pre-mixed salad dressings.

3. Make it easy to wait on customers who need orders to go by offering single serving packets of salad dressing.

 

Consider salad dressing mix

Salad dressing dry mixes take up very little space. You can make the dressing as needed. This minimizes food costs for the dressings. It also promotes food safety since it is made fresh in your establishment, which ensures that it wasn't subject to extreme temperature fluctuations in transit. These mixes are available from numerous salad dressing companies.
Try: Food Service Direct offers dry salad dressing mixes from prominent salad dressing manufacturers, including Kraft, Wishbone and Hidden Valley. This company offers a shopping list service to make reordering easy. Firehouse Pantry sells numerous specialty salad dressing mixes. Some varieties include Chipotle Ranch and Garlic Pepper Parmesan.

Purchase bottled salad dressing

There are two specific types of bottled salad dressing for you to consider. The first is gallon jugs. These are ideal if you put salad dressing on a salad bar or if your server's carry out dressing on the salad or in a bowl. Smaller bottles, much like those sold in stores, are the second type of bottled salad dressing. These are ideal if you plan to carry out the dressings out in bottles or place them on a dressing caddy that is brought out with each salad. A word of caution for this type: you must ensure that the dressings stay within acceptable food safety guidelines, which state the dressings shouldn't be unrefrigerated for more than two hours cumulative time once opened.
Try: WEBstaurant Store and Jimmy's both sell gallon jugs of popular salad dressings. BuytheCase.net sells bottled salad dressing by the case. It sells salad dressing brands including Emeril's, Hidden Valley and Ken's.

Offer single serving salad dressing

Although these are the most expensive per serving, they are also the most convenient and safe. Single serving salad dressings usually don't have to be refrigerated and no one has to handle the salad dressing, they only have to touch the package. This type of salad dressing is ideal if you serve salads to go or if you serve items such as hot wings or chicken strips.
Try: Ken's offers its signature salad dressings in single serving size packets by the case. Some of the flavors include creamy Caesar salad dressing, Greek salad dressing and Italian salad dressing. Kraft sells individual packets of its salad dressings, including its classic ranch salad dressing. Dollar Days sells private label salad dressing, including Wholesale Garden.

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