Culinary Software Services has Added New Functionality to ChefTec PDA BarCoder; Additional Ordering Functionality Included With the State-of-the-Art ChefTec PDA BarCoder.

Business Editors

BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 27, 2002

Culinary Software Services has released the latest feature to ChefTec PDA BarCoder. With the latest version of ChefTec PDA, users can scan inventory for ordering. With point and scan technology, users can save up to 50% on the time it takes them to take physical inventory and create orders. With ChefTec, users can create orders from scratch, based on par levels, or based on lowest price/lowest bid. Also, users can generate orders for multi-vendors or single vendor and convert orders into an invoice instantaneously and modify for changes on receipt of goods.

Roy Scardilla, owner of the Conesus Inn located in Conesus, N.Y., has been a user of ChefTec PDA and finds it to be a valuable tool in the kitchen. At the Conesus Inn there are over 3,000 inventory items. Part of Scardilla's daily routine is to spend time with ChefTec generating orders.

"I have put the bar code labels on the shelves where my inventory items are, and for the first time in 40 years all my inventory is accounted for," said Scardilla. "The capability to create orders through the scanner is also a tremendous help to me. Before the ChefTec PDA BarCoder I would spend hours creating orders. Now my ordering is done with a few clicks."

ChefTec PDA BarCoder can be used for both ordering and physical inventory taking. With the ChefTec PDA BarCoder there are two options for using barcodes. From within ChefTec, users can create unique barcodes on labels and place the labels on the shelves where inventory is kept. The other option is scanning the food purveyors' barcodes that come on their inventory. ChefTec PDA BarCoder is available now and starts at $995. For more information please visit www.culinarysoftware.com/prod0019.htm.

About Culinary Software Services, Inc.

Culinary Software Services is the software leader in back-of-the-house technology for the foodservice industry. ChefTec(TM), CorTec(TM) and BevTec(TM) programs provide state-of-the-art inventory control, recipe and menu costing, purchasing and ordering, and nutritional analysis. Leading-edge technology provides cost- and time-saving programs for foodservice operations. Installations include all Marriott International Hotels Worldwide, Charlie Trotter's, Dean & Deluca, New York Restaurant School, Acapulco Mexican Restaurant Group, Yosemite National Park and the Weber Grill. Founded in 1990, Culinary Software Services is located in Boulder, Colorado. For more information visit our web site at www.culinarysoftware.com.