What do all these acronyms mean?
Foodservice can speak a bit of its own language at times! To help you out, we have created a glossary of terms below. If you are still unsure of what a particular acronym or term is referring to, send us an email to grocery@flanagan.ca.
AW - All white chicken
BBC - Baseball cut steak
BS - Boneless, skinless
BRD - Breaded
BTTD - Battered
CF - Cholesterol Free
CKD - Cooked
CT - This is how foodservice measures how many items per pound. For example, a breakfast sausage that has “10 CT” in the description means that there are approximately 10 sausages per pound.
F/C - Fully cooked
FZ - Frozen
I/W - Individually wrapped
IQF - Individually quick frozen. This is a freezing technique where each piece of food is frozen separately from the others, creating a higher quality frozen product that is easier to work with.
LS - Low sodium
PF - Par-fried
RG - Roller grill
S/C - Straight cut (for french fries)
S/ON - Skin-on (for french fries)
SLD - Sliced
SMKD - Smoked
T&S - Thaw and serve. These are frozen items that once thawed, will be ready to enjoy!