Abstract: The present invention is a method and apparatus the delivery of ready-to-cook foodstuffs, such as cookie dough eggs, in response to a consumer's order or selection. The system contemplates obtaining a consumer's order for ready-to-cook dough eggs, and storing consumer's order data in a memory of a point-of-sale computer system. The ordering data is then displayed on a point-of-sale system for fulfillment by a service associate, who assembles and packages the consumer's order in a carton in accordance with the order displayed. In the particular dough egg embodiment, the “eggs” are placed in numbered recesses in a clam-shell carton and an order fulfillment sheet is printed an attached. The order fulfillment sheet includes a listing of the variety of dough egg that has been placed in each of the numbered recesses in the container.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 3, 2004
Date of Patent:
January 3, 2017
Assignee:
Cole & Parks LLC
Inventors:
Donna Reeves-Collins, William O. Collins
Abstract: The present invention is a method and apparatus the delivery of ready-to-cook foodstuffs, such as cookie dough eggs, in response to a consumer's order or selection. The system contemplates obtaining a consumer's order for ready-to-cook dough eggs, and storing consumer's order data in a memory of a point-of-sale computer system. The ordering data is then displayed on a point-of-sale system for fulfillment by a service associate, who assembles and packages the consumer's order in a carton in accordance with the order displayed. In the particular dough egg embodiment, the “eggs” are placed in numbered recesses in a clam-shell carton and an order fulfillment sheet is printed an attached. The order fulfillment sheet includes a listing of the variety of dough egg that has been placed in each of the numbered recesses in the container.