Food management system

A food management system for managing food in a food holding apparatus having a plurality of holding locations, the food management system including

• a food management controller configured for monitoring a status of the plurality of holding locations,
• a user interface including a plurality of holding location displays associated with respective holding locations for displaying information associated with the holding locations, the holding location displays being arranged in an array corresponding to an arrangement of the respective holding locations, the holding location displays being positioned in the array corresponding to positions of the respective holding locations in the arrangement, each holding location display including a touch sensitive area defining a button that can be actuated by at least a first type of user engagement with the button,
• a tangible storage medium having food management controller executable instructions stored therein, said instructions, when executed by the food management controller, displaying on each holding location display information associated with the status of the respective holding location, the tangible storage medium storing food management controller executable instructions for executing a first operation in response to the first type of user engagement with the button when a first holding location status is displayed on the holding location display and for executing a second operation different than the first operation in response to the first type of user engagement with the button when a second holding location status is displayed on the holding location display.

A computer executable method for use with food holding apparatus having a plurality of holding locations, the method including

• providing a user interface including a plurality of holding location displays associated with respective holding locations for displaying information associated with the holding locations, the holding location displays being arranged in an array corresponding to an arrangement of the respective holding locations, the holding location displays being positioned in the array corresponding to positions of the respective holding locations in the arrangement, each holding location display including a touch sensitive area defining a button that can be actuated by at least a first type of user engagement with the button,
• displaying on each holding location display information associated with the status of the respective holding location,
• executing, with a food management controller, a first operation in response to the first type of user engagement with the button when a first holding location status is displayed on the holding location display, and
• executing, with the food management controller, a second operation different than the first operation in response to the first type of user engagement with the button when a second holding location status is displayed on the holding location display.