Patent ID: RE39551

Claim:
A method of preparing, transporting and dispensing food between a series of remote locations, the method comprising the steps of: preparing the food for consumption at a first location; apportioning the food onto a plurality of trays at the first location; stacking the trays in a manually maneuverable rack, and providing the rack with a predetermined stacking arrangement of particular dimensions; loading the maneuverable rack onto a refrigerated vehicle for transportation to a second remote location; transferring the maneuverable rack, at the second location, into a moveable receptacle comprising at least one of heating and cooling means, and the receptacle being configured to receive at least one of the plurality of racks; relocating the moveable receptacle to a desired position; activating at least one of the heating and cooling means prior to dispensing of the food trays to consumers; dispensing the food trays to the consumers for consumption; collecting and re-stacking the trays in the rack situated within the receptacle; removing the at least one maneuverable rack form from the moveable receptacle for transportation of the rack back to the first location.