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New 2D Barcodes Offer Easy Access to Dynamic Information for Food Traceability and More

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It can also provide full sourcing and ingredient listings that are needed for menu creation to serve customers with special requirements. As a result, restaurants can easily access key information – again, with a quick smartphone scan – to identify expiration dates, ingredients, allergens, batch/lot numbers for recalls, and more.

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Best Practices for Surviving in a Cautious Landscape

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Local restaurants aren’t going to match the ingredient cost level that a big chain can bring to the table, but they can use solutions that increase product sourcing speed, diversity, and flexibility so they can still run rings around the big guys."

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Six Important Steps Restaurants Should Take to Build a Strong Food Safety Culture

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For example, AI-powered systems can analyze large volumes of data from various sources to identify patterns and potential risks. Additionally, AI can assist in monitoring temperature variations during food storage, detecting anomalies in production processes, identifying potential allergen cross-contamination risks, and more.

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Is Your Ghost Kitchen Haunted by Food Safety Breaches?

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Tech solutions can elevate food safety checklists and audits, track ingredient lists and allergen information, and help staff manage food safety processes, quickly, easily, and accurately. Make sure food comes from safe source s. Your digital solutions should enable continuous learning and enhance safety and quality.

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Dining Trends for 2024

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Culinary methods and sources of inspiration for menus and venues were also part of this group’s discussion. Eighty-six percent of dames surveyed agreed that chefs have become trusted sources of knowledge beyond the menu. Ninety-two percent agreed that chefs are gaining recognition for their philanthropic efforts around the world.

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Vegan Confectionery Is Making its Way from the Margins to the Mainstream

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These buttons have various allergens listed on the package, as well as a vegan and clean label. The fact that vegan chocolate contains neither additives nor products derived from animals makes it an excellent source of dietary essentials. Also, the allergen information (tree nuts) is clearly stated down. Baking involves flour.

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Competition’s Coming: Key Technology Changes Can Help You Win

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By improving customer loyalty and increasing revenue through the smart use of technology from the public-facing part of the business all the way to the back-of-house prep, sourcing, and staffing. Source More Smartly by Linking FOH to the BOH. Improve Order Size and Revenue with Predictive Technology.