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Key Takeaways from the 2022 FDA Food Code

Modern Restaurant Management

Many of the key changes in the 2022 Food Code relate to food allergens. These concerns reflect FDA’s increasing commitment to ensuring that Americans with allergies are aware of the potential allergens in their foods and impose commensurate duties on restaurants and food producers in order to further that commitment.

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How to Create an Effective Restaurant Onboarding Process

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Here’s an example of an onboarding overview: Day One Orientation: Learning about the restaurant’s culture and history, meeting coworkers, and receiving a uniform. It’s important to train all newcomers on your service standards to make sure they’re giving guests a uniform experience.

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How the Right Restaurant Tech Stack Supports Scalability

Apicbase

Executive chefs and menu developers can be creative while also seeing the effects different ingredients and quantities have on food costs, profit margins, allergen occurrence and carbon footprint. Standardised recipes Having a single source of truth for your recipes eliminates doubt about ingredients, suppliers, portion sizes, or allergens.

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How to Onboard Restaurant Staff: A New Hire Checklist for Restaurant Employees

Touch Bistro

Go over important topics like: Job responsibilities COVID-19 safety procedures Hygiene Uniform Systems and tech Attendance Customer service Security – including your restaurant loss prevention strategy Opening and closing shift procedures. Studies have found that 50% of millennials haven’t read their employee handbooks.

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Restaurant Automation: The Key to Back of House Efficiency 

Apicbase

Restaurants use software and smart hardware to automate everyday tasks and management duties, such as purchasing ingredients, managing inventory, making production lists, dealing with allergens, and calculating costs. These automations make the job more straightforward and improve efficiency, accuracy, and compliance.

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Restaurant Supply Chain Management: 13 Best Practices

Apicbase

Difficulty obtaining essential data, like allergen information or nutritional values. Standardise Procurement Processes : Establish uniform procurement procedures across all outlets to maintain consistency and control. Recipes and menus contain allergen information, nutritional values, and carbon footprints.

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‘Who Watches the Kitchen?’

Modern Restaurant Management

This can lead to cross-contamination and foodborne illness as well as cross-contact and a food allergen issue. Personal hygiene : Employees must maintain proper personal hygiene, such as washing their hands regularly and wearing clean uniforms to prevent the spread of bacteria.