Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Trust is built when company leaders demonstrate a strong commitment to food safety and provide the necessary resources – including training, tools, equipment, and support – to ensure compliance with regulations and best practices. Build Trust One of the foundational pillars of a robust food safety culture is trust.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 16, 2024

Manual monitoring techniques and outdated equipment hinder the restaurant industry’s ability to keep up amidst the sea of competitors who’ve already embraced the digital era of food safety. A reactive response to catering compliance due to such will no longer do.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 29, 2022

Leveraging a physical-digital-physical framework ensures that restaurant management is maximizing their digital assets, human labor, and capital equipment investments. Preempting Equipment Failures. Knowing when failures are predicted to occur also allows purchasers to plan ahead nd mitigate supply issues that delay equipment delivery.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

It’s wise to invest in fully featured software options, which offer audit management and compliance tracking capabilities to maximize the safety of your food, guests, and business. Restaurants must do more than just put safety protocols in place – they must also ensure compliance across all shifts and locations.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 29, 2021

Number Three : Audit your time keeping. Number Four : Audit sales every half-hour in your POS system. It is one of the most important pieces of equipment you'll ever purchase. They’re not working, and they are milking the time clock. Make sure that your employees are punching in with the right job codes.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Make sure you do a projection and daily audit to ensure your payroll costs are commensurate with your current revenue. Kitchen and Serving Station Equipment. There is no way you can prepare a meal without the right equipment. Remember that it can also be expensive to hire and train new employees.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 6, 2023

By modernizing employee task management, quick service restaurants (QSRs) can streamline routine health and safety audits. Ensure Routine Health and Safety Audits Run Smoothly Outdated processes, like pen and paper audits, can make health and safety checks a tiresome, time-consuming task with room for human error.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 27, 2022

As a result, brands had to be flexible, adding remote audits and self-inspections instead of solely in-person audits. Now, it’s common to rely on this combination approach for more frequent audits, leading to continuous improvement. This pivot may have been the best thing to come out of the pandemic!

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 6, 2022

For many brands, an annual audit was the norm, while employees may have focused on not "getting in trouble" or "getting a good score" rather than the creation of culture. As it turns out, only conducting traditional, in-person audits was not an ideal approach. Finally, we have some wonderful changes to celebrate.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 9, 2021

The NSF has a standards team that facilitates the development of public health standards, and a service team that test, audit, and certify products and services – which brings us to NSF Certification. We understand why it is important for us to make, and restaurants to use, NSF certified tools and products.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Maintenance needs vary based on restaurant size, food variety, and cooking style, but all restaurant maintenance can be divided into two overarching categories: restaurant equipment maintenance and restaurant facilities maintenance. All this considered, restaurants simply cannot afford to not have proper maintenance practices in place.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 8, 2020

Enforce social distancing and require appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) based on the guidelines for your jurisdiction. This includes quality management software and auditing apps. Be certain that all employees follow this important safety practice. Implement COVID-19 Safety Protocols. Invest in Digital Tools.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 11, 2024

The Center for Disease Control (CDC) found that workers wash their hands when they should about one in three times, and moreover, only one in four workers washed their hands after preparing raw animal products or handling dirty equipment. Instead, take a step back and audit your current food safety and hygiene practices.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Step #6: Audit the Co-Packer Make sure they are GMP or Good Manufacturing Practice compliant. Your co-packer in step #5 will have explained some of these regulations to you, but you can access all that information on the USDA or FDA website.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 12, 2024

For example, AI can audit monthly credit card statements in seconds – a job that can take restaurant owners between three and 21 days depending on the size of the business. Because this task is such a time sink, many restaurants conduct quarterly statement audits, leaving money-saving opportunities unidentified for months on end.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 29, 2021

Even before the pandemic, customers at my software company, RizePoint, were trending toward doing more self-assessments at each location to track the results of big yearly audits and to get better views into how things are right now instead of a single point-in-time view. Add Self-Assessments at Locations.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Today’s digital solutions allow you to audit and evaluate your supply chain’s sustainability and resilience. Food waste occurs for many reasons, including spoilage, equipment malfunction (such as faulty walk-in coolers), improper storage (e.g., Use tech tools to manage your supply chain.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Increasingly, restaurants are using tech tools to conduct regular self-assessments, which supplement in-person and remote audits. Self-audits can (and should) be implemented more frequently than third-party audits as part of your restaurant’s continuous quality initiative.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Ironically, now that restaurants must implement stringent new safety protocols and ensure compliance, it’s become difficult to secure third-party audits due to COVID-related travel restrictions and limits to interpersonal interactions. Invest in Software Solutions.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

As restaurants have been gradually permitted to reopen, they have new regulations to follow, including restricted onsite capacity, strict cleaning and disinfecting protocols, social distancing rules, and mandatory use of personal protective equipment (PPE). Switch from Manual to Digital Systems.

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Harbor Touch

MARCH 18, 2025

Equipment and Furniture: Deduct That Big Spend New ovens or tables can cost a chunk, often $5,000 or more. Accounting Tip: Log equipment purchases in your accounting software under equipment. Ive seen audits flag too-generous pay compared to industry norms. Equipment: tables, chairs, POS systems. You can too.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Restaurant operators who have yet to integrate technology into different aspects of their operations should conduct an audit. Through operational auditing, it’s easier to find the bottlenecks in areas such as staff management, kitchen operations, dining room procedures, reservation processing, food safety, and restaurant cleanliness.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Regularly audit your suppliers’ practices and request documentation to confirm that they’re still in compliance. To verify a supplier's credibility, check for certifications such as the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) or Safe Quality Food (SQF) certification. These credentials indicate adherence to high safety standards.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 9, 2021

But costs aren't the only problem here; more waste means more hauling fees, landfill fees, increased equipment costs, and more. You can also consult your employees and customers when doing the waste audit. The idea is to know which types of food end up in the trash bins in large quantities than others.

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7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

How do you handle unexpected challenges, such as equipment failure or supply shortages? How do you handle unexpected challenges, such as equipment failure or supply shortages? If a freezer malfunctions, they should contact two or more local equipment repair service providers to get it fixed fast.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Tech tools are instrumental in boosting food safety, enforcing safety standards, reducing risk, and protecting brands by optimizing line checks, inspections, auditing, equipment monitoring, temperature checks, and reporting. Rely on technology. Everything in your restaurant should be meticulously clean. Monitor your suppliers.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Elevate inspections and audits. Instead, rely on integrated tech tools for easier, faster, and more accurate inspections and audits. Audit suppliers to ensure they’re compliant before you work with them (and throughout your collaboration). Consumers want a clean, safe place to eat (and charge their cars).

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7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

You have the advantage of a built-out kitchen with equipment, bars and dining rooms, technology, parking lots, and more. Things to consider are: Local Sentiment Finances Equipment Taxes or Violations Licenses and Permits What is the local sentiment towards the restaurant? Have there been any tax audits in the past three to five years?

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2020

A fishery may also require new equipment, while aquacultures might implement more environmental controls. Just like farmers in the organic revolution, fisheries and farms must invest in new processes and have their supply chain re-audited regularly to show that they are consistently meeting stringent certification requirements.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 26, 2024

Many QSR franchises are operating with legacy equipment that can't keep pace with customer expectations or facilitate a seamless employee experience. Conducting a comprehensive technology audit will reveal opportunities to upgrade your hardware and software for optimal performance. Brands should also examine their content strategy.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 17, 2023

Technology, like SaaS-based quality and audit software, has changed the ISO compliance process significantly, making it much faster, easier, more accurate, and less of an administrative burden. The certification is only valid for three years, and then restaurants need to pass a recertification audit every three years to maintain it.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 14, 2021

Audit the waste stream and try to identify current trends and how much waste is actually being generated. Whether that’s finding the lowest price in the area, managing missed pickups, or auditing monthly charges, they relieve the operator of the time it takes to oversee the program.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Restaurants should routinely conduct supplier audits to be certain that all food safety and QA practices are being followed before the food even arrives at your restaurant. Additionally, audits and confirmation of safety certifications should be standard operating procedure before working with new vendors.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 19, 2020

Do a Full Audit of the Property. This includes checking the status of all domestic water and mechanical equipment, understanding the building occupants and their specific needs, and reviewing their plan to re-occupy.

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7 Shifts

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Step 1: Audit Your Current Location(s) Before you start planning for your future, take a look at your past and your present. Still, you should conduct a thorough audit of your current restaurant(s) before expanding your business further. Read on for our actionable, step-by-step process on how to expand your franchise.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 28, 2024

Regular Audits and Quality Checks : Conduct periodic evaluations of store performance, including mystery shopper programs, to identify and address inconsistencies. This ensures that new hires are aligned with the brand's expectations from the start. What are some things brands can do to improve guest satisfaction?

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 28, 2023

Any safety breach – mishandled foods, contamination at a farm, employees working with contagious norovirus, human error, broken equipment, and more – can harm your foods, guests, and business. Doing so helps these brands: Reduce risk across the entire supply chain.

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