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Stay Ahead of the Danger: Proactive Food Safety Strategies for Restaurant Managers

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As a restaurant manager, maintaining food safety is your number one responsibility. As a manager, understanding the causes and symptoms of foodborne illness is key, not just for staying in compliance with health regulations but also for safeguarding the health of your customers (and the reputation of your business).

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The Importance of NSF Certification for Restaurant Tools and Knives

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Manufacturers, regulators, and consumers look to the organization to facilitate the development of public health standards and provide certifications that help protect food, water, consumer products and the environment. Most products that receive the certification bear the NSF mark on their packaging to help buyers make educated purchases.

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Building Resilient and Less-Stress Restaurant Operations

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The restaurant industry is fast-paced and demanding, with constant pressures to deliver excellent service while managing operations smoothly. Balancing staff needs, customer expectations, and resource constraints can quickly overwhelm staff and management alike.

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The Holiday Rush and Beyond: Six Benefits that Keep Restaurant Teams Engaged

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Instead of cash alone, consider giving the choice of a memorable experience, such as a gift certificate. There are providers that allow employees to withdraw a portion of their accrued pay on demand, empowering them to manage urgent expenses without waiting for payday.

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The Cost of B-ing Good

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B Corp Certification, a credential bestowed by the non-profit organization B Labs, is a way for businesses to address those concerns and more as they undertake an in-depth auditing process, and come out with a seal of authenticity around their sustainability and social responsibility claims and a branding kit to help promote it.

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Five Steps for Leveraging Digital Data Collection to Manage Changing Rules and Challenging Times

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Food service has changed forever and getting an integrated digital approach to managing all your guidelines and compliance issues, especially across multiple locations, is more crucial than ever. If a company isn’t regularly collecting smart data, management may not realize there’s an issue until it’s too late.

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Managing Risk and Protecting Your Brand

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And to survive this crisis (and any future crises), restaurants need to effectively manage the ongoing risks to protect their brand reputation and avoid costly liabilities. While we all want this pandemic to end, it’s clearly a long-term problem that will take more thought, planning, and business pivots as we move forward.