SpotOn

MAY 3, 2024

If you work in the food service industry, the National Restaurant Association Show is the place to be. According to the NRA, there will be over 35,000 decision-makers from all parts of the food service industry. Gordon Food Service, Katom Restaurant Supply Inc., Gordon Food Service, Katom Restaurant Supply Inc.,

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7 Shifts

AUGUST 4, 2020

It’s no surprise the food industry leaves behind a large footprint—and while much of the supply chain is inevitable, there are many innovative and simple steps we can all take to reduce waste and our own carbon footprint. You can also run maintenance tests on your equipment to determine how energy-efficient it is.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Alongside wild stories detailing how foodborne illnesses can happen, Shaw offers practical solutions to avoid food safety breaches. Shaw is a food safety specialist, podcaster, founder of Savvy Food Safety, co-founder of My Trusted Source, and an entrepreneur, author, and speaker who spent 30+ years working in the foodservice industry.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 16, 2024

were registered on food delivery platforms like Grubhub, DoorDash, and Uber Eats. They will create multiple fake accounts in bulk and then sell them to those looking for a discount on food. What factors are fueling food-app fraud? What are some common fraud activities you are seeing that affect restaurants? In 2023, over 1.5

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7 Shifts

AUGUST 20, 2021

The costs themselves can take the form of food, liquor or kitchen equipment, and are generally a one-time purchase. Equipment and supplies. Here are three ways you can establish restaurant cost control without having to sacrifice staff, customers, food quality, your bottom line, or your sanity. POS systems.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 14, 2022

There are all kinds of different types of restaurant theft, ranging from food and inventory, theft at the register and checkout counter, external grease theft, time theft and employee product theft. Stealing supplies, ingredients and other inventory items is common and can be hard to monitor. Supplies and ingredients can get expensive.

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The Rail

AUGUST 16, 2024

But there’s also dropping equipment and restaurant staff working while sick to consider. Equipment Use : Use proper cleaning equipment that does not leave residues which can make the floors slippery. Near the prep stations and cooking lines, grease and food particles often land on the floor, creating slip hazards.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Due to many factors including inflation and supply chain challenges, restaurant owners and operators have been faced with tough choice about raising menu prices. As food prices rise, restaurants should try to stay within their target ratio for food cost to gross food revenue in order to maintain target profits.

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Hot Schedules

AUGUST 10, 2021

Protecting Your Customers: How to Scale Your Food Safety Culture Across Multiple Locations. While employees know they play a crucial role in food (and ultimately guest) safety, when a 45-minute wait forces everyone to rush, things learned in food safety training can quickly fall to back-of-mind to an undisciplined staff.

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Perfect Daily Grind

DECEMBER 12, 2022

After providing for themselves and their families, producers can reinvest profits back into their farms to purchase equipment and resources – such as fertilisers and irrigation systems – and carry out necessary repairs and maintenance. In coffee production, bartering is used to acquire supplies in exchange for bags of coffee,” she says.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 8, 2020

This, of course, is in addition to the other important safety protocols that restaurants must follow (cooking foods to proper temperatures, avoiding cross contamination, accommodating food allergies, etc.). Food safety sanitation procedures are more important than ever to combat the novel coronavirus. Invest in Digital Tools.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 30, 2022

Today’s modern restaurant operators face challenges that no other generation has faced, thanks to COVID-19 closures, supply chain disruptions, labor shortages, menu labeling, and food safety challenges. It is the industry's primary responsibility to be sure the food they sell and serve to consumers is safe.

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Clover - Restaurants

MAY 3, 2024

Recent surveys confirm the importance of cleaning and sanitizing in food industry establishments for building customer confidence and in influencing diner choice. City and state health departments monitor local restaurants to ensure they’re following food safety management program guidelines. An estimated 3,000 people in the U.S.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Globally, aquaculture supplies more than 50 percent of all seafood produced for human consumption—and that percentage will continue to rise, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Sustainable Food Sourcing Is Worth the Effort. Sourcing seafood sustainably takes a bit more work but is worth it.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 9, 2022

The restaurant industry loses an astounding $162 billion each year in food waste. All restaurants should proactively work to reduce food waste, which will also help you save money, increase profits, spotlight your commitment to sustainability, and help the environment. Between a third and a half of food is wasted worldwide annually.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Our restaurant of the future is designed to benefit guests, employees and franchisees, with a new external design and a reimagined kitchen that will make it easier for us to serve hot, delicious food quickly for frictionless guest experiences, and we expect to see a lot more of that next year. Clinton Anderson, CEO, Fourth Enterprises.

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The Rail

MAY 6, 2024

When assessing possible sites, take into account elements like demographics , competition, parking accessibility, and closeness to businesses, educational institutions, or tourist destinations. Getting the Right Equipment Purchasing the appropriate equipment is crucial to your cafe's profitability and efficient running.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 9, 2021

Research from the University of Arizona shows that fast-food restaurants waste 9.55 Considering that the cost of food is the second-largest expense in the restaurant industry, these numbers translate to hundreds of dollars in wasted revenue each day. This way, you can go back and work on the supply and demand metrics.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 27, 2023

The restaurant industry is guilty of producing large amounts of carbon emissions in its quest to deliver delicious food and memorable culinary experiences for customers. In fact, the food and drinks industry (of which the restaurant industry forms a part) is responsible for around one third of all greenhouse gas emissions annually.

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The Rail

OCTOBER 24, 2023

By doing your research, looking into your restaurant’s supply chain , and changing certain procedures within your business, you can do your part to ensure your patrons enjoy the beer you offer and have more positive responsible drinking experiences within your establishment.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Restaurants will continue to grapple with labor shortages and supply chain disruptions throughout 2022. Rick Camac, Dean of Restaurant & Hospitality Management at the Institute of Culinary Education. Supply chain : Supply chain issues will be a key challenge in 2022. Clinton Anderson, CEO, Fourth Enterprises.

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Perfect Daily Grind

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Strong competition from larger, well-established roasters – who often have better access to more equipment and resources – can make it difficult to establish new working wholesale relationships. Staff education and training is also another service that roasters can offer wholesale customers, including workshops and cuppings.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 11, 2024

The year 2024 promises a journey of adaptation and fierce competition for the restaurant industry as it manages stronger-than-expected economic data and slowing inflation while dealing with the headwinds of short labor supply, more demanding customers and an uncertain political environment. The key lesson both establishments teach?

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Sustainability Beyond the Plate

MARCH 31, 2017

Richard Young, Director of Education. I was recently invited to moderate a panel on Foodservice Maintenance and Repair at the Gas Foodservice Equipment Network’s (GFEN) Commercial Foodservice Workshop. The moral: You do not have an infinite supply of gas or electricity coming into your kitchen!

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 2, 2019

The bottom line: clarity around sustainability, food preparation and safety is essential. While it’s no easy task, the tools needed to create clean environments for preparing and serving food and making smart decisions on resource management exist. Understand Your Supply. Use Efficient Equipment.

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Perfect Daily Grind

MAY 11, 2022

Craft and artisan are notably used throughout several food and beverage sectors; they are attached to segments such as craft beer and artisanal bread. As third wave coffee consumers express more interest in learning about where coffee comes from, there is more focus on the wider coffee supply chain, particularly on producers.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Rodents can often get "delivered" to a restaurant in incoming supplies if there is a rodent problem at the supplier level. Clean under kitchen equipment. These make perfect food sources for rodents. Then, open the booths and clean out any food debris. Inspect deliveries. Practice proper storage. Manage vegetation.

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Hot Schedules

AUGUST 10, 2021

Protecting Your Customers: How to Scale Your Food Safety Culture Across Multiple Locations. While employees know they play a crucial role in food (and ultimately guest) safety, when a 45-minute wait forces everyone to rush, things learned in food safety training can quickly fall to back-of-mind to an undisciplined staff.

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EATER

APRIL 3, 2023

Graydon Herriott Jorge Gaviria’s company, Masienda, is making a name for itself among chefs and home cooks — and building a more sustainable supply chain in the process In How I Got My Job , folks from across the food and restaurant industry answer Eater’s questions about, well, how they got their job.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

With the season of food and Thanksgiving when holiday food is at the forefront, what are defined standards and procedures that restaurants should keep top-of-mind to set the expectations regarding food handling and preparation during the holiday rush? Cool foods rapidly to get out of the Temperature Danger Zone.

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Perfect Daily Grind

MARCH 14, 2023

Bhavi Patel is a dairy technologist and food and travel writer, who has been writing extensively about the global coffee industry for some years now. In line with this, there are more specialty coffee roasters, coffee shops, and education facilities opening in Nepal. What about driving consumption?

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The Restaurant Times

AUGUST 25, 2020

According to a report by the Economic Times , The Federation of Hotel & Restaurant Associations of India (FHRAI), in collaboration with the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has initiated a training program on COVID-19 awareness for hospitality professionals across India. Avoid unnecessary contact with the food.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Food safety and restaurant cleanliness. Similarly, restaurant visitors expect their food to be of a consistent quality every time they visit. Both of these technological advancements are instrumental in ensuring excellent customer service and reducing food waste. Food Safety and Restaurant Cleanliness. Kitchen operations.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 13, 2023

In the waning days of 2022, FDA issued an updated Food Code with several important updates. economy, and the Food Code impacts virtually every American. Let’s examine the key new provisions of the 2022 Food Code. Many of the key changes in the 2022 Food Code relate to food allergens.

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Perfect Daily Grind

APRIL 5, 2022

Digitalisation is an important topic at both ends of the supply chain. If data isn’t stored electronically across the coffee supply chain, it can be difficult for producers, traders, roasters, and consumers to trace coffees back to the farm they were grown on. But how can it be used to shorten the gap between producers to consumers?

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Perfect Daily Grind

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

However, since then, there have been further developments as far as automation and equipment are concerned. One of the most notable examples is blockchain technology , which allows a number of supply chain actors to store data on a decentralised network system. Carolina Guerra is the North America Execution Specialist for Sucafina.

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Ken Burgin

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Inflation is back, following dramatic rises in energy costs, wages and all the food & beverage supplies we purchase. If wages and supplies are rising, the costs need to be increased to cover them. And profitability is suffering. First, let’s look at some of the issues involved. When Should You Increase Menu Prices?

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