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Is Your Ghost Kitchen Haunted by Food Safety Breaches?

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As a result, ghost kitchens, delivery-focused kitchens without a storefront or dining area, are growing in popularity. Ghost kitchens allow operators to utilize commercial kitchens – sometimes in shared spaces with other brands – without the overhead of a full restaurant space and staff. billion by 2027.

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FSMA Rule 204 Food Safety Countdown: What Restaurant Managers Need to Know Now

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Better food safety has never been more in reach, thanks to advancements in traceability standards and technology. FDA’s Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Rule 204 approaching, restaurant operators stand to gain improved confidence in the safety and quality of the food they serve.

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Pandemic Reflections: What Lessons Has the Restaurant Industry Learned?, Part Three

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Many restaurant owners had believed they would be covered in the event of something like the pandemic, and found themselves without a safety net. Overall, the pandemic highlighted the vulnerabilities, margin issues, and lack of safety net to restaurants in a way the industry is still recovering from. – Pooja S.

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Pandemic Reflections: What Lessons Has the Restaurant Industry Learned?, Part One

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The focus now is finding the minimum necessary seating capacity while maximizing kitchen efficiency and service throughput. Instead of simply trying to fit as many seats as possible into a space, the focus now is finding the minimum necessary seating capacity while maximizing kitchen efficiency and service throughput.

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Three Ways to Leverage Technology for Restaurant Reopenings

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” The COVID-19 pandemic—more than any contentious customer or kitchen catastrophe—is putting that skill to test. But, those that embrace technology will be best equipped to weather the pandemic. Here are three ways to leverage technology for restaurant re-openings: 1. No-Touch Menus. Local Promotional Planning.

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The New Normal: How Technology Can Help Streamline Restaurant Operations

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A growing number of restaurants are embracing technology to run their operations and prepare themselves for the challenges of the ‘new normal. Kitchen operations. Food safety and restaurant cleanliness. Using technology to streamline workflows is one solution to this problem. Kitchen Operations.

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How Can Restaurants Harness Technology to Combat COVID-19?

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But the news cycle has demonstrated that one day’s positive outlook is countered with dire reports of additional cases the next – with consumers jolted back to compliance with safety recommendations. As technology ramps up against health threats, we can expect innovations that enable greater protection and operating efficiencies.