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Investing In Digital Technology Is Investing in Food Safety

Modern Restaurant Management

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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The Six Most Common Franchise Problems (And How to Solve Them)

7 Shifts

Nearly 200,000 quick-serve restaurant establishments in the United States are not owned by the company whose name is on the building. At a glance, opening and operating a restaurant franchise seems like a near-perfect business decision. Less Brand Control In late 2015, more than 40 people fell ill with E.

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Three Tips for Managing a Healthy Restaurant Workforce

Modern Restaurant Management

Your restaurant is open and customers are back. Workers’ compensation data shows an uptick in the number of new employees injured on the job, especially in the hospitality and food service industries. Restaurants are struggling to find people in a tight market. Restaurants are struggling to find people in a tight market.

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Cracker Barrel Adds Booze to Menus So You Can Get Drunk the Old Country Store Way

EATER

Plus, Blue Bell is paying out millions for contaminated ice cream it sold in 2015, and other news to start the day Cracker Barrel is getting boozy for good. million in criminal penalties for its negligence in handling contaminated ice cream products that were linked to listeria infections in 2015. Food Safety News ].

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July/August 2020 Legal Update

Modern Restaurant Management

Nair, a partner at Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP compiles recent legal news affecting the restaurant, food and beverage and hospitality industries for Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine. Under the ruling, California restaurants may still not serve foie gras to California consumers. Litigation.

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A Kroger-Albertsons Merger Would Be Bad for Almost Everyone

EATER

In order to actually happen, though, the merger needs approval from federal officials, who will determine whether or not such a merger is a violation of the country’s antitrust laws. The coalition insists that the merger is a monopoly that will lead to “store closures, thousands of lost jobs, and higher food prices.”

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How Staff Training Can Boost Your Restaurant Business In The UAE

The Restaurant Times

If you are in the restaurant business, you must know that its service quality primarily depends on its staff. The customers nowadays don’t just expect quick and efficient service or hygienic handling of their food, they expect something more than that. Importance Of Staff Training In A Restaurant In The UAE.