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Safety Training and a Strong Safety Culture: The Recipe for Mitigating Restaurant Risk

Modern Restaurant Management

As the focus for restaurants continues to center on growing and staffing up, safety training can sometimes get lost in the mix or ratcheted down to cover only topics related to compliance with regulations. That won’t cut it in an industry that faces major risks associated with employee injuries and food safety.

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Measuring KPIs for Food Safety Success in Holiday Menu Items, Off-Premise Catering, LTOs, and Beyond

Modern Restaurant Management

Why Measure Food Safety Performance? Achieving food safety excellence should be a continual goal. Processes, equipment, menus, and products are always changing. Therefore, a restaurant's food safety goals should evolve along with these changes. A restaurant is not stagnant.

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Enjoy the Holiday Gifts of Efficiency and Savings

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You’re still at just 75 percent of your 2019 head count, and even increasing wages isn’t attracting the people you need. The technology empowers operators to make direct, digital connections with their equipment (e.g., freezers, food warmers, fryers, etc.). Maintaining Equipment.

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MRM Research Roundup: End-of-July 2021 Edition

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The edition of MRM Research Roundup features restaurant payment transaction data, foodservice equipment purchasing and the lasting appeal of chicken sandwiches. The comparable week in 2020 (to July 25), while in recovery compared to the height of restrictions, was still lower than the same week in 2019. Rent Struggle Is Real.

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How the Pandemic Has Forever Changed the Way We Eat

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With many restaurants closed for in-person dining on and off throughout the pandemic, the food service industry shifted to delivery and takeout as a business imperative. According to SEC filings, food delivery apps experienced tremendous growth in 2020 earning a combined $5.5 billion from the same period in 2019.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-December 2019 Edition

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While restaurant sales were lower for November of 2018, November of 2019 did not include the same holiday headwinds. Second, the shift of Thanksgiving into December of 2019 converts from tailwind to headwind this month. percent from 2018 to 2019, sales for the whole weekend only increased about four percent. First, at 2.1

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WHY A 27-UNIT SPORTS BAR MOVED TO AUTOMATE FOOD LABELING

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Fortunately, Taco Mac feels more bullish than many when it comes to its kitchen operations, thanks in part to a move it made in 2019, prior to the pandemic. food labeling system. s food labeling makes Taco Mac’s operations more consistent. Food labeling is just one of the several back-of-house tasks that BOHA!

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