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Marketing Your Restaurant to Allergen-Conscious Customers 

Next Restaurants

Much has been done for allergen-awareness in recent years, from the rise of popular health trends like gluten-free diets and increased exposure to allergen incidents through social media, but with 200,000 Americans admitted to hospital for allergic reactions to food every year, more can be done.

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Your Menu: Nutritional, Calorie, Allergen Data On-Demand

Crunchtime

When the FDA placed requirements for calories to be listed on menus in chain restaurants, it meant nutritional information must now be be clearly displayed on menus and menu boards and for salad bars and buffets. All calorie information must be displayed on signs near the foods.

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The Rise of Food Allergies – and How to Keep Your Guests Safe and Happy

Hot Schedules

require emergency medical attention from contact with a food allergen. Accurate allergen information is critical to guarantee your guests’ safety. With the right recipe and menu engineering solution, each ingredient is tagged with accurate nutrition and allergen info.

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How to Create an Allergy-Friendly Environment at Your Restaurant

Modern Restaurant Management

Customers with food allergies take a great risk to eat food prepared by someone other than themselves, as they may suffer potentially severe consequences from coming into contact with a triggering allergen. Your menu should very clearly convey which foods contain certain allergens.

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Digital Transformation in the Restaurant Industry

Technology is transforming the way restaurant operators work. Advanced analytics and forecasting, automated procurement. you name it, tech companies are already working on it. Learn how this digital transformation represents major advances for the industry.

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Updated: Restaurants & Food Allergies: What Customers Want You to Know

Wasserstrom

Updated 1-19-23: Sesame became the 9th official allergen listed in the United States in 2021. As of January 2023, food labels are now required to clearly list sesame as an allergen. Until this time, sesame was allowed to be listed as a “natural flavor” or “spice mix.”

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4 Management Tips for Running an Allergy-Free Restaurant

The Rail

Let’s look at four management tips you can put into place to create and promote an allergen-friendly establishment. However, you can mitigate those issues by training your staff as much as possible on food allergens and how to avoid them. Identify Allergens on Your Menus.

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Why Training is the Key to Accurate Messaging About Gluten-Free Foodservice

Modern Restaurant Management

When responding to requests for gluten-free options, the best policy is to focus on the protocol you use to prepare foods with potential allergens. More in-depth training methods include online courses and PowerPoint presentations on allergens and gluten-free food preparation.

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Cross-Contamination: What It Is and How to Avoid It

360Training

Cross-Contamination with Allergens. Allergens are proteins that cause an allergic reaction in some people. The most common food allergens are found in: Eggs. Allergens and chemicals can also linger. Trace allergens can remain and cause a reaction.

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20 Restaurant Skills You'll Quickly Learn on the Job (Updated)

7 Shifts

Health, Allergen, and Food Safety Training and Certifications. Examples include a TIPS certification , ServSafe Allergen , or a local accredited restaurant safety course. Working in a restaurant is something more than 11 million people in the United States do.

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How To Boost Bakery Sales With Health-Focused Foods

The Restaurant Times

Include Allergen-Free Foods In The Menu. Studies indicate that sales of allergen-free food items have increased gradually over the period, and the trend is expected to continue in the future. In other words, more and more consumers will be looking for allergen-free food items.

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BOHA!™ Work Station among the top 10 cool new products at NACS

Transact

Easily manages item pricing, ingredient items, and allergens. TransAct is presenting at the 2020 NACS Crack the Code Experience, which is a four-week virtual event that features education sessions and exhibitor showrooms of the convenience store industry.

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Is Your Ghost Kitchen Haunted by Food Safety Breaches?

Modern Restaurant Management

Tech solutions can elevate food safety checklists and audits, track ingredient lists and allergen information, and help staff manage food safety processes, quickly, easily, and accurately.

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Why Smaller Menus Are the Best Thing for Restaurants Right Now

Cheetah

Of course, a menu should cater to various tastes with a diversity of flavors, textures, allergens, and even calorie count. Reading Time: 3 minutes.

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March/April 2021 Legal Update

Modern Restaurant Management

FASTER Act Makes Sesame a Designated Allergen : On April 23, 2021, sesame was officially designated an allergen as the bipartisan FASTER Act was signed into law by President Biden. Pooja S.

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A Coffee Shop Owner’s Guide to Handling Food & Dairy Allergies

Perfect Daily Grind

It doesn’t always take large amounts of an allergen to cause sickness or even death. This means that using the same jug to handle different milks could trigger a reaction in someone – even if the jug has been rinsed and contains only microscopic amounts of the offending allergen. Despite the high risk, guidelines for how businesses can manage allergens are inconsistent, unclear, or non-existent. Place allergen information prominently on your menus, website, and signage.

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The Top Restaurant Technologies to Improve Business

Social Hospitality

One such software, Nutritics, also calculates dishes’ allergens, calories, and nutrition based on inputted recipes. It’s hard work to run a restaurant. It takes time, commitment, and the ability to deal with a number of challenges at the same time.

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Service Robots Solve Everyday Restaurant Problems

Modern Restaurant Management

Meanwhile, human restaurant employees will remain champions of complex tasks that require thought and problem solving, such as taking orders, relaying allergen information to customers, and even physically picking up food from tables.

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Thousands Of Pounds Of DiGiorno Frozen Pizza Have Been Recalled Over Allergy Concerns

The Salt

The Crispy Pan Crust pepperoni pizza product carton may actually contain frozen three-meat pizza, which is made with textured soy protein, an allergen that may not be reflected on the label.

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Restaurant Inspections Checklist and Guide [Get an A+ Rating]

7 Shifts

Sanitizing kitchen equipment before using it to prepare any allergen-inducing foods, as well as when customers alert you of an allergy. Don't panic, but it's time to prepare for your restaurant's health inspection. Health inspections are routine at restaurants – and for good reason.

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How to Create an Effective Restaurant Onboarding Process

7 Shifts

A server’s manual could contain a detailed description of each menu item, allergen guidelines, and a customer service guide. Did you know that restaurant employees change jobs every 56 days ? The restaurant industry welcomes new staff at unprecedented rates.

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Catering to Health-Conscious Customers

Hot Schedules

With a menu and engineering solution, you can automate the publishing of menus (and nutritional and allergen information) to your website. Our complimentary white paper shows how nutritional and allergen information can be used as a competitive advantage. With food allergies on the rise, and more than 15 million Americans affected, it’s critical for your restaurant to be able to deliver clear, accurate allergen information to guests. Catering to Health-Conscious Customers.

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Expected Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Restaurants

Modern Restaurant Management

Once a guest leaves their full name, email and phone number along with possible allergens and specific requests, the staff will be able to meet their needs anytime and thus win guest parties over and over again. Is it over yet?

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The Plant-Based Alternatives Market: A Guide for Restaurant Chains and Investors?

Aaron Allen & Associates

Egg is the second most common cause of food allergies in children and among the most common allergens in the general population, so plant-based substitutes can be a great offering for this group of consumers (among others). Plant-Based Baby Formula: Another Allergen-Friendly Target Market.

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Top Five Supply Chain Management Tips

Hot Schedules

You should ensure your suppliers are able to provide you with allergen data to load into your procurement system against your recipes so you can track the allergens in every dish. Top Five Supply Chain Management Tips. .

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Eating Money in a Good Way: The Link Between Procure-to-Pay, Menu Engineering, and ROI

Hot Schedules

When it comes to regulatory compliance, nutrition planning features give access to fast, accurate nutritional and allergen data standard with every recipe. In This Post. Procure-to-Pay: Minimizing Supply Chain Harm. Inventory: How to Skillfully Store and Operate.

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Maximise Your Restaurant’s Efficiency with POS Integration: 7 Benefits of Combining Point of Sales with F&B Management Software

Apicbase

Ingredients are linked to their respective suppliers, package sizes, nutritional values, and allergen information. Moreover, the software generates an accurate allergen list, accessible via QR. Restaurant technology has come a long way. POS integration is essential.

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How to Leverage Email Marketing for Growing Restaurants

Apicbase

So ask customers for their opinion on your menu, including how they’d like you to manage food allergens on your premises. Email marketing is an invaluable strategy for boosting your restaurant.

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Better Food, Better Profits Part 2: Clean Label Menus

Cheetah

Less additives, allergens and preservatives. Reading Time: 4 minutes. November is World Vegan Month, the perfect opportunity for your restaurant to experiment with alternative menu specials.

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Food Safety Never Takes a Holiday 

Modern Restaurant Management

Pay attention to maintaining rack storage order to prevent cross-contamination of ready-to-eat foods from raw animal proteins as well as any allergen cross-contact potential. New menu items may have new or unexpected allergens (a new dessert may have nut or dairy ingredients, or a new sauce may contain anchovies, a fish allergen).

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How to Use Technology to Deliver on Customer Expectation

Restaurant365

Allaying allergen fears. The restaurant industry is absolutely brimming with innovation. Between self-service, order management, home delivery options, and futuristic robotic servers, there’s no shortage of great ideas for boosting front-of-house productivity.

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Vegan Confectionery Is Making its Way from the Margins to the Mainstream

Modern Restaurant Management

These buttons have various allergens listed on the package, as well as a vegan and clean label. Also, the allergen information (tree nuts) is clearly stated down. Veganism is the new trend that is sweeping the world.

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FDA Relaxes Nutrition Facts and Menu Labeling Requirements for Restaurants and Food Manufacturers During COVID-19 Emergency

Modern Restaurant Management

allergen information required by the Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued two temporary food labeling guidance documents that attempt to balance industry supply and demand during the novel coronavirus pandemic.

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How Chatbots are Revolutionizing the Restaurant Industry

The Rail

Customers can now interact with a digital or virtual assistant to make their meal selection, get information about menu items ( such as allergens ), place orders or make reservations, and receive notifications when orders are ready for pick-up.

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Meet the Villains Part One: The Busywork Beast

Hot Schedules

With food allergies on the rise, and more than 15 million Americans affected, it’s critical for your restaurant to be able to deliver clear, accurate allergen information to guests. Meet the Villains Part One: The Busywork Beast in the Back-Office Lair.

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5 Key Areas For Faster ROI From Digital Transformation In Hospitality

Apicbase

With digitization software such as Apicbase, restaurateurs can speed up recipe development and menu production for their restaurants, with powerful features such as instant recipe costing, profit potentials, aggregated nutritional data, and precise allergen information.

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HotSchedules Employees to Give Back During Global Charity Day Oct. 10

Hot Schedules

With food allergies on the rise, and more than 15 million Americans affected, it’s critical for your restaurant to be able to deliver clear, accurate allergen information to guests. HotSchedules Employees to Give Back During Global Charity Day Oct. Employees across the company’s Austin, Atlanta, Denver, and Sydney offices will take the day to volunteer at a number of local charities.