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

Modern Restaurant Management

Training your staff in best practices for serving gluten-free dishes is one of the best proactive measures you can take to avoid such conflicts, as well as to demonstrate your commitment to ensuring the safety of gluten-free diners. Pre-shift stand up meetings are an excellent opportunity to remind staff of your gluten-free protocol.

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

360Training

during preparation or serving. Cross-Contamination with Allergens. Allergens are proteins that cause an allergic reaction in some people. The most common food allergens are found in: Eggs. They’re referred to as Potentially Hazardous Foods (or PHFs). Allergens and chemicals can also linger.

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How To Boost Bakery Sales With Health-Focused Foods

The Restaurant Times

Health-focused food refers to food items that have nutrient-rich ingredients incorporated into them such that the taste doesn’t alter a lot but makes it healthy and satisfying. As many US adults intend to manage their weight, they check the nutrition labels with the top four items that they focus on: calories, sugar, sodium, and serving size.

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How to design a restaurant recipe card–and share it

Clover - Restaurants

Here are some top reasons you should have recipe cards for your restaurant: To maintain quality and consistency: Even the most seasoned chef needs a reference every now and then. To serve as training: Using detailed recipe cards help new hires avoid making errors and gain confidence more quickly.

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How to Create an Effective Restaurant Onboarding Process

7 Shifts

Give out hard copies and make digital copies accessible on a cloud storage system so that staff can easily reference them. Employee handbook Your restaurant employee handbook serves as an introduction to the business. Explain, in easy-to-understand terms, what each role entails.

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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. Accidental cross-contact can put a person at risk.

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Driving the Digital Guest Experience Forward

Modern Restaurant Management

If the technology in question is online ordering then large, vibrant images representing the food or drink on offer, clear references to any allergens and links/sub menus for customer favorites and meal deals should all be included.