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Stay Ahead of the Danger: Proactive Food Safety Strategies for Restaurant Managers

Modern Restaurant Management

Let’s take a closer look at those strategies. To verify a supplier's credibility, check for certifications such as the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) or Safe Quality Food (SQF) certification. Don’t forget, too, that the upcoming Food Traceability Rule under the FSMA is set to take effect in January 2026.

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‘Induction Cooking Improves Food Quality and also the Quality of Life for Chefs and Staff’

Modern Restaurant Management

Chatham University and the American Culinary Federation (ACF) are debuting a trio of online courses offering official certification in induction cooking methods. To properly clean a gas stove, you need to do a long laundry list that can take upwards of 30 minutes to do it correctly. Sales of induction stoves are on the rise in the U.S.,

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Dinner, With a Side of Climate Preaching

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The tool from the East Coast vegan chain — a digital take on a split-flap mechanical display that appears on its website and in the chain’s ordering app — estimates the amounts of water, land, CO2, and oil saved by eating vegan burgers. We call it out. without interruptions. So he took action. You know where it’s from.

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What Restaurateurs Need to Know about Third-Party Cybersecurity Risks

Modern Restaurant Management

This way, when the POS vendor pushes out a software update to their restaurant network, they’re also unknowingly pushing out malware. Request proof of security certifications and compliance with industry regulations. Once they’ve gained access, hackers inject malicious code into the POS software.

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Tech Will Be Essential to Boost Food Safety and Quality in 2023

Modern Restaurant Management

As we close out 2022, food production is at risk. It’s good practice to track and manage supplier certifications to ensure compliance. However, manually trying to manage multiple suppliers’ certifications is messy and overwhelming. This pivot may have been the best thing to come out of the pandemic! million tons of grain.

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MRM EXCLUSIVE: Three Ways to Bring Your ‘A’ Game to Accessibility 

Modern Restaurant Management

PDFs can be viewed on guests’ smartphones and other personal devices or on sanitized tablets provided by the restaurant (although awkwardly, plus they can quickly go out of date and don’t do much for your brand). Beyond safety, this saves on printing costs and keeps all those disposable menus out of landfills.

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Certifications and direct trade in the coffee industry

Perfect Daily Grind

There is also no specific “direct trade” certification for coffee – and as such, the definition of it can be used rather loosely in the coffee industry. To learn more about the relationship between direct trade and certifications in the coffee industry, I spoke with two coffee professionals who work with private certification initiatives.