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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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A Guide to the Role of a Restaurant Manager: Duties, Daily Routine, and Essential Skills

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Chances are, it's balancing the scheduling requests of dozens of employees each week. Check employee schedules to ensure plans match reality. Toast performed extensive research among non-managerial restaurant employees with surprising results. A fairly typical day might look something like this: Check the logbook.

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Lawyers Guide to Preventing Slip and Fall Accidents in Restaurants

Modern Restaurant Management

According to the National Floor Safety Institute (NFSI), more than three million food service employees and one million guests are injured as a result of slip-and-fall accidents annually. Use this as an opportunity to regularly educate staff on important safety guidelines and allow them to ask questions and provide feedback.

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The New Era of Restaurant Cleaning and Hygiene

Modern Restaurant Management

Now, restaurant owners and managers can be confident in their readiness against pathogens and reassure guests and employees by committing to cleanliness and effectively communicating their approach to the public. In addition to considering their customers, restaurant owners must also take the necessary steps to reassure and retain employees.

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A Guide to the Role of a Restaurant Manager: Duties, Daily Routine, and Essential Skills

7 Shifts

Chances are, it's balancing the scheduling requests of dozens of employees each week. Check employee schedules to ensure plans match reality. Toast performed extensive research among non-managerial restaurant employees with surprising results. A fairly typical day might look something like this: Check the logbook.

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Restaurant cleanliness: Importance of cleaning & sanitation in food industry

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Additionally, in order for restaurant leaders to operate as a certified safe food handler , such as managers and chefs, they must pass assessments related to food safety and risks like foodborne illnesses. Kitchen equipment is visibly dirty. Dirty rags are used to clean food contact surfaces and equipment.

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Managing Risk: Prevent Foodborne Illness, Protect Your Restaurant

Modern Restaurant Management

Make sure your employees understand when to wash their hands as well as appropriate times to use (and change) gloves. Educate your diners. Be sure all your employees, from wait staff to managers to chefs, have been certified in food safety. Your workers will take short cuts. coli and salmonella. Clean, sanitize and disinfect.