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Managing Risk and Protecting Your Brand

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While everything feels overwhelming in the world, focus on these five solvable challenges: Prioritize a Food Safety Culture. With or without a pandemic, food safety culture is what you do when no one is looking. When employees feel safe, informed, and engaged, then customers will feel safe.

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Restaurant Reopening Resources

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The guidance focuses on food safety, cleaning and sanitizing, employee health monitoring and personal hygiene, and social distancing. Each section includes a list of actionable items an operation should consider as it evaluates its safety procedures. Employee health. Download the full guidance, here.

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The Cost of B-ing Good

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And you are hopefully starting to associate the circled “B” with businesses that you seek to support for their mission and ESG (environmental, social, & governance) commitments as much as their product. Green Restaurant and Slow Food were others we considered. A combined score of 80 out of 200 is required.

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What Now? COVID-19 Survival Guide for Restaurants

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For months to come, they will need help accessing government benefits and mental health services, paying their rent, and feeding their families. “We know the coming weeks will be challenging ones for many small business owners, and we want to help restaurants focus on food, not finances.” and Canada.

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

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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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Unique Challenges and Considerations for Restaurants As They Reopen Their Doors

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If you are one of the businesses that has been lucky enough to receive a small business loan through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (or otherwise have been able to secure alternate financial backing), you may have been able to retain many of your employees and maintain business continuity in the interim. [1].

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Coronavirus: Restaurants Respond

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The National Restaurant Association remains on top of the issue providing updates and resources including a fact sheet and a webpage with an FAQ, industry guidance, and food safety guidelines provided by ServeSafe to address increasing questions about COVID-19. We ensure food safety. Eat healthier.” Cash is dirty.