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2021 Restaurant Insurance Outlook: Updated

Modern Restaurant Management

With restaurants clawing back and facing new challenges like vaccine credentials and new COVID variants, it’s a good time to check on an equally important, if less prioritized corner of the American dining and drinking sector – restaurant insurance. ” Key Insurance Issues for Restaurant Owners. Vaccine mandates.

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How To Train New Restaurant Employees

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In some cases, the employer will also educate employees on outside resources like life insurance, homeowners insurance, and even home warranty services. Depending on the position, new employees are taught the importance of food prep work along with how the chef and his/her cooks curate the menu.

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How a Restaurant Closing Checklist Benefits Your Business

Society Insurance

Tasks for Back-of-House Staff: Cleaning and sanitizing food prep areas and work surfaces. Updating food labels. Some of the main benefits of a thorough and consistent closing checklist include: Enhanced Restaurant Safety. Finally, don’t forget about the safety of your employees. Properly securing all cash in a drop safe.

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How to Deal with Legal Regulations Affecting Your New Restaurant

Open for Business

She warns that even though a lot of standards are consistent across the country, there are some things that are drastically different, like outdoor seating regulations. The Department of Health really drives so much of the construction for your kitchen, back of house, and outdoor seating areas,” says Jennifer.

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Food Delivery Exposure Best Practices: Tips for Hired and Non-Owned Auto Exposure Controls

Modern Restaurant Management

As more states implement restrictions and seating bans on restaurants to curb the spread of COVID-19, many restaurants are offering delivery for the first time and are now more vulnerable to challenges arising from delivery services. Bicycle safety should be enforced to assure use of helmets and proper driving especially in city traffic.

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Restaurant Hiring: Navigating the Labor Shortage

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Early on in 2020, we were scrambling to figure out ways to get food to customers and how to give staff enough hours and keep them on the payroll. Many workers are not returning due to personal safety concerns, and many have left the industry altogether. Do you need a host to seat guests or someone to hello pack up delivery orders?

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In the Pandemic, the Need to Prepare for Severe Weather Becomes Critical

Modern Restaurant Management

Research from the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) shows that improvements to commercial facilities, both small and large, can strengthen your building against high winds, heavy rain, hail and even low level tornadoes, to meaningfully reduce the risk that costly damage will further disrupt operations.

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