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How Insurance Needs Differ for Traditional Restaurants v. Mobile Food Businesses 

Modern Restaurant Management

Traditional sit-down restaurants and mobile food businesses have uniquely different needs when it comes to insurance. While there is some overlap in coverage needs, it’s important to understand the differences when it comes to insuring your business. Traditional Sit-Down Restaurant Insurance Needs. Dram shop law.

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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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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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Managing Risk: Prevent Foodborne Illness, Protect Your Restaurant

Modern Restaurant Management

To do so, they will need to create a complete food safety program to protect the restaurant itself from reputational harm and financial crisis. Whether it’s separating raw meat from pre-cooked foods or cleaning materials from edible ingredients, mixing different types of items can be dangerous. Educate your diners.

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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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Pandemic Pivots Don’t Offset Restaurants’ Need to Manage Looming Risks

Modern Restaurant Management

Those organizations that could used excess capacity in their existing kitchens to launch all-new, delivery-only brands – even as they continued to serve up items from their existing restaurants’ menus. The restaurant’s liabilities start with food safety – what if it’s no longer edible when it’s delivered?

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Four Ways QSRs Can Avoid the Risk of ‘Serious & Willful Neglect’ Workers’ Comp Claims

Modern Restaurant Management

Fast food giant McDonald’s is no stranger to litigation, having defended itself against lawsuits over everything from racial discrimination to hot coffee. But it also has a pandemic era precautionary tale to share with other quick-serve restaurants about going the extra mile to keep workers safe from contagion.

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