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The Importance of NSF Certification for Restaurant Tools and Knives

Modern Restaurant Management

In 2011, the U.S. government created the Food Safety Modernization Act , which transformed the nation’s food safety system by shifting the attention from responding to foodborne illness to preventing it. This Act prompted even more eyes to focus on the food processing and food service industries to ensure sanitation.

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10 Ways Bon Appétit is Leading Seafood Sustainability in the Food Service Industry

Bon Appetit Management Company

According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Association , 57% of the world’s fisheries are fished at their maximum capacity and 35% are overfished and in danger of collapse. In 2002, we were the first food service company to address the problems with unsustainable seafood purchasing practices. Fish to Fork program.

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Looking Back on Bon Appétit’s Decades of Support for Farmworkers’ Rights

Bon Appetit Management Company

In 2009, we signed the Fair Food Agreement (FFA) spearheaded by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers to ensure better wages and working conditions for tomato pickers in South Florida. In 2011, we hosted TEDxFruitvale , a one-day conference focused on amplifying the voices of farmworkers and labor movements in the US.

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Celebrating Ryan Conklin: AHF Leader & IFMA Silver Plate Award Honoree

AHF

Prior to 2009, AHF’s legacy associations, the American Society for Healthcare Food Service Administrators (ASHFSA) and the National Society for Healthcare Foodservice Management (HFM), proudly boasted a long and distinguished history of IFMA Silver Plate winners among their members.

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CT’s Riko’s Pizza Ensures Franchise Success With Dynamic Expansion Vision

Total Food Service

The pizza franchise company has seen a slow-but-steady growth since opening the doors of its first location in Stamford, CT in 2011, thanks to its leaders’ strategic franchise-forward moves. Advertisements The post CT’s Riko’s Pizza Ensures Franchise Success With Dynamic Expansion Vision appeared first on Total Food Service.

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MRM People & Places: Azteca Foods Celebrates 50 Years and State Dish Showdown

Modern Restaurant Management

Azteca also supplies freshly made products to the Food Service and Industrial channels. “In 50 long and short years, Azteca Foods grew beyond anything I could have ever dreamed,” said Art Velasquez, founder and owner of Azteca Foods. ” Tim starts with Armanino Foods in mid-March.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Bad Ass Gets Bigger and New Prototype for Bagel Boss

Modern Restaurant Management

After moving to Maquoketa in 2011, Radtke began creating special moments for Happy Joe’s guests as a server a year later. Average unit sales are up more than 50 percent since franchisees acquired it in late 2011. ” Bazner said that A&W’s sales performance also is driving interest in the brand.