Bill Marler
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
As of January 17, 2024, a total of 47 people infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella have been reported from 22 states – Arizona 2, Colorado 1, Connecticut 1, Idaho 1, Illinois 1, Kentucky 1, Maryland 1, Michigan 1, Minnesota 1, Missouri 1, Nebraska 3, New Jersey 1, New York 4, Ohio 11, Oregon 1, Pennsylvania 3, Texas 3, Utah 1, Vermont 1, Virginia 1, Washington 5, Wisconsin 2.
Modern Restaurant Management
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
There are many details to keep track of during the process of buying or selling a restaurant. Beyond the brick and mortar, there are many digital assets to manage during the transition phase. Part of what you’re paying for when purchasing a restaurant is the brand reputation and web history. To prevent issues down the road, it's best to make sure you speak with your attorney to have all the necessary information.
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Bill Marler
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
FDA has been notified of additional recalls on 2/8/2024 for products made with or containing recalled dairy products from Rizo Lopez Foods, Inc. BrightFarms, Inc. recalled Southwest Chipotle salad kits. The product was only sold to retailers in DE, MD, ME, MA, NH, NJ, NY, NC, PA, VT, VA, and DC Ready Pac Foods, Inc. recalled the following salad kits: Marketside Southwest Chopped Kit and Marketside Bacon Ranch Crunch Kit sold to Walmart stores in AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, HI, MA, MD, ME, MT, NH, NJ, N
Food Safety News
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
Soybean and cotton farmers using dicamba are reeling after a federal judge revoked the national permit for the popular herbicide. It works for them because crops are genetically modified to resist the herbicide dicamba, and weeds in those fields are sprayed without harming the soybeans or cotton plants. Deliveries of the weedkiller and the crop seeds engineered to withstand it were already being delivered to farms for the 2024 crop season when a federal judge barred its use in the United States
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Bill Marler
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
Seattle & King County Public Health announced that three individuals fell ill due to a Salmonella outbreak linked to the IHOP restaurant located at 14747 NE 20th St, Bellevue, WA. The illnesses occurred between October 23 and December 23, 2023, and two people required hospitalization. No deaths were reported. This investigation is now completed.
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Fast Casual
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
After reviewing 47 of the most popular fast food restaurants in the U.S., pricelisto.com reveals the menu items that pack the most calories.
Food Safety Magazine
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
New products go through a seemingly straightforward yet challenging product development process from benchtop to pilot testing to final commercial launch, with a lot of moving parts. Also, innovative products, new processing technologies, complex government regulations, and consumer demand for products free of preservatives and chemicals have made developing new products increasingly challenging from a food safety perspective.
Hospitality Net
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
New Zealand’s largest hotel operator, Accor, welcomes Te Arikinui Pullman Auckland Airport Hotel into its portfolio. The hotel is the first five-star hotel to open at the Auckland Airport precinct, being only 100m from the front entrance of the international terminal. Te Arikinui Pullman Auckland Airport Hotel is set to quickly establish itself as one of New Zealand’s most architecturally striking hotels.
Food Safety Tech
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
Marler Clark, Inc., The Food Safety Law Firm, is investigating the Rizo Lopez Foods cheese Listeria outbreak that has sickened 26 people in 11 states, including deaths in California and Texas. According to the CDC and FDA, as of February 12, 2024, a total of 26 people infected with the outbreak strain of Listeria have been reported from 11 states, including Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Nevada, North Carolina, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, and Washington.
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Hospitality Net
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
SRM Group, a Group is known for its formidable foray into the multi-vertical enterprise, has made its presence in the fields of Education, Healthcare, Cement Industry, Media, Hospitality, and Transport across the country, today announced the signing of Ramada by Wyndham Chennai, Potheri under a franchise agreement with Wyndham Hotels & Resorts.
Fresh Ideas
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
We are fortunate to have many talented dining team members who come to work each day eager to provide a memorable dining experience for our guests. In honor of Pride in Foodservice Week, we would like to celebrate some of our team members and share why they are proud to work in the food service industry. Meet Jenny, Director of Dining Services at Williams Baptist University.
Hospitality Net
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
Olivier Bertrand opens a fourth distinctive hotel, this one a tribute to graphic designer Norman Ives.
Foodservice Equipment Reports
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
Autumn Davis has moved up to the role of marketing and communications manager at LTI Inc., based in Jonesboro, Ga. Davis joined LTI in 2016 and has since contributed significantly to the sales team, the company says, by promoting its products, people and history. She is focused on driving brand awareness through partnerships with reps, consultants, dealers and end-users across the country.
Hospitality Net
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
At Hilton, we believe diversity makes us stronger, more innovative and more representative of the many guests and communities we serve around the world. Hilton celebrates Black History Month by honoring team members who are making an impact within the company and in the communities they support.
Food Safety Tech
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a draft guidance for industry titled “ Recommendations for Collecting Representative Samples for Food Testing Used as Evidence for Release of Certain Fish and Fishery Products Subject to Detention Without Physical Examination (DWPE) and Removal of a Foreign Manufacturer’s Goods from DWPE.” The draft guidance provides recommendations for collecting representative samples for seafood products subject to Detention Without Physical Examination (
Hospitality Net
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
Indian Hotels Company (IHCL), India’s largest hospitality company, today announced the signing of a Ginger hotel at Manohar International Airport (MOPA) in Goa. The 60-year sub-license agreement was signed between GMR Goa International Airport Limited (GGIAL) and Roots Corporation Limited (RCL), a wholly owned subsidiary of IHCL.
Food Safety News
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
The Food and Drug Administration continues using import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed. Recent modifications to FDA’s import alerts, as posted by the agency, are listed below. Click here to go to the FDA page with links to details on specific alerts.
Hospitality Net
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
ONYX Hospitality Group, a distinguished Bangkok-based hospitality company celebrated for its hotels and resorts, serviced apartments, and luxury residences - Amari, OZO, Shama, and Oriental Residence – proudly announces significant developments in its sustainability journey. The company is honoured to be the first hospitality management firm in the Asia Pacific region to declare a long-term commitment to working with UNESCO for Cultural Sustainability.
Food Safety Magazine
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
During a workshop on "Developing Food Safety Leadership Skills" that was held at the 2023 Food Safety Summit in Rosemont, Illinois, the speakers—all experienced food safety leaders—shared individual journeys, advice, knowledge, and real-life lessons from their careers. The workshop explored components for food safety professional development and business management, as well as identified the building blocks to becoming a thought leader within a company.
Hospitality Net
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
Hotel technology remains an investment priority this year, with a nod to solutions that help drive guest and employee loyalty. According to the 2024 Lodging Technology Study, 100% of survey respondents (hotel professionals representing more than 10,000 properties worldwide, including luxury, upscale, midscale, and economy brands) say their IT budgets will increase or hold steady this year.
Food Safety Magazine
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
In recent years, significant innovation has resulted in the development of plant-based meat alternatives that aim to mimic the texture, mouthfeel, and feeling of satiety provided by animal-derived foods. The rapid rise of plant-based meat alternatives means that knowledge of the food safety risks of these products is still limited. In particular, microbial growth and inactivation kinetics, well known and long established in traditional meat and poultry products, is not well understood in relatio
Hospitality Net
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
U.S. hotels took an expected seasonal pause with occupancy 1.0 percentage points (ppts) lower compared to the prior week and flat from a year ago. This bridge week between January and February historically has produced a week-over-week decline. Even with this year’s decrease, average daily rate (ADR) continued to grow, up 1.9% year over year (YoY), resulting in a gain in revenue per available room (RevPAR) of 1.7%.
Food Safety Magazine
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
Temporary employees are defined as "at-will" workers who can work on a part-time, full-time, or seasonal basis. Many food manufacturers utilize temporary employees in their facility, for a wide variety of reasons, which can pose challenges for workplace culture, legal and labor relations, worker safety, and food safety, among others. This article discusses strategies for managing these challenges so that they do not cause problems in your food manufacturing facility.
Hospitality Net
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
VoucherCart, a market-leading provider of Gift Card Technology and a member of Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN), announced VoucherCart system is available on the Oracle Cloud Marketplace and can be integrated with Oracle OPERA Cloud Hospitality Platform via the Oracle Hospitality Integration Platform (OHIP). Oracle Cloud Marketplace is a centralised repository of enterprise applications offered by Oracle and Oracle partners.
FoodService Director
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
The National Association of College and Universities Foodservices’ 2030 and Beyond report identified labor as a challenge for the industry moving forward. Here’s a look at what else the report revealed as it pertains to labor.
Hospitality Net
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
HotelRunner, the leading hospitality and travel technology provider, announces its participation in ITB Berlin 2024, one of the world’s leading travel trade shows. HotelRunner Team will take place at Hall 9, Stand 217a from March 5th to 7th, 2024.
Food Safety Magazine
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has published a guidance for businesses on how to spot and prevent food crime.
Hospitality Net
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
Planning your holiday adventures according to your star sign, known as astrological travel, may seem a little quirky, but its popularity is growing by leaps and bounds. Wanting to capitalize on this trend, Moxy Hotels, an experimental brand that is part of Marriott Bonvoy’s portfolio known for breaking the rules of the traditional hotel stay to give guests a playful yet stylish experience, has teamed up with Sanctuary, a community of astrology readers.
Food Safety News
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
With severe weather predicted across the United States, public health officials are urging consumers to practice good food safety during power outages. One important thing to remember is that placing perishable food outside in snow does not provide the proper cooling to keep food safe. The Food and Drug Administration also lists the following food safety measures for those experiencing power outages.
Hospitality Net
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
Hotels are under a huge amount of pressure to digitally transform as a way to streamline operations and gain a competitive edge. Add renewed travel volumes, steep inflation, and persistent labor shortages to the mix, and hoteliers have every reason to experience elevated anxiety when it comes to their digital investments.
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