September, 2022

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Damn, if this report is true (and translated correctly) Nestlé France has a serious problem

Bill Marler

Buitoni affair: new testimonies overwhelm management. The testimonies of several employees of the Buitoni factory in Caudry shed light on the health deficiencies observed in their factory. They denounce a reduction in cleaning time imposed in 2015 and a change of flour in 2021. Investigation by Laetitia Cherel, investigation unit of Radio France. First, there is a sense of guilt. “ We think, we no longer sleep.

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5 Signs You Might Have a Bar Inventory Problem

Sculpture Hospitality

How are you managing your bar's inventory? No matter how in control you are of your bar's inventory, there's likely something you can do better.

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Using Live Video to Showcase Your Restaurant (Infographic)

Modern Restaurant Management

In today’s world of continuous distraction, it’s important to be able to find strategies for your restaurant that stand out from the noise. Many restaurants have spent a great deal of thoughtfulness and money on carefully preparing their aesthetic both on location and online, but what is the next frontier? Given that we are in a picture perfect Instagram age, many restaurant connoisseurs and foodies crave a deeper experience – enter the world of live video.

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Recent study shows chicken often linked to food poisoning in Australia: here’s how to avoid it

AIA

A recent study has revealed that eating chicken meat is the main risk factor for Campylobacter infection in Australia. The study was researched by BMC Infectious Diseases from February 2018 to October 2019 but was published in June this year and highly links eating chicken with food poisoning. But what are the implications of this and how do you avoid contracting the Campylobacter infection from eating chicken?

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Food & Beverage Industry Report 2024

Driven by a diverse and exciting ecosystem of passionate, ambitious, and often young entrepreneurs, the Food & Beverage (F&B) sector is a highly competitive environment full of immense challenges and exciting opportunities. Expert Market’s 2024 industry report, sponsored by Toast, is informed by a survey of 522 U.S. food and beverage professionals, from restaurant owners to food service managers, providing insights into the real-time challenges and opportunities within the industry.

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Icebreakers Can Ease Social Anxiety, Engage Your Teams

CHART

Icebreakers are an underutilized tool, yet are so valuable to defeat social anxiety, warm up the group, and get everyone connected and engaged. Here are 7 of my go-to icebreakers that work every time.

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Hard to believe that September is Food Safety Education Month

Bill Marler

With the Wendy’s E. coli outbreak still counting people, the Daily Harvest and Revive people still suffering and the Best of Baltimore Salmonella or Campylobacter outbreak still brewing, that September has anything to do with safe food. An estimated 1 in 6 Americans get foodborne illness (food poisoning) every year, but you can help protect yourself and others from getting sick.

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7 Restaurant Inventory Tips to Boost Your Profitability

Sculpture Hospitality

As an owner or manager in the hospitality industry, you know that restaurants have narrow profit margins. This means it’s especially important for restaurants to find ways to cut costs to increase profitability.

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More Restaurants Are Turning to Voice Tech: Here Are Three Reasons Why

Modern Restaurant Management

Technology has been a great help during these testing times and, in particular, more and more restaurateurs have been turning to conversational voice AI ordering systems to help them meet —and increase— their orders with the resources they have available. When it’s designed for a specific use case (like restaurants), voice technology is actually pretty straightforward to deploy.

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Handling food safely while eating outdoors

AIA

Handling food safely when dining outside is essential to keep you, your family, and your friends healthy. The picnic and barbeque season provides plenty of opportunities for outdoor recreation with friends and family. But these warm weather events also give food-borne bacteria a chance to thrive. When taking food outside the house, food poisoning is a real risk.

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Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with Familia

CHART

In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15th through October 15th), Denise Morales reflects on the true meaning of familia, and suggests hosting a fiesta featuring Latin American food and music. Recognize the contributions of Latinos and Hispanics to our American culture, and celebrate Hispanic traditions and values this Hispanic Heritage Month!

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Innovative Ways Loyalty Programs Can Increase Sales for Your Restaurant

Fast Casual

Supply shortages, labor shortages, the tail end of a pandemic and a recession definitely don’t sound like a recipe for success for any business, and we are all feeling the pinch. However, some companies are recording the highest profits this year, and it’s not an accident. Join our webinar to learn how to make your eatery a success story.

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No one asked my opinion of FDA organization, but that seldom stops me

Bill Marler

Some might have heard that the FDA Commissioner has instituted a review on how the FDA, and it’s Food Safety arms or organized. Setting aside that it might be a good idea to create a single food safety agency with all the parts of USDA and FDA, etc., in one place, perhaps we can at least go back to the way things were in the Obama Administration. Any brilliant ideas?

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Top 10 Restaurant Inventory Best Practices

Sculpture Hospitality

If you want your restaurant to be a success in this highly-competitive market, you will need to focus on processes that improve your profit margins and grow your bottom line. This means creating a menu that is profitable, reducing food and bar waste, as well as properly managing your orders and controlling the amount of inventory you hold at any one time.

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Tips to Navigate a Perfect Storm That’s Threatening Our Food Supply

Modern Restaurant Management

We were ill-prepared for the COVID pandemic that devastated the food industry with supply chain disruptions, product and labor shortages, and soaring inflation. We simply didn’t see it coming, and we weren’t ready for the ongoing ramifications of this crisis. The biggest learning from COVID is that food businesses must be prepared for any crisis – and ensure their suppliers all along the supply chain are also prepared and resilient.

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Lavu Launches Lavu Capital to Offer Accessible Funding to Restaurants

Lavu

Solution Powered by Parafin Provides Flexible Capital to Restaurants as Industry Continues Recovery Albuquerque, NM (September 28, 2022) — Lavu, a major global restaurant software … Lavu Launches Lavu Capital to Offer Accessible Funding to Restaurants Read More ». The post Lavu Launches Lavu Capital to Offer Accessible Funding to Restaurants appeared first on iPad Point of Sale System for Restaurants, Bars & More.

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Culture Reset: Strengthening Your Business from the Inside Out—Session Recap from CHART Austin

CHART

The breakout, Culture Reset: Strengthening Your Business from the Inside Out, was presented by Braxton Luzier at CHART Austin. Good culture drives engagement, performance, and retention, and is perceived by every guest who walks through the door. Here are the four phases of optimizing your restaurant's culture.

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How Tech Innovations Prime Mr. Pickle’s for Explosive Growth

Fast Casual

In this fastcasual.com fireside chat, Chris Schefler, director of brand management of Mr. Pickles, will explore some of the top innovations that the industry is encountering and the increased demand for a fully integrated tech stack that supports franchise reporting, menu maintenance and labor management.

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E. coli Illnesses linked to Wendy’s hits 97 with 43 hospitalized, 10 with kidney failure

Bill Marler

Since the last update on August 25, 2022, 13 more illnesses have been reported to CDC. As of August 31, 2022, a total of 97 people infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli O157:H7 have been reported from six states. . Illnesses started on dates ranging from July 26, 2022, to August 15, 2022. Sick people range in age from 3 to 94 years, with a median age of 22 years, and 55% are male.

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How to Manage a Bar Inventory: Your Complete Guide

Sculpture Hospitality

Managing a bar can be a lot of work. The good news is, you can keep your bar well stocked, organized and profitable by implementing the right inventory management processes.

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Five Ways Restaurant Technology Makes or Breaks Business

Modern Restaurant Management

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics, the voluntary quit rate is 25 percent higher than pre-pandemic levels. With today’s labor shortage and record-high resignations, restaurants cannot afford to lose workers, and technology should not be a bottleneck for workers to perform their job. To maintain a healthy business and working environment, restaurant technology must enable ease and efficiency among employees and service staff as much as guests.

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Lavu Launches Lavu Capital to Offer Accessible Funding to Restaurants

Lavu

Solution Powered by Parafin Provides Flexible Capital to Restaurants as Industry Continues Recovery Albuquerque, NM (September 28, 2022) — Lavu , a major global restaurant software and payments solution provider built by restaurant people, today announces Lavu Capital, offering restaurant merchants cash advances to provide funding that can be used to help run and grow their businesses.

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Promoting from Within: 5 Tips from a Panel of Experts—Session Recap from CHART Austin

CHART

The panel discussion, Train the Future: Attracting and Upskilling Your Top Talent, presented at CHART Austin, focused on best practices for creating career growth opportunities for hourly team members in hotels and restaurants. Here are 5 tips to create a structure of upskilling and promoting team members from within, along with developing the culture to support attraction and retention of talent in the hospitality industry.

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Teriyaki Madness CEO reveals 4 secrets to fueling franchise growth

Fast Casual

With over 30 years of experience as a franchisee, franchisor, franchise investor and franchise supplier, Michael Haith has a unique perspective on what it takes to achieve success for franchisors.

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FDA has its hands full with 10 open investigations

Bill Marler

A new outbreak of infections from Listeria monocytogenes has been reported by the FDA, bringing the agency’s number of open investigations to 10. The Food and Drug Administration reports that it has begun on-site inspection and sample testing, but it has not found a specific source for the Listeria. It has not initiated traceback efforts. The agency reports there are six confirmed patients in the outbreak, but has not revealed their ages or the states where they live.

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The Top 5 Benefits Of A Bar Inventory System

Sculpture Hospitality

A bar inventory system helps your business gain visibility and control over its stock. From alcoholic beverages and mixes to garnishes, a bar inventory system will keep track of units on hand, and provide you better oversight over what you have, how products are moving and what needs to be restocked.

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Hiring Quickly (But Safely) as Dining Demand Picks Up

Modern Restaurant Management

Restaurants are filling up again, but hiring and retaining employees in the midst of a national workforce shake-up remains an uphill battle. There are several talent acquisition strategies you can apply to make your hiring process quicker and more efficient without compromising your brand, workplace culture, or the safety of your employees and customer base.

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Lavu Launches Lavu Capital to Offer Accessible Funding to Restaurants

Lavu

Solution Powered by Parafin Provides Flexible Capital to Restaurants as Industry Continues Recovery Albuquerque, NM (September 28, 2022) — Lavu, a major global restaurant software … Lavu Launches Lavu Capital to Offer Accessible Funding to Restaurants Read More ». The post Lavu Launches Lavu Capital to Offer Accessible Funding to Restaurants appeared first on iPad Point of Sale System for Restaurants, Bars & More.

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10 indicators of what recruiters look for in a LinkedIn profile

Hospitality Net

LinkedIn is currently the most important professional social network in the world with more than 830 million users, over 50% of whom are between 25 and 34 years old. LinkedIn is useful for different reasons: networking, posting information, findings.

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Salata's top-performing franchisee reveals 4 go-to management strategies

Fast Casual

Before opening her first Salata Salad Kitchen location in 2013 in Texas, Tina MacInnes had no prior restaurant experience. Ten years later, she owns three locations, including the system's top-performing store and reveals what she's learned along her journey.

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I hope this HelloFresh E. coli Outbreak is not a trend in the wrong direction for ground beef

Bill Marler

In the first 10 years of my practice, 90% of the cases I did were E. coli cases linked to ground beef. Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS) was called the “Hamburger Disease.” It took several years after deeming E. coli O157:H7 an adulterant in ground beef for industry, government, retailers and consumers to bend the curve. I just hope we have not gotten too confident.