Bill Marler

APRIL 12, 2022

In 2014 Stewart Parnell was found guilty of 72 counts of conspiracy and fraud, and sentenced to 28 years in federal prison. Michael Parnell, a food broker, was found guilty of conspiracy and sentenced to 20 years. The brothers are currently in federal prison after their 2014 trial where they were found guilty of deliberately sending peanut butter, tainted with Salmonella, into the food system.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 13, 2022

As the impact of the pandemic continues, restaurants face constant and evolving operational challenges. At the end of 2021, four out of five restaurants reported facing a staffing shortage due to reduced operating hours and dining capacity. A fragmented supply chain is also increasing ingredient costs, leading restaurants to balance staff churn with a changing menu to keep revenue consistent.

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Sculpture Hospitality

APRIL 12, 2022

One of the most important steps in improving your bar’s profitability is to implement an effective bar inventory management program. The problem is, inventory management can be a bar manager’s worst nightmare.

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JAMIX

APRIL 12, 2022

Chef Ron DeSantis, CMCDirector National Accounts One of the challenges for the Jamix sales team is to help a potential customer realize the value, or ROI, of Jamix Kitchen Intelligence System. In many instances a potential customer will scroll to the *bottom line* of a quote, look at the figure and think, “I can’t afford … Continue reading What Is the Value or ROI of a Food Service Management System → The post What Is the Value or ROI of a Food Service Management System appeared firs

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Bill Marler

APRIL 13, 2022

I have a lot of food safety friends – some who will and will not admit it publicly. Here is one of the best emails I received recently after Politico posted “The FDA’s Food Failure,” a 36-page investigation (Pulitzer Prize eligible) by Helena Bottemiller Evich that details the fact that food safety is not a high priority at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

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Sculpture Hospitality

APRIL 12, 2022

One of the most important steps in improving your bar’s profitability is to implement an effective bar inventory management program. The problem is, inventory management can be a bar manager’s worst nightmare.

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Culinary Digital

APRIL 13, 2022

When it comes to choosing a hospital or residential care facility, one of the last things patients or residents consider (if at all) is whether the facility has great food. Yet, their three-square-meals is one of the most important aspects of their day. A fulfilling, well-prepared meal can completely change their perspective of their surroundings, taking them from a “facility” to a 5-star restaurant, or even a home-like setting.

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Bill Marler

APRIL 15, 2022

I could not have said it better. Here is the full post from the amazing and insightful Phylliis Entis who posts the best at eFoodAlert. Between September 1, 2019 and September 20, 2021, Abbott Nutrition received seventeen consumer complaints regarding multiple Similac powdered formula products. Fifteen of the complaints related to infants testing positive for Salmonella after consuming a Similac product.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 11, 2022

As Americans reach for a potential post-pandemic world, the restaurant industry continues to reel from two years of economic, staffing and supply chain chaos. Of these, one of the biggest challenges facing independent, franchised and fast-casual restaurants is staffing. According to the 2022 State of the Restaurant Industry report from the National Restaurant Association, more than half of restaurant operators believe it will be a year or more before business conditions return to normal, with on

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JAMIX

APRIL 12, 2022

Chef Ron DeSantis, CMCDirector National Accounts One of the challenges for the Jamix sales team is to help a potential customer realize the value, or ROI, of Jamix Kitchen Intelligence System. In many instances a potential customer will scroll to the *bottom line* of a quote, look at the figure and think, “I can’t afford … Continue reading What Is the Value or ROI of a Food Service Management System → The post What Is the Value or ROI of a Food Service Management System appeared firs

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Lit Supply

APRIL 11, 2022

The restaurant industry is a multi-billion dollar industry. According to statistics on Fortune.com, over 110,000 eating and drinking places were shut down in 2020. This means that the restaurant industry is a competitive field. If you’re looking to open your restaurant, it’s important to equip yourself with the right knowledge. Here are some of the things you need to know about restaurant supplies. 1.

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Bill Marler

APRIL 11, 2022

Rafael Bernal had a interesting story this morning on Sodexo’s apparent mismanagement of the cafeterias in the House of Representatives complex – see, cafeteria workers denounce working conditions. Perhaps not the risk to our democracy as January 6th, it might well give our representatives a “taste” of how important food safety really is. Here is a few “tidbits” from Mr.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 15, 2022

Instagram has become one of the most popular social media platforms for marketing. From start-ups to the leading international brands all put a lot of emphasis on Instagram marketing to boost their marketing efforts. We have all taken pictures of neatly presented dishes from our favorite restaurants to post on Instagram, so it makes perfect sense for restaurants to prioritize Instagram as a marketing channel.

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APRIL 11, 2022

Rich Wilner, a native New Yorker, is the General Manager of AFFAIRS to REMEMBER, the Atlanta-based #catering and #eventproduction company with strong passions for delicious food, unforgettable events, sustainable practices, and community involvement. He is a 30+ year veteran of the #hospitalityindustry, as well as of living a #plantbased lifestyle. He thinks — actually knows from experience — that server quality and innovative, tasty products that happen to meet the objective of plant-based prac

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Bill Marler

APRIL 14, 2022

A few days ago Politico posted “The FDA’s Food Failure,” Clearly, the FDA has much work to do. However, the last years have brought a level of transparency to the FDA that it had not shown in the past – at least as it relates to the fact and the status of outbreak investigations. On it page “investigation of Foodborne Illness Outbreaks” we see the status of both the closed and active investigation, some solved and some not yet.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 12, 2022

“I just don’t understand,” the restaurant owner lamented as we discussed a recent customer incident. “He said he was excited to finally be able to eat inside again. and then five minutes later, he storms out because we can’t seat him right away. Doesn’t he realize how short staffed we are?!” It’s a dilemma vexing restaurants across the country.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 11, 2022

Our previous articles in MRM have centered on medical plan strategies for restaurants, how to build plans that are attractive to the workforce and manage those inherent costs. This article focuses on current trends in the time-away space and employee wellbeing. In addition to cost considerations, efforts to structure these types of benefits are complicated by compliance requirements and the challenge of communicating and promoting a positive employee experience.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 14, 2022

Go into the grocery store and you can find many QSRs’ signatures items on shelves and in freezers – everything from sauces to appetizers to make-it-yourself-at-home ingredients. You can also walk into a trendy clothing retailer and find t-shirts from QSRs with both vintage and current logos. In line at Dunkin’, you can pick up mugs, keychains and shirts along with a French cruller and coffee.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 12, 2022

Revenue Management Solutions just released its Q1 2022 consumer sentiment survey, and it appears the industry’s concerns have moved beyond the pandemic. A year ago, the restaurant industry was hopeful as it anticipated the vaccine rollout. Consumers, tired of social distancing and ready to shed their ‘pandemic pod,’ were eager to get out.

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Eating at a Meeting

APRIL 11, 2022

Rich Wilner, a native New Yorker, is the General Manager of AFFAIRS to REMEMBER, the Atlanta-based #catering and #eventproduction company with strong passions for delicious food, unforgettable events, sustainable practices, and community involvement. He is a 30+ year veteran of the #hospitalityindustry, as well as of living a #plantbased lifestyle. He thinks — actually knows from experience — that server quality and innovative, tasty products that happen to meet the objective of plant-based prac

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Bill Marler

APRIL 13, 2022

First published in Insider. Bill Marler is an attorney who specializes in food borne illness cases. Most of the cases he’s worked on have involved either undercooked or prepackaged foods. He’s learned to always order food cooked well done and to avoid salads to reduce his risk of food poisoning. When it comes to eating carefully in restaurants, Bill Marler is something of an expert.

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Bill Marler

APRIL 9, 2022

Helena Bottemiller Evich’s well done piece in Politico “The FDA’s Food Failure,” that hit the internet very early this morning, is a stunning, but not surprising, indictment of our government’s food safety failures that transcends political parties and administrations. Note, for someone who has been directly involved in food safety for the last almost 30 years, democrats have tended to at least try and make progress.

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