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What’s up with Raw Milk, New York and Listeria

Bill Marler

Two recalls from two farms in two weeks. April 29, 2022: New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets Commissioner Richard A. Ball today warned consumers not to consume unpasteurized raw milk from Thomas Miller DBA Miller Dairy Farm due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Thomas Miller DBA Miller Dairy Farm is located at 51 Transport Lane, Pine Island, New York 10969 in Orange County.

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Managing Inventory with Quality Data and Automation

Modern Restaurant Management

Accurate inventory management is crucial to running a successful business because it directly impacts a company’s bottom line and is key to maximizing profits. Having an accurate handle on inventory enables a business to become more resilient and know what they can sell and when they can sell it, helping mitigate out-of-stock scenarios. At one point, inventory management was a meticulous, lengthy and manual process for the Independent Purchasing Cooperative (IPC), an independent member-own

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How to Improve Restaurant Purchasing for Higher Profit Margins

Sculpture Hospitality

It’s rare for restaurateurs to get to the next ordering day with no leftovers, no spoilage, and no last-minute menu changes. Even the best restaurant managers struggle with food purchasing and forecasting.

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How Much Does a Self-Order Kiosk Cost? Pricing & Considerations

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If you run a fast casual or quick service restaurant, you have the option of improving the customer experience by using self-order kiosks. Self-ordering kiosks … How Much Does a Self-Order Kiosk Cost? Pricing & Considerations Read More ». The post How Much Does a Self-Order Kiosk Cost? Pricing & Considerations appeared first on iPad Point of Sale System for Restaurants, Bars & More.

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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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Abbott and Public Health Officials have failed in their duty to protect the most vulnerable

Bill Marler

From September 2021 to February 2022, the CDC received reports of Cronobacter bacteria cases in infants in Minnesota, Ohio and Texas that resulted in four illnesses with two deaths. These illnesses were ultimately linked by the CDC and FDA to the consumption of powdered infant formula produced by Abbott in its Sturgis, Michigan facility. A worldwide recall of formula produced in the plant has left store shelves bare and parents scrambling for safe alternatives to feed their babies.

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How to Improve Restaurant Purchasing for Higher Profit Margins

Sculpture Hospitality

It’s rare for restaurateurs to get to the next ordering day with no leftovers, no spoilage, and no last-minute menu changes. Even the best restaurant managers struggle with food purchasing and forecasting.

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Why Food Manufacturing Businesses Need Software Systems

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Home / Blog The New Zealand food manufacturing industry encompasses a vast range of products including beverages, confectionery, chicken, dairy products, fish and seafood, fruit and vegetables and meat. One of the most significant challenges that each product in this sector has in common is gaining accelerated production and faster time-to-market. That means delivering fresher, high-quality food products quicker to save money and increase customer satisfaction.

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CDC: Food Service Workers are a low, but not a no risk of Hepatitis A infection

Bill Marler

Hepatitis A viruses, illustration. Hepatitis A is transmitted through infected food or drink. Symptoms include influenza-like symptoms of fever and sickness, along with jaundice. According to the CDC , the hepatitis a virus (HAV) is transmitted via the fecal-oral route, usually from direct person-to-person contact or consumption of contaminated food or water ( 33 ).

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What Restaurants Can Learn From Vegan-Related Google Searches

Modern Restaurant Management

Is the popularity of veganism slowing? According to a new report from the team at Chef’s Pencil , the answer could be yes, but there is a bright spot for restaurants. The team utilized a variety of data sets including Google search trends, Google Adwords and sales information for the research. Vegan-related searches have actuall increased over the past couple of years in the United States.

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135: Bridging the Gap - From Food Allergy Diagnosis to Real Life

Eating at a Meeting

When a person gets diagnosed with a food allergy they often leave the office with not much more information than that diagnosis. Navigating life after the doctor’s office feels overwhelming. That is where Kristin Osborne, founder of The Prioritized Group, comes in. As a trained disability advocate and mom to three boys with multiple life threatening food allergies, she gets it.

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Open letter to the leadership at FDA – Please know that these are the people you were bound to protect

Bill Marler

In 30 years of practice, I have on numerous occasions offered to FDA leadership the opportunity to meet directly with the people who consumed food that was tainted under the FDA’s watch. I have always thought that if they only had the chance to meet the victims and their families, they would understand just how important their jobs really are. Regardless of administration, I have yet to have a taker.

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What Can I Do to Reduce My Restaurant Supply and Labor Costs?

Modern Restaurant Management

This edition of MRM's "Ask the Expert” features advice from Buyers Edge Platform. Please send questions to Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine Executive Editor Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com. These days, restaurants are on the search for solutions to minimize costs and provide efficiency throughout their operation.

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Consumers Are Trading Down. Here’s How to Prevent Trade-Out

Modern Restaurant Management

What’s the saying? You can’t get blood from a turnip? Today’s restaurant guests are certainly an example. There’s only so much wiggle room in their discretionary incomes and it’s showing up in decreasing basket size and check. Based on our most recent QSR sales and traffic data , we can tell from decreases in traffic and basket size that we’re at an inflationary tipping point.

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How to Add Products to Your Restaurant’s Sales Mix

Modern Restaurant Management

The outlook is improving for many restaurants as COVID-19 restrictions loosen and guests make their way back to their favorite establishments. But the lingering effects of the pandemic continue to make this a challenging time for our industry as ongoing staffing issues and supply chain disruptions, in many cases, lead to reduced menus and shorter hours of operation.

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What Restaurants Need to Know About PPP Loan Forgiveness

Modern Restaurant Management

The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) program offered a lifeline for many businesses at the onset of the pandemic. In this video, the National Restaurant Association’s VP of Public Policy Aaron Frazier explains why restaurants need to find out if they are eligible for PPP loan forgiveness now. To learn more about loan forgiveness from the Small Business Administration (SBA) portal, click here.

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Best Practices for Cooking Oil Maintenance

Modern Restaurant Management

Cooking oil prices are skyrocketing. Here's how to make your oil last longer without serving soggy frie. As the demand for petroleum alternatives like biofuel intensifies, so does demand for the ingredients that make this fuel – most notably, the price of used cooking oil. If you are a restaurant owner or manager, you may have noticed the price of frying oil skyrocketing over the last year.

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Mystery Hepatitis Outbreak has sickened at least 200 worldwide with over 100 in US with 14 liver transplants and 5 deaths

Bill Marler

All of the children have been younger than 10 years old, with the average age being 2 years old. None of the affected children had received COVID vaccines and none were infected with coronavirus at the time they were infected with hepatitis. The CDC is investigating a cluster of hepatitis illnesses among children in 25 states. The outbreak is thought to be part of an international situation that has seen more than 200 children sickened according to the WHO.

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135: Bridging the Gap - From Food Allergy Diagnosis to Real Life

Eating at a Meeting

When a person gets diagnosed with a food allergy they often leave the office with not much more information than that diagnosis. Navigating life after the doctor’s office feels overwhelming. That is where Kristin Osborne, founder of The Prioritized Group, comes in. As a trained disability advocate and mom to three boys with multiple life threatening food allergies, she gets it.

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134: May is Food Allergy & Celiac Disease Awareness Month

Eating at a Meeting

Let's talk about food allergies and celiac disease. May is the month dedicated to learning about them even though we should be doing it all year long. In this episode Tracy talks about what food allergies and celiac disease are, things to consider when planning menus for guests with those dietary needs, and how to plan for them in meeting and event food and beverage experiences.

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134: May is Food Allergy & Celiac Disease Awareness Month

Eating at a Meeting

Let's talk about food allergies and celiac disease. May is the month dedicated to learning about them even though we should be doing it all year long. In this episode Tracy talks about what food allergies and celiac disease are, things to consider when planning menus for guests with those dietary needs, and how to plan for them in meeting and event food and beverage experiences.

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QSRs are Tapping New Out of Home Innovations for Full Funnel Growth

Modern Restaurant Management

Quick-serve restaurants (QSR) — a highly localized business — have long been using Out of Home (OOH) advertising as a prevailing channel for its historical effectiveness in brand building. New innovations in audience and location targeting and outcomes-based measurement have recently elevated OOH’s role as a valuable performance marketing channel for both QSR and restaurant marketers to better understand the efficacy of their ad spend and drive audience conversion.