Modern Restaurant Management
MAY 18, 2022
For restaurants, the health care expenditure will increase, and it’s not just the cost of health care. With winter behind us and summer approaching, it is time to begin planning for the 2023 benefits plan year. ‘Tis the season for plan review, benchmarking and forecasting. The key to success in this process is viewing the trends and national data through the prism of a restaurant operator.
Bill Marler
MAY 16, 2022
Here are the highlights of the Consent Decree : Abbott has agreed to take corrective actions following an FDA inspection of its Sturgis, Michigan facility. Abbott Nutrition will be required to retain an independent expert to review the Sturgis facility’s operations to ensure compliance with the law. It also includes requirements for testing products, as well as ceasing production, and promptly notifying the FDA should contamination be detected.
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Lavu
MAY 19, 2022
Cross-Distribution Partnership Will Enable Card Present, Card Not Present, Mobile, Peer-To-Peer, and Cryptocurrency Payments at Restaurants Albuquerque, NM (May 19, 2022) — Lavu, a major … Lavu and Verifone Partner to Provide Unified Payments and Point of Sale Solutions to Restaurants Read More ». The post Lavu and Verifone Partner to Provide Unified Payments and Point of Sale Solutions to Restaurants appeared first on iPad Point of Sale System for Restaurants, Bars & More.
Culinary Digital
MAY 16, 2022
Despite the challenges presented by the pandemic, the foodservice industry has proven resilient. However, it will never be the same. The pandemic accelerated many trends that will continue to impact the foodservice industry for decades to come. For the industry to fully rebound and thrive in a post-COVID era, foodservice operations must foster a deep understanding of these trends, the challenges they present, and the methods for overcoming them.
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Modern Restaurant Management
MAY 17, 2022
One of the most impactful ways to target your audience is through location-based marketing. Nine out of 10 people who own a smartphone use it for information regarding their location, which allows vendors to access relevant and timely data in a nonintrusive way. Customer engagement is guaranteed to increase as customers interact with your restaurant through a dedicated mobile app or QR code system.
Bill Marler
MAY 17, 2022
According to the CDC and FDA, at least 4 kids were sickened and of those two died, from drinking Abbott infant formula. Abbott denies the connection. However, the resulting investigation and inspection (and whistleblower documents) uncovered enough problems in the Abbott facility to shutter it causing havoc with supplies of infant formula. The facility is now set to reopen, but not before the U.S.
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Eating at a Meeting
MAY 18, 2022
Food Allergy Awareness Week Epsiode Due to successive tick bites, Amanda Warren became allergic to all mammalian meats (meat allergy); developed a secondary allergy to milk, cheeses, animal byproducts and carrageenan, as well as airborne lipid and particle reactivity. The Alpha Gal Syndrome diagnosis upended Amanda's personal food world. As a School Nutrition Director, chef, and educator, it changed how she feeds thousands of kids every day, and brought to mind thoughtful concerns around allergy
Modern Restaurant Management
MAY 16, 2022
The U.S. restaurant sector is gaining steam after coming out of a two-year pandemic that shuttered doors and curbed eatery revenues dramatically. According to the National Restaurant Association , the dining industry should generate $899 billion in revenues in 2022. That’s up from $640 billion in 2020. Even with robust growth, the restaurant industry faces steep challenges right now, with labor shortages, higher inflation, challenges with home food and drink deliveries, and ongoing food an
Bill Marler
MAY 19, 2022
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.
Modern Restaurant Management
MAY 20, 2022
Teriyaki Madness (TMAD) had the "bowls" to admit they messed up and turned the mistake into a unique marketing opportunity. In late February, a marketing team member was training a coworker on how to send five winners of a “Free Bowls for a Year” drawing their notifications at once instead of one at a time. Instead of sending it to just one, it was accidentally sent to a different segment of Mad Rewards members that included 8,300 people!
Modern Restaurant Management
MAY 19, 2022
While we’re all ready to put the pandemic behind us, many industries are still dealing with the disruptions left in its wake. The restaurant industry perhaps more than others. Neck and neck with the labor shortage, inflation has recently become a huge issue that operators are forced to combat. The prices of goods and services have increased 8.5 percent from March 2021 to March 2022, accounting for the highest inflation rate since December 1981.
Modern Restaurant Management
MAY 18, 2022
On-premise dining sales were up 46 percent from Q1 2022 compared to Q1 202, according to Toast's Q1 Restaurant Trends Report. For the same time period, takeout and delivery sales were down seven percent. The report uncovers key trends across the restaurant industry through aggregated sales data from restaurants on the Toast platform, which has approximately 62,000 locations in the U.S.
Modern Restaurant Management
MAY 17, 2022
"We Feed People" is a Ron Howard-directed documentary that follows Chef José Andrés and World Central Kitchen in their journey to provide humanitarian aid around the world. The film will premiere May 27 on Disney+. To learn more, follow on social media and click here.
Bill Marler
MAY 14, 2022
This week the CDC declared an outbreak of Cronobacter infections over after the FDA received four complaints of Cronobacter infections in infants beginning on September 20, 2021, through January 11, 2022. Two of the babies died. Parents of all four infants reported having fed their children formula produced by Abbott Nutrition before they became ill.
Eating at a Meeting
MAY 18, 2022
Food Allergy Awareness Week Epsiode Due to successive tick bites, Amanda Warren became allergic to all mammalian meats (meat allergy); developed a secondary allergy to milk, cheeses, animal byproducts and carrageenan, as well as airborne lipid and particle reactivity. The Alpha Gal Syndrome diagnosis upended Amanda's personal food world. As a School Nutrition Director, chef, and educator, it changed how she feeds thousands of kids every day, and brought to mind thoughtful concerns around allergy
Eating at a Meeting
MAY 16, 2022
Living with one or multiple life-threatening allergies is not an easy thing to do, whether it is someone you care for or yourself. You have to read labels. A lot of labels, all the time, and over and over. You have to ask a lot of questions of others about how they prepared food and what's in the food. It can be terrifying, relentless and exhausting.
Eating at a Meeting
MAY 16, 2022
Living with one or multiple life-threatening allergies is not an easy thing to do, whether it is someone you care for or yourself. You have to read labels. A lot of labels, all the time, and over and over. You have to ask a lot of questions of others about how they prepared food and what's in the food. It can be terrifying, relentless and exhausting.
Bill Marler
MAY 18, 2022
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.
Modern Restaurant Management
MAY 19, 2022
The U.S. Senate failed to advance the Small Business COVID Relief Act of 2022 (S. 4008), ending the possibility of replenishing the Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF). "Throughout the pandemic, restaurants focused on serving their communities. When government-mandated closures shuttered dining rooms, restaurants found a way to shift operating models and keep employees on the payroll.
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