Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Optimize Food Safety Protocols. Food waste is endemic at many restaurants and across the food supply chain, collectively totaling more than 1.6 To combat these losses and to comply with food safety requirements, restaurants devote significant personnel resources to temperature checks and other compliance protocols.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 13, 2021

At the same time, restaurants are grappling with staffing issues, with recent research showing that one in three food service workers doesn’t want to stay in the industry. For instance, IoT systems can track temperatures through sensors on fryers to maintain optimum levels for cooking efficiency and food safety.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Especially in a time where the industry is in flux because of the pandemic, juggling things like food costs, keeping shifts full and food safety can feel more difficult than ever. Modern restaurant technology can provide peace of mind to operators worried about food safety violations, labor law mistakes, falsified data and more.

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Probe It Food Safety

MARCH 18, 2025

Why You Should Get Food Safety Training Online In todays fast-paced world, ensuring food safety is more important than ever. Whether you work in the food industry or simply want to enhance your knowledge, obtaining a food safety certificate through Probe It Food Safety offers numerous benefits.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 20, 2025

Start by training them on all aspects of the delivery process, including customer service, food safety, and any technology tools you have. Maybe you need to adjust staffing levels during peak times or tweak your route optimization algorithms. Proper training and empowerment is vital in getting your team to perform at their best.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 23, 2022

Technology has permeated the quick serve restaurant industry and job functions – from point of sale (POS) to complying with food safety standards. Additionally, food safety became increasingly more important to consumers and business alike, across all of these channels. Fast forward to 2022.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Your restaurant may prioritize safety, quality, and compliance, but is everyone across the supply chain aligned in this effort? One weak link in the supply chain could cause a food safety breach that could put your guests and brand at risk. Boost automation. Manage labor shortages.

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Culinary Services Group

JULY 25, 2024

Did you know that techniques for staffing your dining program in a senior living community differ from hiring in a dine-in restaurant? Why allow these gaps to fall on your shoulders and increase your workload, when you can hire quality staff (and a stellar food service management program partner) to help you? CSG can help.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 3, 2022

At the same time, restaurants are grappling with ongoing staffing issues, with recent research showing that there are still nearly one million unfilled job openings, or eight percent, below pre-pandemic employment levels. Temperatures in refrigeration units also must be monitored carefully to prevent food spoilage and maintain quality.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The quicker businesses can feed that information back into operations, the better, whether for personalized dining, staffing optimization, or advertising and marketing. The question now becomes – how to make sense of that data and use it to elevate the dining experience.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 27, 2023

However, persistent labor shortages are pushing restaurants to explore automation and artificial intelligence to streamline operations – from kitchen management to customer service – to alleviate staffing pressures while also enhancing efficiency.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

In the kitchen, chefs and staff can benefit from automated systems for inventory management and food safety monitoring, ensuring ingredients are fresh and available when needed. This efficiency level reduces waste, saves time, and ensures a high standard of food quality.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Technology Integration – Restaurants leveraged AI, IoT, 5G, and quantum computing to optimize operations, enhance inventory management, streamline supply chains, improve food safety, and more. Regulatory Compliance – Staying abreast of evolving food safety regulations remained a persistent challenge in 2023.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Data from connected equipment can reveal which food warmers, freezers, dishwashers, shake machines, etc. These could lead to food safety issues too, not to mention excess energy consumption and costs. just aren’t working the way they used to. It may take them too long to heat up or cool down or frost may build up too fast.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

When restaurants are short-staffed, training may become an afterthought, as other high-priority tasks loom. If your employees aren’t properly trained, they could make mistakes that could jeopardize food safety and quality, client satisfaction, and even your restaurant’s reputation. Shift that mindset.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Quick Service Meets Compliance QSRs face significant challenges in maintaining high levels of food safety, with 28% of QSR operators citing food safety as their top challenge. Dedicated catering service software proves successful in streamlining maintenance schedules, tracking inventory, and optimising resource use.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 12, 2024

This allows restaurants to forecast customer volumes and align staffing levels to meet demand, improving service quality and reducing overhead costs. Data analytics helps understand customer preferences, optimize inventory, and fine-tune staffing levels, ensuring that restaurants can adapt to trends and improve their overall performance.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

. #1: Simplify Communication The restaurant business can be very demanding and stressful, especially when there are so many guests to serve, and you’re chronically short-staffed. But instead of relying on their memory, consider creating short, instructional videos – on food safety, sanitation, inventory, etc.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Dark kitchens or virtual kitchens––real places staffed with non-ectoplasmic people—bring efficiencies to running a restaurant by providing off-site commissary services for delivery orders. Drones , tubes , bots : how our food will be delivered is changing as well, and the handoff from cook to carrier must be reimagined.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 5, 2024

As the focus for restaurants continues to center on growing and staffing up, safety training can sometimes get lost in the mix or ratcheted down to cover only topics related to compliance with regulations. That won’t cut it in an industry that faces major risks associated with employee injuries and food safety.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Tech tools can help you identify areas of noncompliance so you can take immediate corrective actions to boost safety and quality. Are you staffed properly to meet this higher demand? Are you ordering proper quantities of food? Ensure safety throughout your supply chain. Improve operations.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 24, 2022

Other key elements from the food and alcohol safety training include: The importance of food safety. Safe food preparation. Storing food. Methods of thawing, cooking, cooling and reheating food. HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point) food safety regulations.

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Food Safety Tech

APRIL 1, 2024

Brands tasked with ensuring food safety walk a line between meeting regulatory requirements and balancing resource constraints. At the federal level, we typically see programs designed to ensure food safety relegated to the back burner. Food contamination also poses a serious threat. In the U.S.,

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2021

With four in five restaurant operators claiming to be understaffed, according to a recent report from the National Restaurant Association, automated systems, and robotics not only help improve operational speed and accuracy, but they can minimize the negative impact of staffing shortages and challenges. The rise of collaborative coaching.

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Food Safety Tech

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

He replaces Jim Jones, who resigned last week in protest of staffing cuts. FDAs leadership webpage was updated this week to include Mr. Diamantas and stated that as the Acting Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods, he leads the agencys Human Foods Program, overseeing all FDA nutrition and food safety activities.

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Bill Marler

DECEMBER 11, 2021

This review is part of FDA’s “New Era of Smarter Food Safety: FDA’s Foodborne Outbreak Response Improvement Plan” that also requires a hard look and the support by those concerned about improving the safety of our food and driving the numbers of ill consumers down. Thanks to the deep dive by Craig Hedberg.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 26, 2023

Moreover, restaurants are challenged to expand sales when staffing shortages make it harder to pay close attention to their customers. Successful restaurants already do this—helping friends, families, and couples strengthen their bonds while enjoying great food. How can they overcome these hurdles?

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Food Safety News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Clevenger readily addresses staffing, conduct and performance issues in a calm, methodical manner and effectively collaborates with his inspection team members, district managers and program area specialists to derive optimal solutions and outcomes. To sign up for a free subscription to Food Safety News, click here)

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Food Safety Tech

MAY 29, 2024

Many food suppliers are investigating and making early investments in the adoption of digital technology to aid and automate their food safety programs. One area of intense interest has been the increasing application of digital automation within food safety testing programs.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

” Their answers touched on a variety of subjects including AI, virtual reality, virtual kitchens, staffing and retention, social media marketing, sustainability and third-party delivery. Over the next decade, a generation passionate about health and wellness will demand restaurants be transparent about food from farm to table.

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Chef's Toys

DECEMBER 2, 2024

At Chefs' Toys, we’re excited to offer cutting-edge equipment like smart cooking appliances and IoT-enabled food safety solutions that help kitchens stay ahead of the curve. Customization and Personalization: Meeting the Demands of Modern Consumers Finally, 2024 has seen a significant shift toward customization in food offerings.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 12, 2022

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. Most manufacturers have ISO certifications or similar which indicate their adherence to strict food safety protocols.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2022

That said, staffing will continue to be an obstacle for the restaurant industry in 2023. In terms of off-prem dining, there is a real opportunity to improve guest sentiment based on food temperature and managing wait times for curbside pick-up, takeout orders and delivery for this essential part of business operations.

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Bill Marler

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The lack of a single clearly identified person to lead the Human Foods Program has adversely impacted the organizational culture and led to overlapping roles and competing priorities that result in what is perceived as constant turmoil….

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Food Safety Magazine

JANUARY 5, 2024

Research commissioned by the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has provided insight to ongoing staffing issues experienced by UK food control authorities, and how recruitment and retention can be improved. FSA aims to take action on these findings.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2020

According to Cynthia Kupper, CEO of GIG, “excess revenue from the certification program helps fund many of GIG’s important community programs, including summer camps and a mentorship program for children, a teen summit, education initiatives for schools, over 90 local support groups and food safety research.”

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Food Safety News

OCTOBER 14, 2023

In the food industry, specifically, AI is optimizing food safety, quality control, supply chain management, and so much more. Food businesses face many significant safety and quality challenges, including inconsistent quality control, operational inefficiencies, rising labor costs, and inadequate traceability.

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