According to the Food Waste Reduction Alliance, about 85% of foods in the restaurant industry ends up in the trash. This translates to money down the proverbial drain since money invested in food doesn’t produce profit. Not all restaurants track food waste. The fact is, reducing waste is guaranteed to increase your restaurant net profit. […]
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5 Tips to keep your commercial coolers & freezers running
One of the most important pieces of equipment in your restaurant are your coolers and freezers. You depend on them to work 24/7/365 yet they are often the most neglected when it comes to equipment maintenance and even cleaning. Restaurant owners and managers cringe when they hear the coolers are down because it often follows, […]
New Era of Smarter Food Safety Blueprint is here
Smarter food safety is about more than just technology. It’s also about simpler, more effective, and modern approaches and processes. It’s about leadership, creativity, and culture.
Two food safety behaviors/practices were identified as needing the most improvement
Control over Foodborne Illness Risk Factors Of the foodborne illness risk factors, restaurants had the best control over “inadequate cooking.” There remains a need to gain better control over “improper holding/time and temperature” and “poor personal hygiene.”
FDA Food Safety
Consumers deserve to be confident in the safety of the food supply. Because farmers and food manufacturers want their customers, as well as their business, to thrive. But most importantly: Because too many of our citizens are still getting sick and dying of foodborne illness – and we can do better. No, we MUST do better.