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Growing a Restaurant Strategically – The Keys Are Alignment, Timing and Control

Modern Restaurant Management

Ambitious restaurateurs often want to expand quickly to capitalize on initial success. However, rapid growth without an intentional strategy frequently erodes quality, culture and profits over time. Sustainable restaurant expansion requires balancing excitement with patience and perspective. There’s an art to scaling any small business intelligently.

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How to Set up a Restaurant Inventory PAR Sheet

Sculpture Hospitality

Effective inventory management is the cornerstone of success for your restaurant. Strategic inventory management can reduce waste, increase your company’s profit margins and help deliver a superior customer experience.

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2024 Outlook: Glass Half Full? 

Modern Restaurant Management

It’s a common assumption that past performance is the best predictor of future behavior, but the last few years have been anything but common. Quick-service restaurants (QSRs) rode the wave of unprecedented consumer behavior shifts and the successes and challenges it brought along. So, what can the QSR industry expect in 2024? Looking back at last quarter’s performance suggests the glass is proverbially half full.

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West Virginia bills would allow the sale of unpasteurized, raw milk

Food Safety News

Legislators in West Virginia are considering allowing expanded raw milk sales in their state. Two bills have been introduced so far this session. The first, House Bill 4911, would allow the sale of unpasteurized, raw milk as long as containers were clearly labeled as being ungraded raw milk. The bill, introduced by Delegate Michael Hornby, would also give raw milk producers immunity from civil liability related to consuming their unpasteurized products.

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Implementing and Following Through with Highly Effective Employee Training and Education

Food Safety Magazine

In the ever-evolving world of food manufacturing, employee training and education play a pivotal role in achieving operational excellence, maintaining the highest quality standards, ensuring food safety, and establishing a robust food safety culture within an organization.

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Final tally shows nine dead in Canada from Salmonella outbreak traced to cantaloupe

Food Safety News

Canadian officials have posted their final update on a Salmonella outbreak traced to cantaloupe, adding two deaths to the toll. There were 190 laboratory-confirmed cases of Salmonella Soahanina, Sundsvall, Oranienburg, and Newport illnesses associated with the nationwide outbreak. Sixty-eight patients were hospitalized, and nine died. Recalls for Malichita and Rudy brand cantaloupe from Mexico began in November.

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Campaign for a ban on certain food additives moves on to Illinois after California victory

Food Safety News

The two non-governmental organizations, with a joint project to trim the number of food additives in candy, soda, and other food items, are moving into a second year in a second state. The two nationally-known consumer and environmental organizations, Consumer Reports (CR) and the Environmental Working Group (EWG), in 2023 guided Assembly Bill 418 to become law in California.

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InterContinental Auckland reimagines luxury hospitality in the City of Sails

Hospitality Net

InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, part of the IHG Hotels & Resorts luxury and lifestyle portfolio, has made its debut in New Zealand’s largest city with the opening of InterContinental Auckland. Gracing the city’s waterfront at the halo address of One Queen Street, InterContinental Auckland anchors the one billion dollar (NZD) Commercial Bay lifestyle precinct, which houses the city’s latest upscale office, retail, social, and dining hub.

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Outbreak of Campylobacter infections traced to raw milk spurs state warning

Food Safety News

The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture is warning consumers to immediately discard all Conoco View Dairy raw milk sold or dropped off in certain counties because of reports of campylobacter infections. The unpasteurized, raw milk was sold in Cumberland, Juniata, Perry, Snyder, and York Counties, and delivered direct to homes or drop-off points in Cumberland, Dauphin, Juniata, and Perry Counties.

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Hotels will pay historic wages, generate record level of tax revenue in 2024

Hospitality Net

Hotels are projected to pay a record amount of wages and generate a record level of tax revenue in 2024, according to the American Hotel & Lodging Association’s 2024 State of the Hotel Industry report.

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China reveals 2023 mushroom poisoning data

Food Safety News

According to recently published figures, mushroom poisoning remains a significant problem in China. In 2023, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) investigated 505 reports of mushroom poisoning, resulting in 1,303 patients and 16 deaths. Incidents increased compared to 2022, but the number of patients was lower, according to the study published in China CDC Weekly journal.

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Nearly 50 percent of Meeting Planners Dissatisfied with Costs, According to 2024 State of the Meetings Industry Report

Hospitality Net

Today, Knowland, the world’s leading provider of data-as-a-service insights on meetings and events for hospitality, and ConferenceDirect, a full-service global meetings solution company, announced the results of their annual report, 2024 State of the Meetings Industry. The collaboration reveals insights to help industry professionals understand what meeting planners and event managers expect and will prioritize in 2024.

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FDA Releases Foods Program Priorities

Food Safety Tech

The FDA has launched a new webpage listing food-related regulations that it plans to publish by October 2024 as well as longer-term regulations it is prioritizing for publication at a later date. The list includes 22 Foods Program regulations ranging from Certifications Concerning Imported Foods to Nutrient Content Claims and Amendments to Exemption Provisions in the Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption Regulation.

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What foodservice leaders think about technology's role in the future of college dining

FoodService Director

The National Association of College and University Food Services College Dining 20230 and Beyond report revealed insights pertaining to mobile apps, automation and other back-of-house technology.

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Vision Hospitality Group Plans Q2 2024 Opening of Moxy Boulder

Hospitality Net

The Nichols Partnership and BMC Investments, in collaboration with Vision Hospitality Group, announce the anticipated debut of the Moxy Boulder located in Boulder, Colorado. The long-anticipated Moxy Boulder is slated to open early in the second quarter of 2024 and will mark the first hotel to open in Boulder since 2018. Moxy Hotels, a part of Marriott Bonvoy’s Distinctive Select portfolio, offer a playful hotel experience that steps outside of a conventional hotel stay and promotes a social cen

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Federal bill would ban lab-grown meat in school meals

FoodService Director

Also in this week’s K-12 legislative update: States continue to take steps toward implementing universal free school meals for all.

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Fairmont Announces New Orleans Property Opening Summer 2025

Hospitality Net

World-renowned luxury brand Fairmont Hotels & Resorts and Louisiana-based developer Kailas Companies today announced the official kickoff of the downtown redevelopment project of 1010 Common Street, which will mark the return of the iconic Fairmont brand to New Orleans. Slated to open summer 2025, the hotel is destined to become an illustrious destination in the Central Business District, nearby the city’s renowned and historic French Quarter.

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FSA and FSS assess Listeria risk from blue cheese

Food Safety News

According to two UK food agencies, the likelihood of vulnerable people contracting listeriosis from blue cheese is very low. A Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Food Standards Scotland (FSS) risk assessment found the severity of Listeria monocytogenes infection in vulnerable people is high. However, the frequency of listeriosis in these groups from consumption of blue cheese is considered very low.

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Is Your Sales and Catering Team Leading or Following?

Hospitality Net

Today, we’re talking about.The rise of non-professional meeting planners. Sales and Catering Teams are having a moment right now.Meetings are back, but not the way they were before. One major shift is that meeting planners aren’t just meeting planners. They are office admins, business owners, and team leads. They plan meetings.They just don’t do it for a living.

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How To Season A Charbroiler

The Restaurant Warehouse

It's simple to prepare your brand new atosa charbroiler for use by cleaning and seasoning it properly. Seasoning your charbroiler correctly will result in tastier food, increased durability, improved resistance to rust, and easier cleaning. Follow these straightforward steps to season your charbroiler. Once you have uncrated and installed your charbroiler, it is advisable to wash the exterior using a mild detergent.

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World croissant day - Sofitel launches its concept of Haute Croissanterie

Hospitality Net

January 30th is World Croissant Day. The perfect occasion for Sofitel to launch its Haute Croissanterie concept, which invites chefs around the world to reinvent the delicious French breakfast icon.

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A 2021 Global Foodborne Illness Outbreak Exemplifies Importance of International Coordination in Investigations

Food Safety Magazine

A 2021 multinational foodborne illness outbreak investigation involving imported melons contaminated by Salmonella Braenderup exemplifies effective collaboration across countries, rapid information sharing, and harmonized data collection, and the lessons learned could form the basis of standard practices in multinational outbreak investigations.

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HotelRunner Joins the 27th Edition of EMITT

Hospitality Net

HotelRunner, the leading hospitality and travel technology platform, has announced its 11th consecutive participation in the Eastern Mediterranean International Tourism and Travel Fair - EMITT, which will mark its 27th edition this year.

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What's wrong with this picture? February 2023

Chef's Connection

These are actual photographs from different inspections in our county. Can you see what the problems are? 1. ↓ Inspectors typically look through recipes when available. What do you see in this recipe that doesn't meet the ,, food sanitation rules ? 2. ↓ What do you think of this cooling process? 3. ↓ Ick. 4. ↓ Reduced oxygen packaged (aka vacuum sealed).

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Leveraging Tech to Drive Employee Motivation, Guest Delight and Revenue

Hospitality Net

Guest satisfaction is one of the key drivers of success for any hotelier, determining repeat customers and, in turn, your bottom line. While guest-centered initiatives, like expanding your amenities, are often the focus of customer loyalty, employee well-being and job fulfillment are also critically important.

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Unfortunate Disconnect Between Supplier and Retailer Leads to Death Due to Undeclared Peanuts

Penn State Food Safety Blog

Tragic stories bring home the importance of preventing simple errors such as getting proper labels on packages. In a most recent case, a 25 year old world-class dancer "tragically lost her life due to anaphylactic shock resulting from a severe allergic reaction to a cookie manufactured by Cookies United and sold by the supermarket chain Stew Leonard's.

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BCD Travel car rental survey reveals 81% of travelers don’t rent electric cars due to poor logistics, range and availability

Hospitality Net

BCD Travel recently surveyed more than 900 business travelers in North America and Europe who rented a car at least once last year. The survey looked at traveler behavior and satisfaction as well as trends in car rental for business travel. According to the survey, most business travelers rent a car to visit their company’s office, meet with clients or provide onsite service.

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Favorite Research Paper Award Discusses Salmonella and Wild Birds

Penn State Food Safety Blog

What is your favorite clinical microbiology research paper form 2023? Not a question I have ever been asked or even thought about. Favorite movie or favorite restaurant visit, sure, but can't say I have a favorite clinical microbiology paper. Well some microbiology geeks picked a paper authored by one of our favorite Penn State microbiology geeks, Dr.

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Pivot Selects Stayntouch PMS to Power Seven Properties

Hospitality Net

Stayntouch, a global leader in cloud hotel property management systems (PMS) and guest-centric technology, announced a new partnership with Pivot, the lifestyle operating vertical of Davidson Hospitality Group. Stayntouch will implement its flexible, modern cloud PMS across seven Pivot hotels in the United States.

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Can Kiwifruit Improve Your Mood?

Penn State Food Safety Blog

Can Kiwifruit improve your mood? "In a study, published in The British Journal of Nutrition, researchers found the furry fruit improved vitality and mood in as little as four days." Just two kiwifruit per day was better than the vitamin C placebo. "Vitamin C intake has been associated with improved mood, vitality, well-being, and lower depression, while vitamin C deficiency is associated with higher depression and cognitive impairment.

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IDeaS Appoints Ibrahim Saba as Principal Sales Director in the Middle East, Expands Regional Presence

Hospitality Net

IDeaS Revenue Solutions, the world’s leading provider of automated revenue management software and services, announced today the appointment of Ibrahim Saba as principal sales director. Based in Dubai, Saba will oversee the strategic growth of IDeaS in a region with one of the fastest-growing hospitality sectors in the world, the Middle East and North Africa.