Bill Marler

MARCH 31, 2022

“If you have a Fraîch’Up pizza in your freezer, do not eat it and throw it away”. The French Directorate General of Health indicated on Wednesday that the link was confirmed between the resurgence of contamination with E. coli bacteria and Nestlé Buitoni’s “Fraîch’up” frozen pizzas, likely the dough. To date in France, 41 children have developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), which causes kidney failure, since February. 34 additional cases are being evaluated.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 1, 2022

It’s a restaurant operator’s worst nightmare. You have stores full of patrons, and no way to collect their money because the POS system has been hijacked by ransomware. That’s how the McMenamins restaurant and hospitality chain closed out 2021, a banner year for ransomware attacks. The bad news is that according to most predictions , 2022 will be worse as gangs organize and focus on SMBs.

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Lithos POS

APRIL 1, 2022

The coffee production industry is worth $11.6bn by 2022 in the US. It’s been shown that the coffee production industry is growing faster than the manufacturing industry. The rise of the coffee shop industry also makes high competition. It can be challenging to run a successful coffee shop in this market condition. The coffee shop business failure rate is 80% within 2 years. lack of a marketing plan or strategy is one of the reasons to face failure.

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The Restaurant Warehouse

MARCH 30, 2022

Pizza prep tables are high-use and difficult to clean. These tables get messy when it comes to pizza prep. A pizza prep table is a must tool for any pizzeria, but it can also get pretty disgusting if you’re not careful. A few little kitchen prep habits can go a long way to keeping your prep table clean, and will save you time and make it easier to keep a clean and efficient kitchen.

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Bill Marler

APRIL 1, 2022

The investigation relates to the offenses of “cheating on goods, display or sale of corrupt or falsified food products harmful to health, placing on the market of a product harmful to health, endangering others, injuries involuntary and involuntary homicides”. According to Paris Beacon News : The discovery of the Escherichia coli bacteria in Buitoni frozen pizzas risks having legal proceedings.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 28, 2022

We all have our fingers crossed that we’ve gotten through the worst of the pandemic. It certainly feels like better days are ahead for the restaurant industry. Restaurateurs seem to be coming out of a survival mode mindset and beginning to evaluate what’s next. What changes that may have seemed temporary should be made permanent? What trends can be adopted to better serve guest preferences?

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Eating at a Meeting

MARCH 30, 2022

Sera Cuni is a classically trained chef who grew up in a family of self-taught cooks who enthusiastically embraced their Italian and Czech heritages. She also learned early in life that the sharing a home-cooked meal together every evening was a necessary ingredient for an abundant life. Now as chef owner of The Root Cellar, she has built her career around feeding people and feels especially compelled to provide nourishment to those in need.

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Bill Marler

MARCH 29, 2022

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today that Bravo Packing, Inc., an animal food manufacturing company of Carney’s Point, New Jersey, has agreed to stop selling, manufacturing and distributing raw pet food and come into compliance with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act). Today’s action marks the first consent decree of permanent injunction against an animal food manufacturer for violating public safety standards under Part 507 (Current Good Manufacturing

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 31, 2022

To get a pulse on QSR trends in 2022, Modern Restaurant Management magazine reached out to David Vance, Vice President of QSR at Mood Media, an on-premise media solutions company dedicated to elevating the customer experience. Joining Mood in 2018, he currently oversees the QSR team, focused on North America Account Management efforts. How is QSR ownership changing?

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School Meals That Rock

MARCH 29, 2022

By Dayle Hayes MS, RD, and Jeanne Reilly, NDTR, SNS Sponsored National Peanut Board, Peanuts in Schools There are many reasons peanuts and peanut butter can benefit school nutrition programs. Here are four of the reasons we’re convinced that peanuts do belong in schools. Kids Love Peanut Butter Consumer research suggests that the average American will eat as many as 3,000 peanut butter sandwiches in their lifetime.

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Eating at a Meeting

MARCH 30, 2022

Sera Cuni is a classically trained chef who grew up in a family of self-taught cooks who enthusiastically embraced their Italian and Czech heritages. She also learned early in life that the sharing a home-cooked meal together every evening was a necessary ingredient for an abundant life. Now as chef owner of The Root Cellar, she has built her career around feeding people and feels especially compelled to provide nourishment to those in need.

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Bill Marler

APRIL 1, 2022

Multiple recalls of British Columbia oysters since mid-March. Illness in Canada began mid-January. Illnesses in both Seattle and Minnesota began in mid-March. 279 with Norovirus in Canada, 29 with Norovirus in Minnesota and 27 with Norovirus in Seattle. Minnesota health officials announced that they are working with “federal officials and public health agencies in other states and Canada to investigate Norovirus illnesses associated with oysters.”.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 28, 2022

Despite the challenges that have been brought upon the restaurant landscape these past several years, the industry has thrived with innovation across all categories. As a result, the level of competition between foodservice brands looking to expand their footprints has naturally increased. My team quickly learned that diversifying our portfolio with different real estate models was a critical part of adapting to the ever-evolving market.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 30, 2022

How to incorporate these necessary ingredients to keep your guests and employees happy. Over the last few years, restaurants have been feeling the heat amid concerns about COVID-19, worker shortages and rising food prices. But the industry is poised for a comeback according to a recent National Restaurant Association survey – it found the restaurant workforce is projected to grow by 400,000 jobs.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 30, 2022

Restaurants are making use of workflow automation to increase efficiency in numerous ways inlcuding customer service automation and sales and marketing automation. Automating customer service tasks helps to improve the customer experience. Not only does this boost your business reputation, but it also improves customer retention. 65 percent of customer service experts say that most feedback-gathering is automated.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 29, 2022

On March 28, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States granted a petition for a writ of certiorari in the case of National Pork Producers, et. al. v. Karen Ross, 21-468. The order means that the Supreme Court will hear a constitutional challenge to California’s Proposition 12 farm animal confinement law. Proposition 12 was passed by California voters in 2018 as a ballot initiative.

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Eating at a Meeting

MARCH 28, 2022

Back in April 2016, SAVEUR said New Jersey was "the unsung hero state of American eating." From Taylor Ham to Jersey Sloppy Joes, Trenton Tomato Pie (pizza) to Boardwalk Lemonade & Fries, Pechter's Rye Bread to Cranberries, blueberries and tomatoes, magazine deemed the Garden State is "the most edible state" with a rich, diverse, and passionate food culture.

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Eating at a Meeting

MARCH 28, 2022

Back in April 2016, SAVEUR said New Jersey was "the unsung hero state of American eating." From Taylor Ham to Jersey Sloppy Joes, Trenton Tomato Pie (pizza) to Boardwalk Lemonade & Fries, Pechter's Rye Bread to Cranberries, blueberries and tomatoes, magazine deemed the Garden State is "the most edible state" with a rich, diverse, and passionate food culture.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 29, 2022

In a world where 93 percent of consumers rely on online reviews to decide where to spend, per a Igniyte meta-report , negative reviews can present a genuine threat to your business. Especially so for consumers trying to figure out which restaurant to try next. Unfortunately, fake reviews are common, and your need to deal with them is more likely a “when” than an “if.” Actual figures vary per sector as well as platform type.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 31, 2022

Pooja S. Nair, a partner at Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP compiles recent legal news affecting the restaurant, food and beverage and hospitality industries for Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine. Litigation. Insurance Coverage for COVID Claims Largely Rejected by Appellate Courts : Throughout the country, appellate courts are reviewing insurance coverage lawsuits brought by restaurants who were forced to close due to COVID-19 pandemic shutdown orders.

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