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Do you have a positive food safety culture?
When I was a teenager, I worked at a large franchise fast food place. I remember one night while closing the assistant manager told me to take the leftover toppings from the salad bar and pour them back into the original container. Even my 16-year-old self knew that was wrong and it sent a message
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COVID-19 and reopening your restaurant
Attention all owners, managers and PIC Congratulations! The announcement yesterday by Governor Hogan was the next step in reopening and is very exciting. It has been a hard time for all in the industry and you have taken the brunt of the pain. For those of you that cannot provide outdoor seating, we are thinking about you
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The risk of third party delivery services
The problem: The driver opens up the to go container to take a peak or worse a sampling of the food. By touching it, they could contaminate the food with bacteria or viruses, physical contamination could occur, or worst-case deliberate contamination such as spitting on the food. In a study done by US Foods they
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Selling homemade goods using cottage food laws
Do you make a great cookie or tasty home-baked bread? Do your friends and family always ask you to decorate cakes for them? Have you ever thought about starting your own business from home? You can have up to $25,000 in sales a year and not need a health permit. Effective October 1, 2019 there
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Why do some restaurants succeed while most struggle ?
There are many factors that lead to the success of a restaurant. You have heard the saying; location, location, location, but if the food is inconsistent and service subpar it will be hard to have long term success even in the best location. You must have a combination of a good physical location that matches
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Opening a new food service facility – you can do it!
In 1998 I entered the food service industry. I was a green as you could be! What I did have in my corner was two things: a desire to make it and a good business background. After many bumps in the road and opening several new facilities I finally figured it all out. I regularly
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