Are you aware of Google’s FINDER algorithm? My guess is not yet but you will hear more about it in the future. Check out this article from The Daily Mail UK . Google has created a machine learning algorithm named FINDER, Foodborne Illness Detector in Real Time, that is capable of pairing search terms like …
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The Number 1 Factor For Reducing Critical Food Safety Violations is…
The number one factor for reducing critical food safety violations is… Implementing a Food Safety Management System (FSMS) with daily Active Managerial Control (AMC) The following is from the FDA REPORT ON THE OCCURRENCE OF FOODBORNE ILLNESS RISK FACTORS IN FAST FOOD AND FULL-SERVICE RESTAURANTS, 2013-2014 Prepared by the FDA National Retail Food Team 2018 …
An Open Letter to the FDA & the National Restaurant Association in regards to Digital Record Keeping
Digital Record Keeping In Restaurants is Coming It has been pretty widely known in the restaurant industry over the last couple of years that digital record keeping is going to be mandated for restaurants in the near future, it just makes sense. The biggest bellwether of this impending change was FSMA, the Food Safety Modernization …
High Turnover = Lower Ops Consistency
The number one issue facing restaurant operators over the last couple of year, as told to us by restauranteurs at all levels in the business, is staffing and turnover. It is so hard to find good people to work in your restaurant and to keep them for any length of time. I’m sure you are …
Everyone has a Letter Grade in Their Window Now
If you haven’t heard yet, Yelp is now displaying health inspection scores on your restaurant page. Which means, every restaurant in the country could have a health inspection letter grade in their online window. Make sure you read the whole blog as I put together a list of things all restaurant operators should start doing …
Shift Readiness Audio Blog
In this blog post, we recorded an audio podcast, of our shift readiness blog. This discusses shift readiness as tasks but also as a philosophy. To read the original blog,
How to Implement Management by Checklist with follow-up in your Restaurants
Management by checklist is exactly what you think it is; it is the art of managing your restaurants by using short, focused checklists to ensure that the most important operational details aren’t missed on a shift-by-shift restaurant-by-restaurant basis. The practice is modeled after airplane pilots and their use of checklists. Checklists work, plain and simple. …
The Only Way to Sustainably Grow Your Restaurant’s Sales is through Better Operations
It’s time to return to basics and focus on what works for long-term sustainable sales growth, which is better operations. Nobody wants to hear better operations because they are either delusional about the current state of their operations, or they don’t want to put in the hard work and discipline of focusing on running better operations. …
The Value of Operations Data at Your Fingertips
Operations data are the data points that are generated every meal period in a restaurant that directly affect sales and profitability. Let’s break it down: Marketing activities remind your customers that you still exist. People come in to eat at your restaurant. You serve them food (operations) They pay and leave either happy or sad, …
Norovirus Prevention on the Disney Fantasy
In one of the best Seinfeld episodes ever, George is trying to get a bigger apartment in his building only to find out that a survivor of the Andrea Doria shipwreck got it because the coop board felt bad for the guy. Read the script below: The buffet can be the real ordeal on cruise …