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Developing a Safety and Sanitation Schedule for Your Commercial Kitchen

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As a business owner, ensuring the proper sanitation of your commercial ice machines and refrigeration units is critical for maintaining a safe and healthy environment for your customers and employees. Start with the Basics Begin by explaining the importance of maintaining clean and sanitized equipment.

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Managing Your Restaurant’s Maintenance & Sanitization During COVID-19

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The COVID-19 health crisis has created a new emphasis on sanitization, health, and social distancing in businesses of all types—and restaurants are no exception. Enhanced focus on sanitization and social distancing have become the minimum restaurant operating requirements during the pandemic. A restaurant’s health code depends on it!

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How to Pass Health Inspections: Ice Machines and Refrigeration

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To maintain the integrity of your ice production, it's essential to implement a comprehensive cleaning and maintenance schedule. Cleaning and Sanitizing : Regularly dismantle removable parts for cleaning and sanitizing to remove mold, slime, and mineral deposits, which can contaminate ice and compromise flavor.

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Six Trends to Expect from Back of House in 2022

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COVID has upended the way the industry operates, shifting everything from the way we serve guests to how sanitation works to what the supply chain and labor market look like. An app for things like scheduling, clocking, inventory, and checklists is becoming more popular and giving restaurants a competitive edge in a tight labor market.

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The Importance of Flexibility in Restaurant Hiring

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Have hand sanitizer available upon entering the restaurant for customers and employees alike. Ask customers to hand sanitize prior to entering the dining room. Make efforts to consistently clean and sanitize all public surfaces touched by customers upon their departure. These practices will be essential as restaurants reopen.

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COVID-19 Best Practices for Restaurants: Navigating Coronavirus for Staff & Managers

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Washing hands, avoiding touching eyes, mouth, face, properly sanitizing. Put sanitizing hand rub dispensers in prominent areas around the restaurant. Show cleanliness, like kitchen and servers wearing gloves, sanitizing the restaurant, etc. Practice proper restaurant sanitization. Put up posters about proper hygiene.

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Controlling What You Can: Risk Reduction and Restaurant Technology

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Nobody wants to intentionally break local labor laws, but manual scheduling and clock in makes it all too easy to miss something like employees not taking required breaks or scheduling shifts back-to-back. Labor scheduling software makes it easy to avoid these common missteps. Monitor Pandemic Health and Sanitation.