McAlister’s Deli Finds the COVID Silver Lining McAlister’s Deli president Joe Guith heard the pundits like everyone else. If you were a lunch-based restaurant designed around dine-in, with a catering business, you might as well surrender to COVID-19. “That pretty much describes us to a tee, and yet we’re [not in trouble],” Guith says. While… read more
Update: Budget Director Robert Mujica gave more details this afternoon about how the proposed aid for restaurants would work. See below. Syracuse, N.Y. — Restaurants that spent months in restrictive orange and red zones would be able to tap into $50 million in state aid, according to a proposal from Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The money would… read more
Restaurant chains say the recent personal stimulus checks have helped them out, a Wall Street Journal report says, though spending patterns from last time around suggest that might not last. According to the report, the $900 billion COVID-19 relief package passed last December, which included $600 payments for adults and children as well as $300 weekly… read more
Food safety is more important than ever. Bakers can’t afford to introduce any additional risk, so many of them are incorporating inspection technology earlier in the process. Adding metal detectors to the front of production lines, such as for inspecting incoming ingredients, will ensure that no metal contamination enters the process where it could damage… read more
Sanitation crews should follow the plant’s sanitation standard operating procedures (SSOPs) and the recommendations from the chemical suppliers, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or the US Department of Agriculture. “The FDA is mostly concerned with the transfer of chemicals and elements from one product to the next or when the sanitizer didn’t get completely rinsed… read more
The enactment in December of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2020, including approval of the US Food and Drug Administration budget for the fiscal year 2021, should ensure continuity in the nation’s food safety programs and initiatives as the Biden administration takes the nation’s helm. The overall fiscal 2021 FDA budget, which includes the agency’s… read more
The sale of NPC International’s Pizza Hut and Wendy’s locations to Flynn Restaurant Group and Wendy’s Co. has been approved, according to court filings. The three parties —NPC, which filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last summer, Wendy’s and Flynn Restaurant Group, which is the largest restaurant franchisee in the country in terms of sales… read more
By Alison Green – The Cut Dear Boss, What is your opinion on feigning enthusiasm for a job during an interview? For a few months now, I’ve been unemployed like so many others. I’ve been actively applying to jobs that fit my skills and experience, but there aren’t many choices in my industry. It’s rare… read more
Originally posted on Glassdoor Between the feeling of being thrust into the spotlight, the one-on-one setting with your manager and the gravity of what’s at stake, performance reviews can feel pretty uncomfortable. And when you’re made to feel uncomfortable, sometimes you aren’t always the most conscious of (or careful with) your words. But if there’s one time… read more
By Barry O’Reilly The way most companies approach performance management is completely broken. Everybody knows it, yet there aren’t many companies or managers seeking more progressive approaches. Leaders continue trying to put people in boxes rather than thinking about how they can create opportunities for people to do their best work, maximize their potential and… read more