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Why Restaurant Managers Quit and How to Lower Turnover
Turnover doesn’t have one easy explanation or a simple solution. People leave jobs for all kinds of reasons. While it’s easy to claim money is the reason people leave restaurants, that’s only true some of the time. For example, a new Restaurant Manager started working...
Tip-Pooling descision at the US Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit overturns its own decision on tip pools A divided federal appeals court ruled Feb. 23 that the Department of Labor has the authority to regulate the tip-pooling practices of employers who do not take a tip credit, including...
Hand Safety and Injury Prevention for the Restaurant Industry
Did you know that hand injuries are the #2 type of occupational injury in the restaurant business? Just behind falls and slips. Hand injuries are estimated to cost the restaurant industry about $300 million in workers compensation and missed days of work each year....
Proper Food Handling
Working in the restaurant industry and handling the food that customers eat is a big responsibility. You are the first line of defense against customers being affected by food borne pathogens that would cause illness from bacteria like Salmonella and E. coli, as well...
Non Profit Spotlight: Aloha Harvest
If you're a food establishment that has quality excess food to donate please consider partnering with Aloha Harvest, our local food rescue program. Aloha Harvest is a non-profit organization that rescues quality, donated food and delivers it free of charge to social...
Gelato World Championship
Congratulations to IL Gelato owner Dirk Koeppenkastrop Ph.D. and the entire Gelato Team USA for competing in the Gelato World Championship, in Italy. Koeppenkastrop was Team Captain and Gelato Maker for Team USA. His team scored 1st place in the Ice Carving...
Food & Menu Trends To Watch In 2016
The National Restaurant Association’s annual What’s Hot culinary forecast predicts food and menu trends for the coming year. For 2016, the NRA surveyed nearly 1,600 professional chefs – members of the American Culinary Federation (ACF) to find out what the hottest...
Things You Need To Know Before Signing Your Restaurant Lease
Jo McGarry has been writing about food, wine and whisky in Honolulu for more than 18 years. She hosts a weekly radio show Radio MoJo, and is the founder of a restaurant specialty company, MoJo, The Business of Food. There are many reasons restaurants fail. For...
How can a new year bring about new opportunity.
The days are flying by and before you know it, another month will have gone by. When do we get the time to stop and really take a look at what we need to do to grow our business? The answer is…..NEVER. So it’s more important now than ever to look towards our...