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EHO compliance
Food safety audit preparation: a labelling checklist for restaurants
Whether it's an EHO visit, a head office check or a client audit, auditors read your labels as evidence. A checklist for audit-ready restaurant labelling.
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Temperature monitoring
Paper, wireless or tap: choosing fridge temperature monitoring for a commercial kitchen
Handwritten logs, data loggers, wireless systems and tap-to-log sensors compared for UK commercial kitchens, with trade-offs of each fridge monitoring method.
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Digital labelling
How to manage food labels across 10+ restaurant sites when the Christmas menu goes live
Running 10+ restaurant sites through Christmas? A step-by-step guide to keeping food labels consistent at every kitchen, from initial setup to January review.
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Cost savings
Using prep and waste data to stop over-prepping
Over-prepping is a primary cause of waste in commercial kitchens. How to use prep and waste data to set par levels, reduce over-prepping and minimise waste.
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Temperature monitoring
Why paper temperature logs struggle in a busy commercial kitchen
Paper fridge temperature logs are easy to fill in from memory and hard to trust. Why that matters in a kitchen, and what an honest digital record looks like.
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Scalability
Building the business case for prep labelling across a restaurant group
A labelling business case for a restaurant group should rest on your own numbers. How to measure current cost and set trial targets procurement can sign off.
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Digital labelling
Food safety apps vs dedicated labelling devices: which suits a busy kitchen?
Phones and tablets can run food safety apps, but a busy kitchen asks a lot of shared hardware. How apps and dedicated labelling devices compare in reality.
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EHO compliance
What an EHO looks at on your prep labels
EHOs read prep labels as evidence of how food is stored and managed. This provides a field-by-field look at your labels, grounded in FSA and industry guidance.
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Digital labelling
Date code labels in commercial kitchens: what goes on them and how to print them
Date code labels tell the next chef what's in a tub and when it must be used. The details that belong on them and the main ways UK kitchens print them.
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Scalability
What is the best food prep labelling system for a restaurant chain?
For a restaurant chain, the best prep labelling system gives head office control while every site prints fast and consistently. Criteria we recommend using.
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Cost savings
How long does it take to see a return on a kitchen labelling machine?
A kitchen labelling machine usually pays back faster than operators expect. A five-step method for calculating it from your own prep volume and labour costs.
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Digital labelling
Prep labelling machines: what to look for in a commercial kitchen
Handheld or fixed, automatic dates, what it prints and more. Everything that separates a prep labelling machine that gets used from one that gets forgotten.
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