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Catastrophic Incidents in the Restaurant Industry
Catastrophic incidents and injuries have an absolutely devastating impact on the restaurant industry that we know and love. Restaurants that are otherwise profitable businesses are having to close their doors from the overwhelmingly negative impact of: ➡️ slip and...
Visible Signs of Intoxication are Not Always Obvious
Alcohol servers, managers, ownership, and employee level personnel would do well to remember that visible signs of intoxication are not always obvious. The key to looking out for them in the restaurant and bar industry is having all alcohol industry personnel: ➡️ On...
Hot Coffee Cases Don’t Win on Temperature
Everyone's heard of the hot coffee burn case from the 90s. But not everyone understands it. For one, many people have no idea how serious of a problem drive thru hot coffee burns have become in the restaurant industry, let alone the causes behind it or the industry...
The Billions of Dollars Lost in Restaurant Lawsuits
If an incident happens in a restaurant that results in an employee, customer, vendor, contractor, or other being injured, harmed, sickened, maimed, or killed, you can bet that the lawyers will circle around it, its business, and its assets like ravenous crows. The...
What Causes Restaurant Scalds and Burns?
Restaurant drive thru scalds and burns from hot beverages have become a problem of epidemic proportions. The Burn Foundation states that the food service industry experiences the highest number of burns of any employment sector — listing job positions of cooks, food...
Restaurants, OSHA & Shared Space
Shared Space Applies to Your Restaurant Lawsuit! Why? Because OSHA applies to your restaurant Lawsuit! OSHA guidelines play a significant role in almost every kind of restaurant industry incident as it pertains to safety, health, and security, not just those involving...
Restaurant Murder and Theft
Restaurants and bars are prime targets for robbery, burglary, theft, murder and other criminal and violent activity - often resulting in injury, harm, and even death to employees and patrons. It is restaurant industry standard to have established written safety...
The 99+ Signs of Visible Intoxication
Identifying signs of visible intoxication matters when you put it the perspective that there are 39 deaths from a drunk driving incident across the United States...per day. Not every month or every week. Every day. You are likely already aware of that problem to some...
Restaurant Administrative Responsibilities
Consider the operational and administrative responsibilities that must be met to operate a business (any business), let alone make it into a viable and profitable venture that provides a source of income for not just one family but, in most instances, for many. At the...
Cups and Lids and Hot Coffee Spills
Cups and lids are the heroes we didn’t know we needed when it comes to protecting against hot coffee spills. But they can’t do their job if they are not used or stored properly. If cups are stacked upside down, or lids are stacked in a pile, the lip of the cup or lid...