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He’s Not Even Dead Yet! Restaurant Expert Witness, Howard Cannon and Wikipedia
Thought you knew everything there was to know about Restaurant Expert Witness, Howard Cannon? Think again! We are so excited to announce that our CEO, Howard Cannon, now has his own Wikipedia page! Check it out at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Cannon_(author)...
Hazards in Restaurants
We Need Safe Restaurants Common Hazards in Restaurants Somewhere between 4 to 10 people will die today in restaurants. This will be repeated again tomorrow and the day after that and so on and so on. Before this calendar year is out, thousands will be dead; literally...
Flashback Friday: A History of the Hairnet
Flashback Friday {A History of the Hairnet} Hairnets: customers love them and employees hate them. They are a common sight in the restaurant industry, but that was not always the case. Around the year 1920, a “hair in the soup” went from being something...
Restaurant Expert Witness Howard Cannon Discusses “The General Duty Clause”
The General Duty Clause Restaurant Expert Witness Howard Cannon Discusses How it Impacts the Restaurant and Bar Industry We all have duties and responsibilities, but did you know that the term duty is actually a legal term and virtually every restaurant employer and...
How Not to Kill Your Customers: 5 Tips for Creating A Food Allergy Safety Strategy
How Not to Kill Your Customers 5 Tips for Creating a Food Allergy Safety Strategy Every 3 minutes, an allergic reaction to food sends someone to the emergency room – that means food allergies result in an estimated 200,000 ER visits a year. According to a...
The Different Departments…Restaurant Expert Witness
The Health Department The health department makes sure that what you eat is safe. It exists in local government to ensure that food service establishments operate in a sanitary manner that complies with food safety and sanitation guidelines. Without a permit from the...
Ask Good Questions…Restaurant Expert Witness
Ask Questions That Get the Applicant to Talk About Important Things People say an interview is supposed to be 80 percent of the applicant talking and 20 percent of the interviewer talking. This 80/20 rule seems fine, but getting an applicant to talk about things of...
Knowing What You’re Looking For…Restaurant Expert Witness
Knowing What You’re Looking For When you interview for restaurant workers, the quality of the person is more important than the person’s technical skills. If you have the right person, you can teach him or her almost all the technical requirements in the restaurant...
Reference List Recruiting…Restaurant Expert Witness
Reference List Recruiting I ask every person I interview (either face to face or over the phone) for a list of five to seven references of people who work in the restaurant industry. I want the personal contact information of high-caliber individuals who can give me...
Prepare your Calendar…Restaurant Expert Witness
Building a Starting Calendar When do you want your staff to begin work? Of course, it would be nice to find sharp people and have them start immediately even though you don’t open for another three or four months. But that is not reasonable or affordable. Some people...