Food allergies are becoming more and more prevalent in our society and they are becoming a concern across all sectors of our living. Some states are not placing into use mandatory training to insure that individuals with allergies are not put at risk. Due to the issue of food allergies many establishments now have to take a proactive approach to prevent individuals from suffering health consequences.

Key Takeaways:

• Food allergy incidents are occurring more and more frequently
• Poor quality control and proper health concern training is problematic at food providers
• Little unified, national, procedures and awareness of proper techniques to handle food.

“From my point of view, food allergies are one of this nation’s biggest public health concerns.”

http://www.fastcasual.com/blogs/the-peanut-butter-allergy-crunch-heard-round-the-country/

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Key Takeaways:

• Big data is becoming imporant in the restaurant industry.
• It’s easy to take advantage of big data.
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“Analyzing big data is vitally important to your business, as it will enable you to better understand your customers’ preferences, improve your menus and service, and generate greater revenues as a result of improving your customers’ experience”

http://www.fastcasual.com/whitepapers/how-big-data-is-revolutionizing-the-restaurant-industry/