— By Jessica Schultz — Don’t slip up this winter and let your patrons down. Preventing and managing slip-and-fall accidents at your locations is just as important as all other exterior and interior maintenance items. Being in the middle
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— By Anthony Dilenno — Balancing economic and environmental responsibility. For restaurants and retailers, COVID-19 has disrupted every aspect of business. With so many critical issues that have risen to the top of the list of concerns, recycling programs
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— By Richard Boothman — Increasing winter heating efficiency. Restaurants, retail outlets and shopping centers face plenty of efficiency challenges with heating during the winter. There are, however, easy tweaks, procedures at startup and specialized equipment that can save
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— By Jeff Rabbitt and Ruba Younan — A case study in restaurant design authenticity. The past couple of years have been marked by a shift in restaurant design towards authentic environments that reflect their surrounding context, people and
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— By Patrick Scheb — Keeping customers safe and happy: It all starts with a clean restroom. Does anyone know a restaurant that is following social distancing?” “Are there retailers that are taking safety precautions seriously?” “Which
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— By Frederic Perreault — Hand hygiene is a two-part process. While COVID-19 has brought the importance of hand washing to the forefront of discussions about how to stop the spread of germs and bacteria, a critical element
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— By Julie Fields — With cooler temperatures on the horizon, restaurants will be forced to find indoor dining solutions. Restaurants have been through the wringer since the Coronavirus pandemic reached the United States earlier this year. We have
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— By Patricia Hottel, BCE — All pests will have certain environmental preferences and survival needs. When the right conditions are met, pests thrive. Sanitation, employee practices, facility processes, and structural and equipment design can either hinder or help
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— By Nelson Salas — Commercial vs. residential plumbing: A business owner’s guide to hiring the right professional. Nowadays, navigating the plumbing world has become increasingly easy. Referral sites such as Angie’s List, Craigslist, Offerup and Thumbtack create numerous
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— By Phil Thomas — Air curtains with COVID-19 disinfection: How to present stores and restaurants that customers are confident to enter during a pandemic. Confidence is one game-changing factor restaurants and retailers must restore to regain patrons and
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— By John Goetz — Removing the fear from food: foodborne illness and prevention best practices. Foodborne illnesses can wreak havoc on the foodservice industry and its patrons. One in 10 people fall ill every year from eating contaminated
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— By Steve Peldiak — Hurricane response during COVID-19. This is one of the most active seasonal forecasts that NOAA has produced in its 22-year history of hurricane outlooks,” says U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross. “We encourage all
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— By Michelle Egan — What you need to know when adding or updating curbside pickup service. Prior to the pandemic, it could be argued that many (if not most) restaurants offered takeout while some actually had curbside pickup.
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— By Dan Villalpando — Key retail lease provisions to revisit in light of COVID-19. The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic forced many retailers to close their doors to customers beginning in March 2020, just as the overall economy
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— By Doug Engel — Protecting guests from COVID-19 in restaurants and retail stores without breaking the bank. Restaurants and retail stores have been hit hard by plummeting business and consumers shifting to buy goods online. Ensuring safe physical
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— By A.J. Dilenno — The importance of your parking lot during and after COVID-19. COVID-19 may have put dining out on hiatus in many areas, but that doesn’t mean customers have abandoned their favorite restaurants. To meet customer
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— By David Ramirez and John Prall — Have you disconnected your refrigeration equipment during quarantine? Check the measures to protect your equipment when turning it back on. During these times of coronavirus pandemic, quarantine and lockdown procedures,
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— By Steve Peldiak — What to look for in a surplus property managing partner. The safety of your families, workforce, partners and customers was understandably top of mind once COVID-19 emerged. Now we are all embracing the forthcoming
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— By Jon Dommisse — Six ways the pandemic is transforming restroom design. The global pandemic of COVID-19 is fast-tracking infection control technologies and products in public restrooms. While cleanliness has always been a goal in designing restrooms, coronavirus
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— By Patricia Hottel — Managing pests during the pandemic. Characterizing the effects of the pandemic on restaurant pests can be difficult due to the varied responses across the industry. Coping with COVID-19 challenges has resulted in varying degrees
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— By Crystal Jacobs — Restaurant cybersecurity and cyber insurance are more relevant than ever as online orders boom amid COVID-19. As the Covid-19 viral pandemic continues to cause major disruptions throughout the global economy, countless restaurants across the
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— By Marc Ferguson — A closer look at electrostatic sprayers. Of all industries, COVID-19 has impacted the hospitality industry just about the hardest. Now, as restaurants around the country begin to reopen, most are taking several steps to ensure
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— By Darren Waxman — Retail has changed forever. It’s time to make a pandemic pivot. The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically changed the way American’s interact, communicate, work, shop, and mingle. Social distancing has instantly become the new normal,
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— By Adam Walker — As the foodservice industry changes, fire protection technology offers smarter, more scalable solutions with electric detection for complex cooking environments. Today’s commercial kitchens are evolving to meet consumer demands. Dining destinations throughout the world
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— By Danny Miller, Transformative Wave — The airborne transmission of COVID-19 has impacted many retail and restaurant facilities in their ability to safely operate indoors. As facility operators look to comply with COVID-19 safety guidance, there are three
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— By Trent Limban — Snow season will sneak up on you! Now is the time to prepare. Although it’s summertime and blazing hot in most of the country, now is the time when multi-site facility managers should
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— By Thomas Holland — When you need disinfection and you need it fast, you have to be careful. As restaurants, retailers and other businesses reopen across the country, they are doing everything in their power to help
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