Food for Thought: Trust Is Your Best Ingredient

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Food for Thought

Insights, ideas and practical guidance for Ohio's restaurant, foodservice and hospitality professionals.

Trust Is Your Best Ingredient

September’s National Food Safety Month may have just ended, but a culture of food safety lasts all year.

Setting the Table

September’s National Food Safety Month is an important opportunity for the restaurant, foodservice and hospitality industry to recognize the people, practices and training that help keep guests safe. Food safety shouldn’t ever move off the priority list.

Food safety is a year-round commitment. It lives in the everyday decisions employees and leaders make, often when guests aren’t watching, such as washi...

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Food for Thought: Hospitality is More than Service. It’s Sharing Kindness.

Setting the Table

Summer is more than a season on the calendar. For Ohio's restaurant, foodservice and hospitality businesses, it's the season when your work is highly visible.

Patios fill with families and friends. Festivals bring visitors into communities. Caterers help celebrate weddings and graduations. Hotels welcome travelers exploring Ohio. Coffee shops become neighborhood gathering places. Breweries, wineries, food trucks and restaurants create experiences that become part of someone's favorite summer memory.

Busy seasons create opportunities to increase sales, welcome new guests and grow your business.

They also present an opportunity that's harder to measure but even more valuable: str...