If you are in the food service industry, this white paper shared by Jim Klass may offer insight into the data you need to measure and how to get more value from it. Lack of Operator Visibility Threatens Growth Think about the burning questions you have about your foodservice business – the ones whose answers have always been out of reach. That list likely includes at least some of the following:  How is our volume spread across operator segments, and…

Tanya Khotin shares a stark reminder on the destruction of the Amazon rainforest and how it is linked to global industrial food chains. Deforestation is bad. Deforestation in Brazil is especially bad, which is bad because most deforestation is happening in Brazil. And it’s happening primarily due to the industrial food and agriculture supply chains – beef, mainly, and soy embedded in all animal protein. Not only are these global industrial food chains linked to deforestation, they’re also highly linked…

Jim Klass shares a PDF on rethinking the food service model to reduce friction. The essential point to grasp is that in dealing with capitalism we are dealing with an evolutionary process… At the heart of capitalism is creative destruction. …Situations emerge in the process of creative destruction in which many firms may have to perish that nevertheless would be able to live on vigorously and usefully if they could weather a particular storm.” —Joseph A. Schumpeter Overview The Foodservice…

  Jim Klass shares a downloadable PDF that provides insight into the current disruption of the food industry with examples on how to use technology to improve cash flow and remove friction in the supply chain.  Foodservice has changed… A new Model is needed, one that creates value for all partners in the supply chain Consumers will demand transparency, cleanliness and a frictionless digital experience Operators must maximize each guest interaction their menu, and even their unit layout must change…

  Amanda Setili shares a post that identifies a few ways we can take positive action during the current crisis. Billions of us worldwide are altering our behaviors during the covid 19 crisis, so that as many people as possible remain safe. When faced with a tough situation—even something big, like the coronavirus situation—I always ask: how can we mitigate the downside, and create some good? We are living in strange times, and things are changing every day. Schools are…