Top 10 convenience store food safety challenges

Convenience stores have dramatically expanded the range of foods they offer to meet consumers’ growing needs. That means that many stores are taking on food preparation and storage and handling tasks that are new to them. This can create issues when store employees either don’t know or can’t keep up with the proper food safety practices to keep food safe.

To determine the most commonly observed food safety challenges, Steritech examined data from more than 3,400 assessments at c-stores in the first 7 months of 2022. The results uncovered that vendor management, thorough staff training, and investments in routine maintenance can go a long way toward improving food safety.