Top 10 fast casual food safety challenges

The fast-casual restaurant segment has seen tremendous sales growth in the face of a turbulent few years for the overall restaurant industry.

With a tight labor market and declining traffic, restaurants have been forced to do more with less. That can lead to gaps in training, cutting corners, and other practices that impact food safety. Knowing your restaurant’s high-risk tasks can help you identify what food safety key performance indicators (KPIs) you should measure and report on.

Steritech analyzed more than 3,000 assessments conducted at fast casual brands in the first 7 months of 2022 and the results showed that many of the top food safety challenges brands encountered centered on routine cleanliness, sanitation, and equipment care. Are they a risk in your restaurant?