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Protecting Your Business from Fraud and ID Theft

Think your catering business is immune from identity theft? So did Banquets Unlimited in North Huntingdon, Pa. Then an employee stole more than $8,000.

Latin Flavor

You may have tasted Chef Lorena Garcia’s tapas at the airports in Atlanta, Dallas-Fort Worth or Miami. Or you might have discovered Garcia’s cuisine on a trip to Las Vegas, where her CHICA restaurant occupies an enviable spot at The Venetian Resort on the Strip.

Super Food

Centerplate hosted its 15th Super Bowl on Feb. 2 at Hard Rock Stadium. For Super Bowl LIV, the company employed more than 3,000, including 20 executive chefs, and utilized nine kitchens to serve concourse concessions as well the stadium’s luxury private suites and all-inclusive clubs.

Association Reports: Restaurant Industry Has Lost Two-Thirds of Workforce

National Restaurant Association Calls for Congress to Enact “Blueprint for Recovery” to Help Industry Survive From beloved corner diners, to favorite

Update on Feeding America: How to Help as Demand Rises for Food Bank Resources

Many Americans have responded to the COVID-19 crisis by helping their neighbors in need. America’s Food Fund—a GoFundMe campaign led by Leonardo DiCaprio and Laurene Powell Jobs, benefiting Feeding America and World Central Kitchen—has raised nearly $14 million as of April 17. Jeff Bezos contributed $100 million to Feeding America’s COVID-19 Response Fund. Yet Feeding America—the largest hunger relief organization in the U.S.—continues to see demand for its food banks rise as a result of the crisis.

Skilled sewers make masks at Sterno’s plant in La Porte, Ind.

Sterno Factories Switch Gears to Manufacture Masks and Hand Sanitizer

Just as caterers and restaurants are responding to community needs arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, so, too, are foodservice equipment manufacturers. Sterno Products is doing its part by helping to fulfill the demand for two products that help people stay safe and healthy—face masks and hand sanitizers.

FOH Health Essentials’ gloves are in high demand.

FOH Launches FOH Health Essentials, Providing Personal Protective Equipment

To help combat shortages, FOH has launched FOH Health Essentials. The division is FOH’s third brand, joining Front of the House and room360 by FOH. FOH Health Essentials offers a wide range of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), including disposable face masks, gowns, thermometers, gloves and more. The PPEs are stocked in FOH’s Florida and California distribution centers for immediate shipping across the U.S.