Three Ways Senior Leadership Can Influence Food Safety Culture

Meeting financial goals, leading innovation, building brand, creating operational consistency… the responsibilities of a senior leader are unending, and all equally important to a business’s long-term sustainability and growth. As a senior leader in the restaurant and foodservice industry, you must juggle another important priority — food safety.Don’t worry, you don’t have to carry the torch for food safety alone, but you do have a responsibility to instill it as an inherent part of your organization’s culture, prioritizing it with equal importance to the other success indicators like financials and productivity. 

Beyond the influence of senior leadership on a corporate scale, executives should play a role in getting employees at all levels engaged in food safety as a critical part of the day-to-day operations. Whether you are ready to make a large organizational shift to prioritize food safety, or you are looking to reinforce your existing commitment to food safety…