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Restaurant Daily News 9 3 Tuesday, May 21, 2019 product innovations like ReadyCarved™ Flame Broiled Off-the-Cone Slices from Grecian Delight, any operator can now serve popular ethnic street foods like gyros, shawarma and al pastor. At the 2019 National Restaurant Show, Grecian Delight is being recog- nized with FABI Awards for its new ReadyCarved Natural Halal Shawarma Slices, available in Beef & Lamb and Chicken, plus its new ReadyCarved Al Pastor Pork Slices. These new additions join ReadyCarved Gyro Slices which were introduced in early 2018 and avail- able in Beef & Lamb and Chicken. ReadyCarved Flame Broiled Off- the-Cone Slices are the quick and easy way to add real, authentic ethnic street foods to any menu. New ReadyCarved Al Pastor and Natural Halal Shawarma feature cuts of meat that are tumble marinated, then hand stacked by artisan carvers to 500-pound cones, flame broiled, robotically sliced and individu- ally quick frozen to lock in that cone- carved freshness and flavor. ReadyCarved Slices go from freezer to plate in four minutes or less. No extra space, labor, special skills or equipment needed. ReadyCarved Slices can be heated on a flattop grill, in an oven, high speed oven, impingement oven or even a microwave, making authentic ethnic street food a possibility for any operation. Beyond their classic sandwich for- Grecian Delight (Cont'd. from p. 1) mats, ReadyCarved Slices have applica- tions all across the menu. These authen- tic ethnic proteins make delicious and exciting additions on salads, in popular ethnic bowls, omelets, breakfast sand- wiches, on loaded French fries, Mediterranean nachos, Mezze-style sampler or shareable platters, or even as pizza toppers. In addition to the FABI Award recognition for ReadyCarved Al Pastor and Natural Halal Shawarma Slices, Grecian Delight was also the recipient of a third 2019 FABI Award for its reformu- lated Skhug sauce (a.k.a. Four Pepper Cilantro Sauce). Skhug is a spicy Middle Eastern sauce and a traditional accompa- niment to shawarma and falafel, but also has great applications with any meat, as a salad dressing, pizza drizzle or mix in with hummus or Greek yogurt for an amazing dip. Skhug has been called out by Technomic, Datassential and NRA's What's Hot Annual Chef's Survey as a trend for 2019. Grecian Delight, A Pure Mediterranean Foods Company, brings you the very best of Greek and Mediterranean cuisine with products including gyros and specialty meats, pitas and flatbreads, tzatziki, hummus and spreads, falafel and additional Mediterranean specialties. Visit Grecian Delight at booth #812, South Hall. For more information, go to www.greciandelight.com or call 800.621.4387. at any time. They are free of odors and have low operating costs. The output is grey water that is safely discharged into the sewer system. Each LFC biodigester reports the amount of waste ingested on its touchscreen and sends that data to the cloud. The information about usage and statistics can be accessed anywhere on any device. By diverting waste food from land- fills, you will save money on the col- lection of trash with a payback that is typically two years or less. By elimi- nating smells, flies and rodents around trash bins, you will improve cleanli- ness, and by removing the need for plastic bags and the staff having to take trash out of the kitchen, you improve operations. By keeping the waste food out of the landfill, you are significantly reducing your carbon footprint. With the LFC cloud you can easily create reports for any stakeholder. The LFC biodigesters use aerobic digestion to break down the waste food. Power Knot (Cont'd. from p. 1) A proprietary blend of naturally occur- ring microorganisms digests the waste rapidly; these are supplemented once per year. The mechanism is not maceration, so the exiting water comprises mostly digested material that has been converted to water. A motor in the machine turns the contents of the drum slowly – and only for a quarter of the time – to ensure no physical breakdown. Energy con- sumption is very low and operating costs are minimal. As a profitable company with installations globally, Power Knot is a market leader in kitchen food digesters. Its LFC biodigesters are the most technologically advanced machines available and the company offers a three-year warranty. The LFC biodigesters offer a payback period typically of less than two years. Power Knot designs, develops and manufac- tures all LFC biodigesters at its head- quarters in the capital of Silicon Valley, California. For more information, go to www .powerknot.com. you can see in our booth that we provide a lot of options for foodservice employ- ees who want to look good, stay safe from slips and falls and be comfortable throughout their shifts. RDN: Tell our readers about the SKECHERS Direct Corporate Shoe Program. Who can join? HS: Our corporate shoe program has been out for about seven years now and it's available to companies with 200 or more employees who are based in the U.S. or Canada. It's a cost-free program with no minimum purchasing require- ments, no set-up fees, no costs whatsoev- er. Your employees simply buy direct from SKECHERS and get 30 percent off year-round on our ASTM Mark II tested slip-resistant work shoes and corporate casual styles. If your company does not meet the minimum employee require- ment, we can set you up on our 25 per- cent off program. RDN: Can you accommodate companies with uniform requirements that include shoes? HS: Yes. Purchases can be made online on our SKECHERS Ecommerce site that's custom-built to the uniform needs of your company. If you require black slip-resistant shoes, your employees won't see a brown boot on the website, so they can't buy it thinking that it would be okay to wear to work. That's the beauty SKECHERS (Cont'd. from p. 1) of our program compared to many of our competitors. RDN: How long does it take to get the shoes ordered through the website? HS: Orders usually ship within 48 hours and online orders receive free shipping and free returns. If you have an employee that you hire to start the next day or would simply like to try on their shoes before purchasing, they can also shop at any of our 500-plus SKECHERS retail stores nationwide and in Canada. We have a SKECHERS retail store in every major city and this is an enormous bene- fit that none of our competitors can touch. RDN: Are there any other benefits? HS: Yes. Our slip-resistant shoes come with a $5,000 slip and fall warranty that helps protect your company from the expensive consequences of slips and falls. Plus, your employees will enjoy our quar- terly friends and family day events, which allow them to extend their 30 percent dis- count on SKECHERS shoes for the entire family, including kids' shoes, sandals, casual shoes and our performance line of running, walking and golf shoes (over 3,000 styles to choose from). This is anoth- er employee benefit that our competitors can't offer, as they only make work shoes. For more information, visit the SKECH- ERS Direct Booth in the South Hall at booth #3126. After the show, call Harold Surabian at 310.318.3100, ext. 1860 or email haroldsu@skechers.com. you need a little treat. Are you in the mood for something a little richer? We also have our guilt-free rich Chocolate Cake covered in fudge frosting and dark chocolate shavings, or our scrumptious Carrot Cake covered in dairy-free cream cheese frosting with toasted coconut. If you are at a birthday party or dinner gathering, there won't be any leftovers of these cakes, so get the party started! Or stay in and eat the whole cake by yourself. No matter the time of day, our prod- ucts are healthy treats that will keep you going and satisfy any hunger cravings. If it's first thing in the morning with a bowl of our uniquely soft granola or a late- night chocolate brownie snack, you will not feel guilty enjoying our products, because they are good and good for you. Handmade wholesome goodness, nutri- tious and delicious! Flax4Life (Cont'd. from p. 4) Muffin Flavors: Wild Blueberry, Carrot Raisin, Chocolate Chip, Cranberry Orange, Apple Cinnamon and Hawaiian Pineapple. Brownie Flavors: Chocolate, Toasted Coconut, Dark Cherry, Cappuccino, and new Chocolate Mint. Granola Flavors: Apple Cinnamon, Chocolate Chip, Pineapple Coconut & Mango, Banana Coconut and Cranberry Orange. Toaster Bun Flavors: Original, Everything and Cinnamon Raisin. Cake Flavors: Chocolate and Carrot. Visit Flax4Life at booth #10509. For more information or to order a sam- ple, go to www.flax4life.net, call 360.715.1944 or email customer service@flax4life.net. Follow the company on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. place it in a cold-holding unit, the accu- racy may exceed the +/- 2 degrees Fahrenheit error margin requirement. 3. Equipment Malfunctions and Failures Even the best cold-holding equipment will suffer from maintenance hiccups, and eventually, total failure – taking restaurateurs by surprise if they didn't realize there were problems. Careful tem- perature tracking can reveal patterns of behavior, like temperatures fluctuating over time, that can enable restaurants to take care of the issue before the device fails and inventory sits at unsafe temper- atures until someone happens to notice. 4. Fraud Not all worker fraud is malicious. Often, it's just lazy practices. If the boss isn't around, why not just fill out the paper- based temperature logs in advance? Unfortunately, a lazy employee means the restaurant may miss equipment mal- Food Safety Failures (Cont'd. from p. 4) functions or other issues, as described above, until it's too late. Digital check- lists and automated temperature sensors can save the day here; they can either automate the process (removing the worker from the process entirely) or impose controls that force the worker to fill out checklists and logs when, where and how they're supposed to. 5. No Alerts One of the biggest risks in food safety: you don't know what you don't know. If your food safety system depends on someone checking all temperatures all the time, the system is prone to problems. An automated system can generate alerts via email, text message or even phone any time temperatures go out of spec – potentially saving your restaurant from an extremely unpleasant surprise. For more information, visit booth #9442, go to www.compliancemate.com, call 678.526.4628 or email info@ compliancemate.com.