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Five Guys and FoodLogiQ: Working Together and Partnering for Success

Guest blogger Robbie Wiggins, a FoodLogiQ Customer Success Manager, shares highlights from his visit to Five Guys headquarters in Lorton, Virginia.

Hello, World!  It’s me again - Robbie, your ever-excited FoodLogiQ Customer Success Manager. Today I want to talk a bit about what it means to be in a successful business partnership.  

When I think of working together in a partnership, several words come to mind: support, commitment, and open and honest communication, just to name a few. And while we here at FoodLogiQ truly value all of our business partnerships, today I want to focus on one in particular.  It was launched in April 2017, when Five Guys  began collaborating with FoodLogiQ to gain greater insight into their supply chain, centralize their supplier management, and utilize quality issue tracking and reporting to accomplish their business goals.

Learning from Hurricane Florence: Managing Food Supply Chain Disruptions

Disruptions, especially those caused by variables beyond our control, are bound to occur in the food supply chain. These include political upheavals, economic meltdowns and natural disasters. Hurricane Florence recently swept through North Carolina, the location of our main office, leaving in its wake billions worth of damaged property and infrastructure. Agricultural losses are estimated at $1 billion dollars. For anyone in the food industry, it's a not-so-gentle reminder of the often powerful impact of supply chain disruptions.

Active Managerial Control at the System & Operational Level

Join FoodLogiQ for a live webinar on Wednesday, September 12th, 2018 at 2:00 pm ET when we'll talk with Dr. Ben Chapman at North Carolina State University and Eric Moore at Testo about Active Managerial Control (AMC).

According to researchers at Johns Hopkins, the cost of a single foodborne illness outbreak at a restaurant could range between $3,968 and $2.6 million, depending on the severity of the outbreak, how much the company would have to spend on fines, lawsuits and legal fees, as well as the number of employees affected by the incident. 

Tyson Foods Selects FoodLogiQ to Connect Supply Chain

Leading protein-focused food company will leverage FoodLogiQ’s supplier management and reporting solutions

FoodLogiQ, the leading SaaS provider of food safety compliance, whole chain traceability, and supply chain transparency solutions, announced today Tyson Foods has selected its FoodLogiQ Connect’s Manage + Monitor product for global supply chain visibility, streamlined supplier management, and quality issue tracking and reporting.

Food Safety and Quality in Chef-Driven Fast Casual

There’s no doubt consumers love fast food. Fast casual dining has been on the rise since the late 2000s, and the movement has drawn the interest of food industry professionals at all levels, including chefs. In 2016, more than 1,600 chefs surveyed by the National Restaurant Association identified chef-driven fast casual concepts as a top trend, next only to local food sourcing.