The coronavirus pandemic has accelerated the digital transformation of the food service industry faster than anyone had ever predicted. Adoption of IoT technologies, such as remote sensors, analytical software, and omnichannel delivery platforms have been immensely helpful to alleviate the ongoing customer behavior changes, labor shortages, and supply chain issues. That’s all great news. But there’s still more we...

Written by SmartSense | February 17, 2022 | Food Safety, Supply Chain, COVID-19, Coronavirus, Food Service, Innovation

While the nation transitions into months of cooler weather we only need to look back to the previous summer to acknowledge that our world continues to get much warmer with July 2021 being the hottest month ever recorded. On-the-job illness related to the lack of facility heat index monitoring is now as threatening as the COVID-19 pandemic to the health and safety of food service workers.

Written by SmartSense | November 11, 2021 | Food Safety, Connected Facility, Supply Chain, Innovation, OSHA

The COVID-19 crisis has radically altered the largest global retail category, food and beverage, and the post-pandemic market may very well prove to be the historic tipping point in the digital transformation of the grocery sector.

Written by SmartSense | September 20, 2021 | Food Safety, Connected Facility, Supply Chain, Data, Grocery

This post is the second in our series about how grocers are dealing with the legacy of COVID-19 in a post-pandemic market. In this post, we look at the issue of sustainability, and how consumers and business remain committed to their goals.

Written by SmartSense | September 14, 2021 | Food Safety, Connected Facility, Supply Chain, Grocery, Innovation

This post is the first in a series of three that look at how the grocery sector is dealing with the legacy of COVID-19 in a post-pandemic market. In this first post, we focus on the broken supply chain and see how the public sector is trying to fix it, in large part by recommending digital technologies.

In the second post, we survey how grocers are committed to sustainability goals despite the ongoing challenges of...

Written by SmartSense | September 2, 2021 | Food Safety, Connected Facility, Supply Chain, Grocery

In a previous post, we discussed the importance of each stage of the supply chain doing its part in minimizing food safety risk. The federal government created the Food Safety Modernization Act in 2010 as a culmination of past food safety laws, taking a more proactive approach.

Ten years after its passage, FSMA continues to revolutionize the food industry. For detailed year-by-year updates to the law, you can visit...

Written by SmartSense | June 1, 2021 | Food Safety, FSMA