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June 29, 2009 — Portland, OR
The Liberty Northwest Board of Directors recently declared the ninth consecutive dividend earned for restaurants participating in the Oregon Restaurant Association (ORA) Safety Group Dividend Property & Liability Program.
June 29, 2009 — Portland, OR
Oregon Restaurant Association announces the following Restaurant Neighbor Award state winners for outstanding community service efforts: Jake’s Diner (Lyle Hicks, owner) for small business, Southern Oregon Elmer’s (Dave Thomason, owner) for mid-size business and Thomas Cook (Pacific Bells, Inc.) for the Cornerstone Humanitarian award.
June 24, 2009 — Portland, OR
Recent Oregon OSHA announcements for mandated safety committees and meetings for all Oregon foodservice operations call for understanding requirements for your business. ORA has compiled various informational links to understand these requirements, and provide resources for foodservice operators to meet those mandates.
June 17, 2009 — Salem, OR
ORA helps craft compromise to benefit consumers and assists members with compliance Oregon's new statewide chain restaurant menu labeling policy was signed into law today by Governor Ted Kulongoski. The Governor gave his seal of approval following passage of House Bill 2726 by the Oregon Senate on June 1, 2009 by a vote of 21-7, and passage by the Oregon House on May 15, 2009 by a vote of 43-15.
June 2, 2009 - Portland, OR
SP Provisions, a Portland, Ore., establishment is recalling approximately 39,973 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.
May 4, 2009 - Wilsonville, OR
For the fourth time in five years, the Bend High School Lava Bears brought home a national championship for Oregon, taking first place in the management competition at the National ProStart Student Invitational held April 23-27, 2009 in San Diego, CA. In the culinary competition South Salem High School placed sixth. Oregon Restaurant Association rewarded Bend and South Salem High School with an all-expenses paid trip to Nationals for winning the Oregon ProStart High School State Championships, developed and conducted by the Oregon Restaurant Association.
May 4, 2009 - Wilsonville, OR
Quality Chekd Dairies announced that Sunshine Dairy Foods of Portland, Oregon, is the 2009 recipient of the Irving B. Weber Distinguished Award for Quality Excellence. This top award honors Sunshine with a distinctive trophy and $25,000 check for their efforts in earning the highest scores of all Quality Chekd members in customer satisfaction, production quality, business ethics, leadership, staff development and marketing communications.
Human Cases of Swine Influenza Guidance for Restaurant Employee Communication
April 28, 2009 - Washington, DC
Now more than ever it is time to remind your employees that good hygiene practices are critical to preventing the spread of influenza as well as other potential illnesses. Following direction from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, guidance for communicating with employees is available on NRA's website at www.restaurant.org/swineflu.
April 28, 2009 - Washington, DC
Today the Center for Disease Control (CDC) hosted a media call and we wanted to provide you all an update. As we expected, things are rapidly changing.
April 27, 2009 - Wilsonville, OR
With dramatic changes using innovative interactive training techniques, Oregon Restaurant Association launched its newest version of online training products – the Food Handler Training and Certification program. A first-of-its-kind, the online food handler training and certification includes audio, video, animation and in-course quizzes to insure employees are receiving the best training possible.
Liberty Northwest and ORA Celebrate Long-time Participants in Workers' Compensation Hospitality Group Program
April 28, 2009 - Wilsonville, Oregon
In comments during a reception at the Northwest Foodservice Show in April, Liberty Northwest President and CEO Julie Burnett and ORA President and CEO Steve McCoid acknowledged companies who had been founding participants in the 25-year old Workers’ Compensation Hospitality Group Program.
Noting its inception in 1984, each of Burnett and McCoid highlighted the program's savings of over $85 million and thanked those companies in attendance, and the 70 companies who had been with the program from the beginning.
Today, the ORA endorsed service program covers over 1,000 companies and is specifically tailored to the hospitality industry’s needs. More details on the program can be found at online.
April 28, 2009 - Wilsonville, Oregon
ORA has received reports that some establishments may still be acting (knowingly or unknowingly) in violation of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act passed in 2003, and later updated in 2008. The original act mandates the truncation of credit card numbers so that no more than the last 5 digits are to be printed on any receipt provided to the cardholder at the point of sale or transaction. This has been in effect since 2006.
We would strongly advise you to check your POS systems or credit card processing equipment, and determine if you are in compliance; if not, it is highly recommended you check with your POS system or credit card processing provider regarding coming into compliance with Federal law.
April 9, 2009 - Wilsonville, Oregon
The Oregon Restaurant Association (ORA) announced its development of a resource guide for Oregon-based foodservice establishments to help them meet Oregon OSHA requirements for Oregon businesses to conduct monthly safety meetings or establish safety committees.
More details can be found in ORA's announcement. ORA's guide, which can be downloaded, will provide answers to, and assistance to the industry for meeting those mandated requirements.
April 3, 2009
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, a division of the Department of Homeland Security, began requiring the use of the New I-9 Form on April 3, 2009. Employers use the I-9 to document that employees are authorized to work in the United States.
March 15, 2009
The Oregon Restaurant Association today announced several new service offerings for its restaurant members designed to offer employees access to discounted health services, provide discounts on music licensing fees, and add to business bottom-lines through the paid recycling of waste vegetable cooking oils.
King Nut Companies, a distributor of peanut butter produced by Peanut Corporation of America, announces today that Salmonella has been found in their 5 lb. tub of peanut butter. Cases of Salmonella have been reported in 42 states, including Oregon.
In June 2007, the Oregon legislature passed a law making the Oregon Smokefree Workplace Law even stronger. The new law will expand the number of indoor workplaces that are required to be smokefree. The new law will also prohibit smoking within 10 feet of entrances, exits, windows that open, and ventilation intakes of workplaces or public places. For specific concerns/questions within Multnomah County, click here. For all other counties please contact your local health department with questions. Contact information can be found at http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/ph/lhd/lhd.shtml.
The new restrictions go into effect on January 1, 2009.
Courtesy of National Restaurant Association
Now is a good time to scrutinize the way you handle payment card information. The payment card industry recently released a new version of its security standards. Merchants must meet those requirements, known as PCI standards, as a condition of accepting most credit and debit cards. PCI standards are designed to make it more difficult for hackers to break into a merchant's computer systems and compromise customers' consumer credit and debit card information.
Free, online 24/7 customer service training for all hospitality and tourism industry employees in Oregon. Training emphasizes the importance of quality customer service to the success of your business and also teaches employees how to access statewide tourism resources to further assist your customers. Print an Oregon Q Care Customer Service certificate upon completion of the quiz at the end of the customer service training.
The National Restaurant Association recently launched a new environmental initiative called Conserve - Solutions for Sustainability. Conserve.restaurant.org hosts tools, tips and resources for restaurant owners looking to make eco-friendly changes within their establishments. One of the initiative's key messages - to conserve and become more sustainable as a whole - may help restaurateurs save money while saving the environment.
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