Food Hazards When Receiving, Storing, Rotating and Labeling
To customers, it may seem like food magically appears on grocery store shelves, but grocery store workers know better. Behind the scenes, people are constantly at work: receiving shipments, stocking food on shelves, and rotating items. During these processes, there is...
Off-Premises Power Failure: A Costly (and Dark) Grocery Store Exposure
Grocery store owners may assume that their commercial property insurance will provide coverage in the case of major food spoilage after a power outage. However, this is not necessarily true. Many standard commercial insurance policies exclude losses stemming from...
Wire Transfer Fraud and Social Engineering Scams Threaten Businesses
Imagine you’re a high-level employee with access to your company’s financial accounts. You receive a call requesting a money transfer to cover urgent equipment issues. As the caller has extensive knowledge about company operations and employees, you believe it’s...
Reducing Pallet Accidents in Grocery Stores
Although businesses rarely think about pallets posing a risk, there have been several cases of employees suffering serious and even fatal injuries. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) reports a case where a worker died after being pinned between a...
