The report will include findings from a survey of grocery chain operators that Technomic conducted in collaboration with Zenput in February 2021.
Some key findings include:
- Only 10% of grocery operators are able to address potential food safety concerns within 1 day; less than half are very confident that they can identify a food safety concern
- Fewer than 50% of operators are very confident that tasks (e.g.,sanitization procedures, temp checks) are executed correctly
- 65% of operators have implemented enhanced sanitization procedures during the pandemic, and most intend to make these changes permanent
- Each store audit takes district managers nearly nine hours to complete on average, and seven hours to create an action plan