QSR May 2022

Baked Goods For decades, choosing a baked goods supplier for a restaurant has meant choosing between true convenience and true crafts manship. European market leader Vandemoortele—and its bakery brand Banquet d’Or—set out to change that. The com pany’s authentic range of easy-to-bake, easy-to-love pastries and breads has ushered in a new golden era of planet-friendly product innovation. Restaurants and retailers no longer need to compromise—and their customers have never been happier. Crafted in Europe from traditional recipes and pure ingre dients, like real French butter, artisanal Banquet d’Or Bake’Up products are celebrated for their superior taste, texture, and Clean Label promise—all while saving businesses time, storage space, and logistics costs. Now, Vandemoortele has brought its passion for delicious pastries and modern innovation to the U.S. market. A family-owned company since 1899 with a long heritage of craftsmanship and service, Banquet d’Or has transformed the baked goods industry by constantly pushing the culinary pos UKDKNKVKGU QH VJGKT RTQFWEVU YKVJQWV UCETKƂ EKPI SWCNKV[ CPF VCUVG Featuring some of the most popular products in Banquet d’Or’s innovative portfolio, the freezer-to-oven Bake’Up line is proof of a rarely-seen commitment to both its clients’ business success and the satisfaction of the consumers who enjoy every bite of these artisanal pastries. It’s true: Bake’Up pastries go from frozen to perfectly baked in under 25 minutes. Bake’Up saves time, since there is no RTQQƂ PI FGHTQUVKPI QT INC\KPI CPF VJG NKPG CNUQ UCXGU WR VQ 60 percent on transport costs and storage space compared to pre-proofed pastries. Additionally, Bake’Up’s versatile line offers superior quality and is Planet-Positive, as it is Non-GMO and preservative-free. Featured products include the Bake’Up All Butter Croissant and Bake’Up All Butter Chocolate Roll, both made with only Clean Label ingredients. See the catalog and request samples at Banquetdor.us.

IT SECURITY

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Cybersecurity Solution With the growing number of online threats, cybersecurity has become a full-time job. Unfortunately, many quick-service restaurants lack the in-house IT tools and expertise to guard against today’s advanced cyberthreats. If restaurants are not actively preventing, detecting, and responding to security threats 24/7/365, they aren’t adequately protected. This is especially true for rapidly expanding franchis es. So how can restaurants get the protection they need within their budget constraints? 4GUVCWTCPVU ECP QHƃ QCF VJGKT UGEWTKV[ DWTFGP YKVJ C OCP aged endpoint protection service that scales as quickly as their businesses. The PDI Extended Detection and Response ( XDR ) service combines advanced protection tools with round-the clock monitoring by cybersecurity experts. PDI supplements restaurants’ own threat management efforts to prevent data breaches and business disruption. The company’s experts identify intrusions as they’re happening, so restaurants can extract them from their environment before they cause harm. With PDI XDR services, restaurants get fully managed anti XKTWU CPVK OCNYCTG CPF Ƃ TGYCNN VQQNU TQDWUV GXGPV EQTTGNCVKQP CETQUU VJGKT +6 GPXKTQPOGPVtKPENWFKPI VJG ENQWF CPF RTQCEVKXG 24/7/365 monitoring and remediation. Even if restaurants do have a dedicated IT security team, the sheer amount of device and network log messages can become overwhelming and cause legitimate threats to slip through the cracks. As part of the PDI XDR service, security analysts collect and analyze log events, freeing up IT staff to focus on their restaurants. Moreover, the PDI Security Operations Center ( SOC ) team is trained to keep restaurants running no matter what chal lenges arise. Learn more at pdisoftware.com/managed-security.

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