With the ever rising costs of energy bills, ingredients and wages, running a profitable food business can seem like an impossible task. Rationalising costs becomes a necessity, and can make good business sense - but don't cut corners when it comes to food safety!

Food Safety is everyone's business

Food safety is everyone's business - creating a culture when every member of your team  takes responsibility for creating and delivering safe food to your customers will enhance your reputation, and hopefully your profits. It can be tempting to cut back on team training when times are tough. But training is a vital business requirement, so instead of cutting back, look for options that offer you the best value, without reducing quality and effectiveness.

Online safety training can be both effective and great value - if you find the right provider for you. It's important to think about your team; how they operate, how they learn, what style of training is best for them? Are they mobile phone addicts who love to tap on screens and interact with content? Or are they more traditional learners who would prefer printed words and plenty of time to review and digest material?

The Safer Food Group online training has been designed to suit the needs of many different learners. Our new Level 2 Food Hygiene course is full of engaging graphics and interactive content. It can be studied at the learner's pace, and is accompanied by a course booklet to download and keep, as a helpful reminder of the course. To ensure no-one is excluded, our online safety training also features full accessibility features, to suit students with hearing, visual and learning challenges.

The benefits of great online training

The benefits of great training can be seen when your EHO visits. Feeling confident that any member of your team has the right answers to hand and can demonstrate how they put them into practice is priceless. It demonstrates to the EHO that food safety is an integral part of your business, not just a folder full of forms that is completed the day before inspection.

Knowing that they have the skills and knowledge to get food safety right every time helps reduce your stress about food poisoning or allergy incidents, giving you more time to concentrate on running a great food business - positives all round.