No one wants to think that their employees could steal, but it happens. It may be as simple as occasionally taking home coffee packets from the breakroom or as serious as smuggling cases of meat out of the freezer.
Simple security measures include:
- Keep non-dietary employees out of the kitchen and storage areas.
- Lock the storage areas when not in use.
- Lock the kitchen when no one is in there.
- Keep any kitchen access areas separate from the main work areas locked.
- Carefully control access to keys.
- Monitor deliveries and do not allow delivery people to put away stock.
- Use a purchasing system with needed amounts compared to inventory.
- Monitor receiving practices and putting away stock.
- Monitor taking out garbage.
Another important aspect is to have policies and procedures in place on what constitutes theft and what will happen to employees caught stealing, educate all staff on these policies, and enforce them. Keep in mind that some people really do not see taking small items as stealing.
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