Harbor Touch

MARCH 18, 2025

Ive seen audits flag too-generous pay compared to industry norms. Work Opportunity Tax Credit: Hire Smart Hiring veterans, ex-felons, or folks from empowerment zones? The Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) gives you up to 40% of their first-year wages, max $2,400 per hire. Overdo it, and the IRS might squint.

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ChowNow

MARCH 14, 2025

Effective labor management means hiring the right people, providing thorough training , creating efficient schedules, and building a culture that keeps employees engaged. How to Solve It : Hire with retention in mindlook for candidates who fit your restaurants culture, not just the job description.

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Lavu

MARCH 7, 2025

Seasonal workers and new hires require ongoing security training, making consistent protection harder to maintain. These could include higher fees, mandatory audits, or even losing the ability to accept card payments altogether. Processing thousands of card payments each month makes restaurants attractive targets for cybercriminals.

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Lavu

JUNE 26, 2025

Even if you hire a professional to handle all the financial aspects of your business, you need to understand what is involved. For you to successfully manage accounting in your restaurant, you may consider hiring a restaurant accountant or investing in restaurant accounting software. So, what is restaurant accounting? Your accountant.

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Paper Chase Accountancy

JUNE 16, 2025

Audit Support: They keep records that can support business audits, helping to validate calculated ratios. Why should I hire a hospitality accountant for my restaurant? Data Organization: They organize financial data into categories, making it easier to calculate ratios. Then divide the result by total revenue.

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Paper Chase Accountancy

JUNE 16, 2025

Audit Support: They keep records that can support business audits, helping to validate calculated ratios. Why should I hire a hospitality accountant for my restaurant? Data Organization: They organize financial data into categories, making it easier to calculate ratios. Then divide the result by total revenue.

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Paper Chase Accountancy

MAY 30, 2025

IRS Audits: Inaccurate or incomplete records can trigger costly and time-consuming IRS audits, leading to significant penalties and fines. Advantages Over In-House Bookkeeping Cost Savings: Hiring a full-time, in-house bookkeeper involves salary, benefits, office space, and training costs.

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Lavu

MAY 16, 2025

Each new hire requires proper classification and documentation, while final pay for departing employees must account for accrued benefits and any outstanding tips. For example, state-specific rules around tip credits and overtime vary significantly, making compliance a challenge.

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Paper Chase Accountancy

JULY 10, 2025

Hiring professional bookkeeping services can offer benefits like informed decision-making, compliance assistance, and operational streamlining. Lastly, they should regularly perform financial audits, allowing them to identify and rectify any financial issues promptly. Learn more about our Accounting Services !

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Paper Chase Accountancy

JUNE 16, 2025

Free Up Time with Professional Bookkeeping Services in NYC Often, restaurant owners in NYC find that hiring professional bookkeeping services significantly frees up their time, enabling them to focus more on what truly matters – running their business.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Increased Workplace Audits : Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) audits have become more frequent, leading to potential fines and disruptions. Key Concerns for Restaurant Operators Workforce Shortages – With tighter restrictions on hiring immigrant workers, restaurants may struggle to fill positions.

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Paper Chase Accountancy

MAY 21, 2025

Questions to Ask Before Hiring a Firm “What percentage of your clients are in the hospitality industry?” Customized Performance Dashboards: Developing bespoke dashboards that track key hospitality-specific KPIs, providing actionable insights at a glance. How often do they communicate, and are they accessible when you need them?

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Paper Chase Accountancy

JULY 3, 2025

It’s not just about hiring an accountant; it’s about finding a partner with industry expertise who can add long-term value to your business. Services : Ensure they offer comprehensive services, from tax planning to audit representation. They’ll understand the unique challenges your business faces.

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Paper Chase Accountancy

JULY 7, 2025

By ensuring compliance with taxing authorities, they reduce the risk of penalties or audits. A boutique hotel in San Francisco hired a bookkeeping partner, leading to a 10% growth in revenue within a year. A Texas-based restaurant chain utilized an external bookkeeping service.

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Chowly

MAY 21, 2025

By consolidating over 10 tools into one systemmenus, listings, ads, pricing, POS integrationwe help independent restaurant operators cut costs and reclaim third-party revenue without hiring more staff. Learn how the Chowly Platform helps reduce costs Source: Kelso, Alicia. Nations Restaurant News, May 19, 2025 2.

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Paper Chase Accountancy

JUNE 26, 2025

Efficient Auditing : The digital nature of cloud bookkeeping simplifies the auditing process, making it less time-consuming and more accurate. Cost-effective : Outsourcing eliminates the need for hiring and training an in-house team, resulting in considerable savings.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

When It Goes Wrong: Real-World ICE Enforcement Cases Case #1: Chuy’s Mesquite Broiler – A Costly Mistake Chuy’s Mesquite Broiler , a restaurant chain in Arizona and California, came onto ICE’s radar in 2011 for knowingly hiring undocumented workers. military veteran whose documentation was questioned.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 3, 2023

Think of what your restaurant can accomplish with quality auditing. Audits can also help brands identify (and fix) areas of non-compliance, as well as spot (and address) potential threats. These significant benefits make it clear that regular quality auditing is a must for all restaurants. Luckily, the tide is turning.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 26, 2022

As inflation hammers restaurants, here are four ways to audit the true cost of HR. As costs rise and pressures pile up, the time is now to perform a complete audit of the true costs of human resources operations. We’ve included some straightforward steps below to guide in accurately auditing HR costs.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 27, 2022

All workers must be trained in food safety, not just upon hiring, but throughout their tenure. Audit differently. Now, food businesses – including ghost kitchens – are creating a culture of collaboration and development by changing their audit processes. Utilize digital tools. Continue focusing on food safety.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Organizations will need to prioritize broader social accountability, which includes hiring a diverse workforce to ensure your staff is representative of your increasingly diverse customer base. As a result, brands had to be flexible, adding remote audits and self-inspections instead of solely in-person audits.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 29, 2021

Number Three : Audit your time keeping. Number Four : Audit sales every half-hour in your POS system. They don’t want to or need to hire new employees for a week-long event. They’re not working, and they are milking the time clock. Make sure that your employees are punching in with the right job codes.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 17, 2023

Technology, like SaaS-based quality and audit software, has changed the ISO compliance process significantly, making it much faster, easier, more accurate, and less of an administrative burden. The certification is only valid for three years, and then restaurants need to pass a recertification audit every three years to maintain it.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 20, 2020

When new hires are starting that often, there's a whole host of training procedures that need to be conducted and cybersecurity warnings may very well fall by the wayside. Furthermore, Franchise Direct, as of 2018, determined that there were nearly 275,000 franchised restaurants in the United States.

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7 Shifts

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Step 1: Audit Your Current Location(s) Before you start planning for your future, take a look at your past and your present. Still, you should conduct a thorough audit of your current restaurant(s) before expanding your business further. Read on for our actionable, step-by-step process on how to expand your franchise.

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7 Shifts

JUNE 29, 2022

Compliance is complicated, and it can take up much of a franchisor's time and energy when all they want to do is open more locations, hire more great leaders, and serve more guests. With that in mind, it might be worth hiring a dedicated compliance worker to manage these issues, both proactively and as they come up. Location Audits.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Remember that it can also be expensive to hire and train new employees. Make sure you do a projection and daily audit to ensure your payroll costs are commensurate with your current revenue. In general, you should try to keep your payroll expenses to 20 to 25 percent of your maximum profit.

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EATER

JULY 24, 2020

To create equity and transparency surrounding salaries, the employees ask that salary ranges be provided for all new hires, and that no current staff or incoming hires make less than $50,000 a year. The Foundation is also in the process of hiring for a Human Resources position. “I

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 28, 2024

This ensures that new hires are aligned with the brand's expectations from the start. Regular Audits and Quality Checks : Conduct periodic evaluations of store performance, including mystery shopper programs, to identify and address inconsistencies.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 6, 2020

On top of that, California law requires employers to issue employees a Wage Theft Protection Act notice, restricts the type of information employers can seek and consider during the hiring process (for example, information about criminal and financial history), and requires employers to comply with a host of other laws.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 24, 2023

The first step in every ORM strategy is to conduct a brand audit. To do this, you should hire a dedicated social media manager responsible for creating your social image and monitoring trends. You can also match these mentions with data from a cloud based POS to gauge a product’s popularity and forecast its growth.

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Social Media Website Management SEO Customer Experience 493

7 Shifts

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Updating your payroll records in case of an audit. Hiring a payroll specialist or using payroll software can help you avoid common mistakes. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and IRS require businesses to keep three years of payroll records in case of an audit. Paying employees what they are owed on time. The best part?

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Hiring a third-party to conduct a waste audit, set up a bin system and train staff can help you establish correct protocols and realize the full benefits of recycling. Do It the Right Way. Establishing a recycling program can be a great way to save money, but it needs to be set up properly.

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Culinary Cues

DECEMBER 30, 2019

I am proud to be a chef and always will be, but a common mistake that restaurateurs make is to turn over the concept and the reputation of their business to that great chef that was just hired. No restaurant is an island. Every operation that serves prepared food is your competition.

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Cash Management Point of Sale Leadership Website Management 363

Go Hire- Restaurants

JUNE 18, 2025

Jeff shares how WardenAI conducts independent audits to certify that Recruiting AI tools are fair, transparent, and legally defensible. Jeff points out that high-quality Recruiting AI tools are designed for fairnessremoving identifiable info before scoring and undergoing third-party bias audits. Thats where ROI meets safety.

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7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Have there been any tax audits in the past three to five years? The easiest way to go through this is to hire an experienced restaurant attorney to guide you through. What staff will remain and who needs to be hired? Questions to ask: Taxes and Violations Are all taxes up to date and paid?

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 24, 2024

For restaurants, which often hire freelancers such as chefs, event planners and marketing professionals, this means meticulously documenting freelance agreements to avoid disputes and costly legal repercussions. Understanding Freelance Work A freelance worker is an independent contractor typically hired for compensation to provide services.

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