SpotOn

DECEMBER 30, 2024

A bar or brewery is considered to be the highest profit margin restaurant business with a gross profit margin on alcohol that's around 80%. But many owners don't account for the high fixed costs of bars —like repairs, insurance, and alcohol theft which can leave them with less profit than expected.

Operations

EATER

MARCH 11, 2025

But theres still no federal sick leave policy, and often restaurants still dont provide workers with health insurance or other benefits. During an after-dinner drink, I noticed our local bar still had a sign about needing to be vaccinated taped on the door, and, blessedly, an air purifier mounted on the wall.

Food Supply

Perfect Daily Grind

JULY 4, 2025

With arabica trading above R $2,000 per sack, cargo thefts have surged; 40% of Q1 incidents targeted food and drinks across ten states—pushing exporters to boost security spending and insurers to hike premiums. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) Fri, 4 Jul – SIGEP World 2026 will feature the Innovation Bar coffee showcase.

Pricing

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

percent and we expect it to drift lower throughout 2025, barring a major policy intervention or significant changes to Fed policy. However, proposed changes to Medicare which give more control of the program to the states and proposed work requirements in exchange for coverage, may serve to limit the total number of insured.

Small Business

PathSpot

JULY 1, 2025

We are delighted to announce our new collaboration between Rainbow Insurance and PathSpot Technologies. Bringing together state-of-the-art food safety innovation with highly specialized insurance solutions tailored for restaurants, cafes, and hospitality businesses. Claim Your Benefit Today!

Kitchen Safety

Society Insurance

MARCH 4, 2025

Society Insurance has spent 110 years helping protect businesses and has seen firsthand how nuclear verdicts have evolved in the U.S. Related Serving Up Protection: Navigating Liquor Liability in the Bar and Restaurant Industry What are the implications of nuclear verdicts on the rise? Recent data shows that U.S. Register Now!

Insurance

SpotOn

OCTOBER 25, 2024

For all memorable experiences and community ties, if your bar or restaurant isn’t making money, it’s not long for the industry. Don spent many late nights decompressing with his team at nearby industry bars, forging bonds that he’s kept alive to this day. Pirone finds business and good times at Burle's Bar.

Front of House

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Ahead of Halloween and spooky season, Society Insurance explores some of the scary factors, some more rare and some more common, that can affect premium rates. As these events become increasingly common, it comes as no surprise that premiums have risen as insurance companies pay out large claims.

Insurance

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 7, 2025

We have compiled best practices for bars, restaurants and other hospitality establishments to help protect their businesses against hail storms and other natural seasonal disasters to avoid costly storm damage insurance claims. This can be hazardous to you, your employees, patrons and the building.

Insurance

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 31, 2021

With the laundry list of everything bar and restaurant owners need to handle on a daily basis, proper insurance coverage should be top priority. With the guidance of a skilled agent that is well educated in the hospitality industry, bar and restaurant owners should be able to let the experts lead the way.

Bar

Go Hire- Restaurants

JULY 15, 2025

Some Recent “Text Recruiting” TCPA rulings: There’s a very active TCPA plaintiff’s bar, filing class action cases regularly. Illinois Farmers Insurance Co. Each TCPA violation has a penalty of either $500, or $1,500, per text message sent. million, plus attorney’s fees. Torchmark Corp. , In a 2016 Illinois lawsuit, Dolemba v.

Recruiting

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 23, 2021

But now as the cloud of COVID is starting to lift and things are going back to normal, it’s important to assess whether those things are actually covered on a restaurateur’s insurance plan. Reviewing current sales can help restaurant owners better reflect numbers to date, which can save them some money on their insurance.

Insurance

Society Insurance

JULY 18, 2025

THE IMPORTANCE OF SUPPORTING YOUR REMOTE WORKERS Here’s what our Society Insurance employees had to say about supporting remote workers: Employee #1 – “I think it’s most important to make remote employees feel like they’re still working in the physical office.

Communication

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The same goes for any restaurant or bar. Throughout my almost two decades of experience working with restaurant and bar owners these are the areas I always discuss with them when they decide to give their establishment a new look. Prepare Your Staff Staff members need to prepare for the painting of a restaurant or bar.

Bar

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 9, 2023

Society Insurance, which provides coverage to the hospitality industry, has put together four tips on how restaurants and bars can help create a safer environment on St. This can dramatically impact the bottom line for bar owners, which is why conflict resolution training is critical for bar owners and staff.

Bar

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Ahead of this year’s football season, the team at Society Insurance has put together the top four tips on how a restaurant and/or bar can protect themselves, their patrons and their employees as well as create a safer environment for football season and beyond. Obtain Liquor Liability Insurance.

Bar

7 Shifts

AUGUST 18, 2024

Opening and owning a bar is one of those unique life experiences; you have no idea what it will be like until you actually go for it. In this guide, we're covering everything you need to know about owning a bar to prepare as well as you can for the big opening day. How Do I Run a Profitable Bar?

Bar

Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 14, 2023

Restaurant insurance is complicated. Just as owners have to play many roles in management, marketing, and menus, their insurance has to protect their finances, patrons, and employees. And who has the time to read a 100-page insurance policy? These are often excluded from standard policies and be potentially costly.

Insurance

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 25, 2022

Society Insurance has compiled three tips to help find new customers for your restaurant and bar. This will help your restaurant or bar come up in search results for IP addresses in those areas. Position Your Restaurant or Bar for More Reviews. Your best restaurant and bar marketers are the customers themselves.

Email Marketing

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 25, 2021

At this time last year, restaurants and bars across the country went from being houses of entertainment and joy to being forced to close as part of wide-spread mandated shutdowns to stop the spread of an uncontrollable and unknown pandemic. Shock, uncertainty, and confusion took hold of our lives and businesses. The Biggest Challenges.

Hospitality

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Let us pass on the knowledge and expertise that we have gained in our 100+ years in the insurance business, so you can take a few things off your plate – and gain peace of mind. Restaurant and bar owners can mitigate these risks by hiring qualified professionals for installation, maintenance and cleaning service.

2024

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2020

US Foods Springs into Helping Bars and Grills. In other news, US Foods launched its Spring Scoop, “Raising the Bar: The Classics – Celebrated and Elevated.” ” Spring Scoop highlights include: Elevated, Upsell-Worthy Bar-and-Grill Favorites. ” GIG Rebrands Certification Group.

Bar

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Ahead of New Year’s Eve celebrations, Society Insurance, which provides coverage to the hospitality industry, has put together the top four tips on how a restaurant can protect themselves, their patrons and their employees as well as create a safer environment on Dec. Obtain Liquor Liability Insurance. 31 and beyond.

Insurance

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Another growing risk: nuclear verdicts over dram shop law violations, driving up the costs of liquor liability insurance. Quick service, fast casual and bars and taverns have exceeded where they were in February 2020. One of the impacts will be on employment practices liability insurance in 2024. Here’s an overview.

2024

7 Shifts

JULY 1, 2024

Running a bar is a lucrative business, proven by the fact that this industry is estimated to be valued at a whopping $36 billion in 2024. While this could be a rewarding venture, opening a bar is not exactly the same as opening a food business. How profitable is a bar?

Bar

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 21, 2023

Restaurants and bars are often targets for robbery, burglary and theft , so much so that the FBI ranks restaurants as the eighth most common setting for violent crime and nearly half of cyber-attacks target small businesses. Bullet cameras are small, narrow and include an infrared illuminator, which is ideal for low-light areas such as a bar.

Bar

Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 1, 2020

Across the US, we’ve seen reopenings followed by spikes in COVID cases following visits to bars and restaurants that are not maintaining social distancing and requiring masks. Bars across the country have opened up, others are still restricted to takeout, curbside pickup, and delivery only. Bars are still down 64 percent.

2020

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 27, 2020

We offer paid leave for all staff working 25+ hours, as well as 401(k) plan, health, dental, and vision insurance — but that’s not the norm in the restaurant industry. To work in pushing our nation forward, antiracist policies must be specific and an important focus for bars and restaurants.

Tip Distribution

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 13, 2020

If providing health insurance is not in your budget, what if you were able to give them access to high-quality, truly affordable healthcare? All you have to do is select a serious, low-cost 401(k) plan, even better if it is designed specifically for small companies like a bar or a restaurant, or for start-ups.

Healthcare

7 Shifts

JULY 12, 2024

Fixed costs Fixed costs are expenses that remain constant, including rent, insurance, and utilities. If transferring isn’t an option, you can try to reduce other fixed costs like insurance premiums. Bars Bars mainly serve alcoholic beverages and offer a limited food menu.

Food Truck

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 3, 2022

In 2020, 110,000 restaurants and bars in the United States closed permanently, according to the National Restaurant Association. Each year, insurers pay out $2.5 The COVID-19 pandemic has made life even more challenging for restaurateurs. Lockdowns and restrictions cut into hours of operation and profits.

Food

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 9, 2021

Based on the above, owners and employers that choose to require a vaccine should understand how their approach could impact their workers’ comp insurance liability. Many states also have individual guidelines as to what is covered under workers’ comp insurance for adverse reactions to voluntary vaccinations.

Employee Relations

Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 10, 2024

After a guest thief takes what they want, the restaurant must purchase replacements and eventually report the thefts to their insurance company, which in the long run will raise their premiums, creating another drag on profitability. And yet, the diner who walks out with your logo beer mug is damaging your restaurant’s bottom line.

Back of House

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 6, 2021

With restaurants clawing back and facing new challenges like vaccine credentials and new COVID variants, it’s a good time to check on an equally important, if less prioritized corner of the American dining and drinking sector – restaurant insurance. ” Key Insurance Issues for Restaurant Owners. Vaccine mandates.

Insurance

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 10, 2020

If you work in the catering industry, you’re probably no stranger to the high stress environment it can bring: demanding customers, busy bars, carrying food out, endless cleaning. A lot of young transitional workers are in the catering industry, so there aren’t many benefits such as health insurance.

Catering

Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

An increase in these injuries could result in higher insurance rates in the long term; in the short term, they disrupt your ability to operate at peak capacity and could negatively impact the morale of all employees. Consumption of alcohol in restaurants and bars can precipitate arguments that get out of hand.

Management

Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Proposition 22 requires companies with independent-contractor drivers to provide specified alternative benefits, including: minimum compensation and healthcare subsidies based on engaged driving time, vehicle insurance, safety training, and sexual harassment policies.

2020