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10 Cash Flow Management Best Practices for Restaurants

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No matter the size of your restaurant, one truth remains: cash flow is king. Restaurant cash flow management is the lifeblood of your business. Yet, while most small business owners know this truth, many still struggle with basic cash flow definitions, fundamentals, and management strategies that actually maximize benefits.

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TWENTY COMMON MISTAKES INDEPENDENT RESTAURATEURS MAKE

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Well, you have all heard the statistics about success and failure when food and beverage are involved, so I won’t repeat them. Every business requires controls in pricing, consistency, quality, and cash handling. Social media is very inexpensive, but someone needs to effectively manage it every day and every way. Service is off.”

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What to know about New Jersey tip laws

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A modern restaurant management system can help with compliance. If the restaurant management chooses to pay some or all of the service charge out to staff, that money counts as taxable wages, not tipped income. Managers, supervisors, and employers can’t receive funds from tip pools either. per hour) and tips.

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A CPA’s Insight on Top Issues Restaurant Owners Face

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For restaurant owners, there are a number of issues in their workplace keeping them up at night and hindering them from successfully managing and operating their restaurant efficiently. Money and Inventory Management The profitability of a restaurant depends on the careful management of cash flow.

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What To Know About New Jersey Tip Laws

7 Shifts

A modern restaurant management system can help with compliance. If the restaurant management chooses to pay some or all of the service charge out to staff, that money counts as taxable wages, not tipped income. Managers, supervisors, and employers can’t receive funds from tip pools either. per hour) and tips.

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Expanding Your Business? Seven Tips to Improve Cash Flow to Fund a New Location

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It is important to consider if the first location has the cash flow to help financially carry the second location for a period of time if needed. Below are seven tips to improve the cash flow and make the most out of a current location to ensure a steady stream of revenue to serve as a buffer through those first months.

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What the Heck is a KPI and Why You Should Give a Sh*t

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To get you started down the KPI Mastery path, let’s start with the basic metrics: Cash Flow. Cash flow is simply the amount of money going in and out of the restaurant. It’s essentially how much cash you have on hand. Cash flow = Cash input - cash output. Allow me to help you manage your KPIs.