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How Insurance Needs Differ for Traditional Restaurants v. Mobile Food Businesses 

Modern Restaurant Management

Traditional sit-down restaurants and mobile food businesses have uniquely different needs when it comes to insurance. While there is some overlap in coverage needs, it’s important to understand the differences when it comes to insuring your business. Traditional Sit-Down Restaurant Insurance Needs. Dram shop law.

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2023 Reflections: The Year That Was in Restaurants, Part Three

Modern Restaurant Management

This may make sense in terms of distributor strategy, but BrewLogix is raising a cautionary flag for 2024 as it relates to the on-premise product mix. As it relates to technology, there’s no question more and more tap rooms, bars and restaurants are embracing technology. That may not be true.

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15 Restaurant Metrics to Know and How To Use Them

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Numbers can give us insights into everything from profits and losses to average customer spend to how often employees cycle through. Employee turnover rate. Labor cost includes all labor-related categories: Employees, both hourly wages and salaries. If it's not measured, it won't be managed. Food cost percentage.

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How DoorDash and Postmates Make an Already Dangerous Job Worse

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Dynamex stated that most workers are employees and that any company seeking to classify a worker as an independent contractor must meet a stringent burden of proof to do so. She explained, “I was always tight on money because I wouldn’t make enough, even working four or five jobs. It was very exhausting.” Superior Court.

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Ready for Takeoff: The Promise and Challenges of Restaurant Drone Delivery

Modern Restaurant Management

In June of 2020, a Buffalo Wild Wings franchisee based in Mobile, Alabama announced that it would partner with Deuce Drone to demonstrate a drone delivery system in August of 2020. However, restaurants seeking to capitalize on this new technology must navigate the aviation and privacy laws governing commercial drone operations.

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Direct Labor Cost: Definition, Calculation, And Tips From The Experts

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The dictionary definition of direct labor cost is: Wages incurred in order to produce goods or provide services to customers. The reality of the concept, though, goes well beyond just the hourly rate you pay your employees. Here are the employee’s details: Works full time Paid hourly Pay rate equals $20 per hour Requires 0.5

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How to Set Up and Run a Ghost Kitchen for Your Restaurant Business

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Shelter-in-place orders, dine-in restrictions and diners’ hesitation to eat out have combined to prompt restaurants to shift their focus to takeout and delivery. Sometimes called a virtual restaurant, virtual kitchen or cloud kitchen, a ghost kitchen is a food-service business that serves customers exclusively through online orders.