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Restaurants Under Attack from Cybercriminals: How to Protect Your Business

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That's why it's essential for restaurants to consider cyber liability insurance. First, they typically store significant customer and employee data, including names, addresses, and credit card information. For example, POS systems have proven to be particularly vulnerable. Why Are Restaurants Vulnerable to Cyber Attacks?

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

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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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Restaurant Bookkeeping: Comprehensive Guide to Master Bookkeeping

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On a similar note, when searching for a modern cloud-based POS system to keep track of your sales, look for one that can be integrated into other restaurant software. Some of the best POS systems you can try include Toast, TouchBistro, and Square. Many restaurants opt to hire part-time employees to avoid this expense.

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What to Include in Your Restaurant Employee Handbook

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The words ‘employee handbook’ are enough to make any new hire quiver. Having to spend a shift—or even worse, your after-hours—reading through an employee handbook will sap the fun out of any new restaurant job. The introduction to your restaurant employee handbook Think of your employee handbook as a welcome to your restaurant.

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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. Total sales , from your POS. Employee Turnover Rate.

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Restaurant Labor Costs Every Store Manager Should Track

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With the help of actionable data and reporting, store managers can help control labor costs, without negatively impacting the customer experience or employee retention rates. Here are a few helpful labor cost terms, along with how they are related to your total labor cost. Hourly Employees. Salaried Employees.

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Essentials of Payroll Accounting for Restaurant Groups, Part 1

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From hiring and onboarding to running employee payments and paying taxes, payroll touches on many different parts of a restaurant business. You receive time in your Point of Sale (POS) system. Thus, your labor costs are spread out between your scheduling, POS, and payroll software. Tracking time occurs in many different systems.