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Seven Questions Restaurants Should be Asking About Insurance Coverage

Modern Restaurant Management

While maybe less cute than National Pet Day (4/11) and less tasty than National Cheeseburger Day (9/18), National Insurance Day on June 28 encourages businesses to shop around for the BEST insurance partner to ensure financial success and safety for all involved. How Will my Coverage Apply to Off-Site Events?

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Restaurant Safety: How Restaurateurs Can Improve their Risk Profiles

Modern Restaurant Management

These issues have translated to the industry’s insurers as well – causing even more headaches for restaurant owners. The restaurant insurance market has seen rising costs to insure and as a result, carriers have come and gone from the market. We also recommend post-incident training to ensure incidents do not repeat.

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Pandemic Reflections: What Lessons Has the Restaurant Industry Learned?, Part Two

Modern Restaurant Management

The Double-Edged Sword of Social Media Social media has reshaped how restaurants connect with guests, offering instant access to specials, menu highlights, and community events. While many companies still don’t offer health insurance, I have a number of clients offering health care through online medical services, such as.

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Save Big: Top Restaurant Tax Deductions & Credits

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Mileage: Drive Off Some Taxes Delivering food or catering events? 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. Staff pay: salaries, insurance, bonuses.

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Pandemic Reflections: What Lessons Has the Restaurant Industry Learned?, Part Three

Modern Restaurant Management

From a legal perspective, Insurance : the pandemic highlighted the limitations of insurance policies. Several high-profile restaurant groups brought litigation against insurance companies for their coverage position, but were ultimately unsuccessful. We were a sourcing and hiring platform for restaurants. more an hour.

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28 Strategies to Cut Costs in the Restaurant Business

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Examples of fixed costs for a restaurant include rent, insurance, and equipment lease payments. However, finding ways to negotiate lower rent or insurance rates, or to optimize equipment usage can help to reduce fixed costs. On the other hand, variable costs are expenses that change with the level of production or sales.

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Restaurant Profit Margin: 7 Ways To Actually Make Your Operation More Profitable

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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. This is all the income from your food and beverage sales, catering, branded merchandise, packaged goods, venue hire, etc. Labor costs. More traffic. Less spending.