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A CPA’s Insight on Top Issues Restaurant Owners Face

Modern Restaurant Management

Consider investing time and money in further educational opportunities for your employees to grow professionally can greatly increase retention and reduce turnover. Restaurants must also adhere to a variety of local, state, and federal regulations, including licensing, building codes, and health and safety laws.

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2024 Outlook: Restaurant Trends and Challenges, Part One

Modern Restaurant Management

. – Amy Chen, COO, UPSIDE Foods License Plate Recognition (LPR) is already playing a vital role in business security infrastructure. Currently, License Plate Recognition is used to improve safety at drive-thrus by monitoring license plates and reporting incident disputes in case of investigations.

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How AI Is Enabling Restaurant Labor Compliance

Modern Restaurant Management

In addition to more wide-ranging compliance requirements like general health & safety guidelines and local labor laws, there are food and beverage-specific safety regulations , requirements for specialty licenses (such as those to serve alcohol), and unique stipulations on labor compliance, many related to the employment of minors.

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The Cultural Advantage: How International Staff Can Enrich Your Restaurant's Atmosphere

The Rail

Visa Laws and Regulations If you are hiring chefs and staff from abroad or if you are planning on expanding your restaurant internationally and wish to send some of your team to get it off the ground, then you need to ensure that your company has a sponsor license or that your employees have a work visa.

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THE MISUNDERSTOOD CHEF

Culinary Cues

When, as is quite often the case, the chef is expected to focus on being both a savvy businessperson and the passionate, determined, polished cook who defines the image of the restaurant then something gives. Typically, the operator wants items that demonstrate popularity or high expectations among the customer base.

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The Fight for L.A.’s Street Food Vendors

EATER

They say it’s very difficult, because you need permission, kitchen licenses, and all these permits,” he says in Spanish. After street food carts were legalized in Chicago in 2015, advocates had to fight to lower steep licensing fines , and vendors in the city still aren’t allowed to prepare food on their carts or at home.

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The Dinova Power Table: Kim Hoeckendorf of Boston Market

Modern Restaurant Management

She later had responsibilities for Licensed Store business at Starbucks and finished her career there in a rotational assignment, working in Human Resources, Learning and Development, and process improvement/lean thinking teams. Kim Hoeckendorf. What’s your advice for young professionals starting out in the industry?

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