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What the CARES Act Means for Restaurants, Hotels and Other Small Businesses
Following a final vote in the U.S. House of Representatives, President Trump signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, also known as the CARES Act, into law on Friday. The law provides some relief to restaurants, hotels and other small businesses...
Six Key Actions Small Businesses Can Take To Mitigate the Risks of COVID-19
As the COVID-19 virus spreads, restaurants are reporting 50 percent drops in business. It’s bad enough that customers are not dining in the numbers they had been a few weeks ago. But making things more difficult is that food service businesses need to remain extra...
Study: Last Minute Scheduling Hurts Restaurant Profits
Researchers have now confirmed what restaurant servers have known for years: last-minute scheduling takes a toll on worker productivity. Labor and inventory are the two largest variable costs that a restaurant faces and many leaders in the food service industry have...
3 Inspiring Autobiographies for Small Business Owners
It’s always good to remember that, if you go back far enough, every big business started small. Phil Knight sold shoes out of the back of his car when he started what would become Nike. Sam Walton worked behind the counter as a management trainee at someone else’s...
5 Point-of-Sale Resolutions For The New Year
The new year is always a good time for business owners to reflect and set up goals for the next 12 months. If that happens to be part of your routine, it’s probably a good idea this year to make sure you’re up to speed on the latest technology available to small...