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Year-end tax planning for restaurants and breweries: why spending $50k to cut your tax bill by $20k can drain the cash you need for location #2.
A restaurant turnaround works best in order: cash, payroll taxes and clean books first, then prime cost, labor, menu and rent. Here is the order we follow.
A restaurant turnaround works best in order: cash, payroll taxes and clean books first, then prime cost, labor, menu and rent. Here is the order we follow.
Your food cost percentage is one of the most important numbers in your restaurant. Learn what a good target looks like, how to calculate it, and how to actually get it there.
Gift cards and party deposits feel like cash in hand, but they’re liabilities until your guests redeem them. The gift card deferred revenue problem, explained for restaurant owners.
The month you open a second restaurant or brewery changes your first-year tax bill. Why a fall opening before December 31st usually wins.
Thinking about opening a second restaurant location? Using your first location’s cash flow to fund it is a trap. Here’s what to do instead.
Find out the ideal catering profit margins for restaurants. Learn how to read and build a separate P&L for your catering services and prevent losing money.
Restaurant insurance cost should land between 1% and 3% of revenue. Here is what drives GL, workers comp, and liquor liability, and where it belongs on your P&L.
More barrels doesn’t always mean more profit. Here’s what actually happens to pour cost, labor, and COGS when your brewery scales up.
More barrels doesn’t always mean more profit. Here’s what actually happens to pour cost, labor, and COGS when your brewery scales up.
A bigger menu isn’t always better for business. How menu complexity quietly eats into your restaurant’s food cost, labor cost, and profit margins.
Cutting server hours to lower your labor cost? It doesn’t always work. Here’s why restaurant labor costs are more complicated than the schedule, and what actually moves the number.
Cutting server hours to lower your labor cost? It doesn’t always work. Here’s why restaurant labor costs are more complicated than the schedule, and what actually moves the number.
See the right way to structure a tip pool under FLSA rules in 2026: who can participate, how to handle auto-gratuities, and how to map POS distributions to payroll.
Thinking if your restaurant is ready for a second location? Here is how to tell if your numbers say yes, and the financial signs that mean wait.
Get smart restaurant business advice from experienced restaurant accountant. See what factors you need to check to ensure profitability.
Work around a business slow down and fix restaurant cash flow in this guide. Incorporate these tips slowly to your business for growth.
Understand the factors why your restaurant Is running out of cash and learn to solve them before you become part of the bad statistics.
Struggling with restaurant cashflow in Q1? Learn why cash tightens early in the year and how smarter planning helps restaurant owners stay in control.
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