Hiring an Employee vs Hiring an Independent Contractor: What a CPA wants you to know
Hiring an employee or an independent contractor isn’t as simple as you’d think. In fact, there are real world implications for misclassifying a...
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How to get better restaurant reviews: deliver an ‘amazing experience’
For the last few months we’ve been delivering you (pun intended) a series of articles on how to create an atmosphere conducive to meeting the goals...
Profit First is hard work. Here’s why your small business should implement it anyway.
Let’s get this out of the way first – Profit First IS NOT a “set it and forget it” solution. If you’re looking for a hands off solution to your...
Marketing for Restaurants: Where to Start
As a restaurant owner, you know that the BEST marketing is great food and service. For the purposes of this article, we’ll assume that you have that...
Which Restaurant Pricing Strategy Works Best?
Setting menu prices for your restaurant is tough work. While to your customers these prices might feel arbitrary, a good menu will have up to three...
Why your business needs to switch from QuickBooks Desktop to QuickBooks Online ASAP
At Kaizen, QuickBooks Online (QBO) is our preferred accounting platform for our clients. It’s a flexible, powerful software that allows us to map out...
How to set up online delivery for restaurants in 5 steps
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, online ordering has become an integral part of any restaurant plan. Even traditionally delivery-averse restaurants are...
How to Cultivate Customer Relationships for Restaurants
Look, we’re not breaking new ground when we say that customer relationships are the lynchpin of any restaurant. After all, they call it the...
The 5 Ways Menu Choices Can Increase Your Restaurant’s Profitability
In our continuing effort to offer value to restaurant owners, we thought we’d take a deeper look at one of the best ways to increase your...
Bookkeeping vs Advisory Services
For the most part, a tax return or a financial statement will look similar no matter who prepares it. That’s not to say that bookkeeping isn’t...
How to simplify operations and increase profit for restaurants
Last week, we took a look at some ways you can increase profitability for your restaurant. We admit: it’s a lot to digest! We thought we’d take some...
Accounting for restaurants: 7 ways to increase their profit
Running a restaurant is no easy feat. Restaurant owners face a plethora of challenges that require constant innovation, flexibility, and...