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Legal information for food Restaurants…Restaurant Expert Witness
The IRS The IRS will collect taxes from you, your business, and your employees. You need to obtain an Employer Identification Number (EIN) by filing form SS-4. Also, you are required to pay estimated federal income taxes quarterly as well as withhold federal income...
Marketing Tips for Restaurant Owners.. Restaurant Expert Witness
Marketing Tips to Consider Marketing is a multifaceted endeavor. Use this list of tips to create great marketing: Packaging: Put your logo on things the consumer carries out of your restaurant (cups, bags, and so on) and make it noticeable. In contrast, putting your...
What equipments you require for your Kitchen… Restaurant Expert Witness
Kitchen Equipment Needs Formats for the back of the house vary from restaurant to restaurant. A fast-food restaurant, such as Taco Bell, has a completely different back of the house than a fine-dining establishment. Taco Bell restaurants, for example, have what is...
What’s the Cost For Marketing your Restaurant…Restaurant Expert Witness
The Cost of Restaurant Marketing Ideas are great, dreams are wonderful, and reality is reality. Imagine, then dream. And then see the Super Bowl. In 2001, the average 30-second Super Bowl commercial cost $2.2 million. I’m only guessing, but I’m betting you aren’t made...
Don’t Bring it Down Below Par…Restaurant Expert Witness
Par Level Par in the restaurant industry has a similar meaning to par on the golf course except that, unlike Tiger Woods, you don’t want to come out under par. A par level for an item or ingredient is the amount you think you need to ensure that you don’t run out...
Traffic to your restaurant!..Restaurant Expert Witness
Traffic matters. If cars are driving past your restaurant, drivers may notice it and decide to stop for some food. If cars are driving past someone else’s restaurant, chances are the folks in them are not thinking of your establishment. Your goal should be to open...
A Party Without Cake?…Restaurant Expert Witness
Howard Cannon has spoken at many industry events, corporate gatherings, culinary institutes, universities, and high schools across the country and around the world; and, through the use of passion, humor, memorable analogies, industry know how, and...
OSHA Standards for Restaurant Lawsuits: It’s More Than Just a Poster
OSHA guidelines, standards and safety rules apply to nearly every restaurant industry legal matter and it is a whole lot more than the little bit of text on the OSHA wall poster. Your case will more likely than not depend on the standards applied and whether or not...
Local Laws…With Howard Cannon
All local laws are in place to ensure that you run a safe and fair restaurant, but the enforcement and specific rules restaurants must follow differ widely from state to state and city to city. Every state, every city, every county, and even every township has its own...
You gotta take the risk … Restaurant Expert Witness
People jump from airplanes for fun, or so I’ve read. These skydivers are accepting a clear risk when they make the big leap, which is the possibility that their parachutes won’t open. The risk involved in the restaurant business is quite a bit murkier, but plenty of...