Is Your Payment Processing EMV-Compliant and Does it Matter for Your Restaurant?
Merchants in the U.S. began accepting EMV payments (as well as the liability for many fraudulent payment card purchases) in October 2015. Flash forward to 2018, however, and the United States is far from 100% [...]
4 Ways to Control Bar Inventory for Bigger Profits
Do you really know what’s going on behind the bar? As a bar owner, it can be challenging to balance the management of food, beverage, labor, and overhead expenses and still keep an attentive eye [...]
6 Things You Should Know about a Gift Card and Loyalty Program for Your Restaurant
In 2018, it seems like a no-brainer for restaurants to have a gift card and loyalty program. But the fact is, many independently owned and operated single store restaurants just haven’t taken the time to [...]
How to Save Time and Money Hiring Restaurant Employees through the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC)
Hiring employees. It may be the least enjoyable of all responsibilities as a restaurant owner. It’s time-consuming, expensive, and in an industry with extremely high turnover rates, seems almost never ending. But, what if there [...]
What You Need to Know About Washington Initiative 1433 and Other Changes to Labor Laws
As we prepare to ring in the New Year, restaurateurs will need to pave way for 2018 changes to labor laws that will affect their establishments. Specific to Washington state, Initiative 1433 raises the minimum [...]
What Merchants Need to Know About PCI DSS 3.2 — Before It’s Too Late
The goal of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) 3.2 update is to strengthen security. After all the last thing a merchant wants is to inform customers of a data breach that [...]