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Treasury Announces Long Awaited Penny Guidance
The Treasury Department recently released public guidance for small businesses on how to manage cash transactions relative to penny shortages. The document offers guidance on how businesses can round up/down. Keep in mind, it doesnot provide legal protections for businesses (if the prevailing state/local law doesn’t allow rounding), but it at least offers a standard that a small business can point to in the absence of a national standard. WRA is waiting for specific guidance from the Wisconsin Department of Revenue and we will alert you in this newsletter when we get final guidance for Wisconsin. |
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Controlling Restaurant Labor Costs Includes Managing Labor Productivity
Labor is a significant portion of your prime cost. No doubt, controlling your restaurant labor costs as a percentage of sales is critical to restaurant profitability. However, indiscriminately paring down your workforce to meet a certain percentage can come at the cost of guest satisfaction, team morale, and staff turnover – none of which any operator can afford. While you focus on optimizing restaurant labor productivity, ensure your team is equipped and empowered to bring their best every day. Click Read More below for ways to optimize restaurant labor productivity with training, better workflows and strategic staffing to boost profitability without sacrificing guest experience. |
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What's Good Wednesday
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The Mill, Bonduel became the center of a life-saving miracle when owner NiCole Fischer took to Facebook to help her lifelong friend, Andy Drath of Manawa. After learning Andy needed a liver transplant due to Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis and discovering she couldn't donate herself, Fischer posted on social media asking for help. Mandy Williams of Bonduel saw the post and felt compelled to get tested—she turned out to be a 100% compatible match, despite being a complete stranger.
"My one thought that kept running through my head was, 'If it was my husband or my kid, I would want somebody to do it, if I could not do it for them,'" --Mandy Williams, Donor The transplant surgery took place at UW Health Transplant Clinic in Madison, proving that sometimes the Wisconsin hospitality community's greatest gift is the selfless generosity of its people. |
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