As the owner of a restaurant you have many things to worry about.  Where are the clients coming from? Am I putting out the best product I can? Does my targeted demographic fit my marketing plan? Where do I find quality employees? And on and on it goes. But I find that very few restaurant owners take the time to study carefully how to prevent and protect their business from employee theft.

The opportunity to enjoy an intimate conversation in many restaurants is diminishing.  Part of this is due to construction of the interior space, partly it is caused by how the interior is decorated and arranged and in some cases it is intentional.  Either way, as a restaurant owner you should take the time to evaluate and do a sound check in your own restaurant to be sure that the noise levels on a busy night are what you and your target audience are hoping for.

If you own a restaurant, you know your lifeblood is in the words and statements your clientele says to their friends and family.  Most of this you will never know, but there is a place to find out what some people are saying publicly about your establishment.  I’m talking about a web site called yelp.   If you don’t know about it, you should take the time to find out.

As a restaurant owner you know the importance of minimizing risk to prevent downtime and lost time out of work.  But what you may not know is that there are some very simple changes you can make that will not only reduce your risk of loss but can also save you money on your restaurant insurance policies.  This article talks about one of the most common sources for claims in the restaurant business and the simple techniques you can employ to help prevent these claims.

Savvy restaurant owners buy workers compensation insurance as part of their restaurant insurance program.  If you don’t and you are paying someone to work there for you, then you shouldn’t go a day more without a policy.  But assuming you already have a workers compensation policy, how exactly do you file a claim?

If you are considering opening an eating establishment, then one of the hurdles you will have handle is purchasing restaurant business insurance.  You will need to know what types of insurance policies you might need and how they will affect  your business.  This article approaches this problem from an overview perspective and covers really the basic outline of the types of insurance policies that you should consider. For more details on any of these types of policies, you may want to read more of my restaurant blogs at www.RestaurantInsuranceGuy.com.