Category: Fast Food Restaurants

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5 Most Common Restaurant Kitchen Injuries

November 7, 2017 Fast Food Restaurants, General Liability, Risk Management, Tips For Restaurant Business

Image via Pexels All you have to do is take a peek into a busy restaurant kitchen to know it can be a dangerous place. There are large knives chopping vegetables, pans flying through the air, and hot open flames and scalding surfaces. While it may be all in a day’s work for those who […]

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Types of Insurance You Need for a Fast Food Restaurant

March 27, 2017 Fast Food Restaurants, Tips For Restaurant Business

Running a fast food restaurant is different from owning any other type of dining establishment. In fast food restaurants, everything moves fast, and customers expect to get their food quickly and get on with their day. Just like any other dining establishment, however, fast food restaurants need to be properly insured. There are some unique […]

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How Items on Your Menu Could Get You Sued

June 28, 2016 Fast Food Restaurants

(Image via Flickr) Items on your menu, document.write(""); especially if you try to capitalize on popular trends, can become a liability if you’re not careful. There are multiple ways that your menu can result in a lawsuit, such as copyright or trademark infringement, slander, and copying competitors. While whipping up fun new dishes or [...] Read On

Franchises Fight Back Against Minimum Wage

April 27, 2016 Fast Food Restaurants

In June of 2014, document.write(""); Seattle became the first major city in the United States to raise their minimum wage, incrementally, to $15 by 2017 for businesses with at least five hundred employees. This wage increase, more than double the federal minimum wage of $7.25, has lead the International Franchise Associate to turn to the [...] Read On

A New Look for Franchises

February 25, 2016 Fast Food Restaurants

A New Look for Franchises? In August of 2015, document.write(""); the National Labor Relations Board ruled in favor of Browning-Ferris Industries that a small business franchisee could be considered a “joint employer” with the franchisor company that lends its brand name and marketing to the small business. Traditionally, franchisors, by law, did not directly employ [...] Read On

Missouri Floods: How Would Your Restaurant Handle Them?

February 18, 2016 Fast Food Restaurants

One part of nature that is almost impossible to prepare for is water. It can’t be shoveled, document.write(""); removed, or stopped from filling every crevasse, crack and open space it encounters. At the end of December of 2015, the state of Missouri encountered usually high wintertime rainfall, of over 14 inches, that lead to historic [...] Read On

Boost Your Profits with Appetizers and Desserts

January 12, 2016 Fast Food Restaurants

Boost Your Profits with Appetizers and Desserts While many diners are in “dine and dash” mode whenever they go out to eat, there is still a large segment of restaurant guests who enjoy ordering a first course and/or a last course. Restaurants of all shapes and sizes often overlook appetizers and desserts, and will throw […]

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Restaurant Reputation Management 101: Chipotle…Again!

January 5, 2016 Fast Food Restaurants

Restaurant Reputation Management 101: Chipotle…Again! Image via Operating hours Just when Chipotle lovers finally felt safe to head back to their favorite fast casual spot to grab a burrito bowl, things have gotten worse for the brand…much worse. Fresh off the October of 2015 E.coli outbreak, reports of over 50 people nationwide contracting the foodborne […]

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