Which Restaurant Pricing Strategy Works Best?
Setting menu prices for your restaurant is tough work. While to your customers these prices might feel arbitrary, a good menu will have up to three...
Top 3 Small Business Accounting Mistakes (and How to Avoid Them)
Small business accounting mistakes happen, but they happen more often when you don’t have an accountant. Those mistakes are often why we’re coming in...
Why your business needs to switch from QuickBooks Desktop to QuickBooks Online ASAP
At Kaizen, QuickBooks Online (QBO) is our preferred accounting platform for our clients. It’s a flexible, powerful software that allows us to map out...
Why now might be the right time to change your accountant
Changing your accountant might not be the first thing on your mind during the summer. We get it, there are BBQs to go to, vacations to take, and life...
How to set up online delivery for restaurants in 5 steps
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, online ordering has become an integral part of any restaurant plan. Even traditionally delivery-averse restaurants are...
How to Cultivate Customer Relationships for Restaurants
Look, we’re not breaking new ground when we say that customer relationships are the lynchpin of any restaurant. After all, they call it the...
The 5 Ways Menu Choices Can Increase Your Restaurant’s Profitability
In our continuing effort to offer value to restaurant owners, we thought we’d take a deeper look at one of the best ways to increase your...
Bookkeeping vs Advisory Services
For the most part, a tax return or a financial statement will look similar no matter who prepares it. That’s not to say that bookkeeping isn’t...
How to simplify operations and increase profit for restaurants
Last week, we took a look at some ways you can increase profitability for your restaurant. We admit: it’s a lot to digest! We thought we’d take some...
Accounting for restaurants: 7 ways to increase their profit
Running a restaurant is no easy feat. Restaurant owners face a plethora of challenges that require constant innovation, flexibility, and...
Accounting for Restaurants 101: 3 Things to Know if You're Just Getting Started
Accounting for restaurants: is it different from accounting for other industries? Well, yes and no. There are certain practices that universally...
The 5 Best Business Books Every Small Business Owner Should Read: 2023
In his book The E-Myth, Michael Gerber says, “You need to work on your business, not ‘in’ your business?” The general idea is that you need systems...