As more and more consumers purchase prepared food rather than cook at home, the currently attractive margins for such offerings face mounting challenges. Not the least are labor costs, which are under pressure from economic and regulatory trends. Integrating higher labor costs into the pricing algorithm represents the next major challenge for food sector leaders.
Whether a neighborhood deli, central food kitchen, or gourmet restaurant, the need to find ways of doing more with the same or fewer employees is expected to become more important in 2017.
For small business owners, trust can be the foundation for success. 
Growing small businesses often fail to use the elements of basic accounting to identify current, future opportunities and problems.
Fast growing small businesses reach a point when specialized finance expertise can be critical to continuing success.
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One recent small business leader survey indicated they were more interested in buying the property their brick-and-mortar facility domiciled in than at any time in the past 10 years.
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For those companies thinking about transitioning accounting departments to paperless have this 2018 tax season, these tips can turn a potentially negative experience into a positive one.
As recently as a decade ago, if you were a small business owner with a bad personal or business credit score, you could forget about getting a loan from a traditional bank or credit union.
March, April and May have long been associated with “spring cleaning,” and most small businesses take advantage of this time period to tidy up around the office and organize their work space. Unfortunately, too many small businesses forget to include a vital aspect of their everyday business in their spring cleaning routine– their virtual office.
