It hit me today when I heard that China was loosening restrictions on Shanghai after a couple of weeks of lockdown due to their zero-COVID policy: How is anyone to emerge from the pandemic’s supply chain disaster unscathed?
April 26, 2022
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April 26, 2022
Fight COGS chaos in 3 steps
The rate of inflation for restaurant input costs are near an all-time high.
April 26, 2022
Got 2 minutes? Use the Restaurant Assessment Tool
How would you rate your restaurant? We’re not talking about five stars on Yelp.
April 8, 2022
2022 Governor’s Business Plan Contest: Ideas from 17 of the 26 finalists
Twenty-six entries representing sectors such as health care, cleantech, education, software and innovations in products or services are competing in the finalist round of the 19th annual Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest. Learn a little more about the ones familiar to us!
March 28, 2022
Exporting Climate Change
I’ve long wondered: If/when cleantech comes back into vogue, what will it look like? The underlying trends — a world of constrained resources for 9 billion people by 2050 — continue to chug along, as solar panels and wind turbines grow and electric vehicles begin to make a dent.
March 14, 2022
RRF replenishment effort fails; Wisconsin tax measures signed into law
While last week brought one headline with bad news, Wisconsin had its own small measure of good news.
February 24, 2022
With Russia’s attack on Ukraine, what your small business needs to watch out for
You may be wondering how events in Ukraine affect you or your business.
February 16, 2022
Rising costs and how to manage them
For restaurants, every input is getting more expensive. Although you often hear these increases are “transitory,” that is not the case.
February 16, 2022
What happened to the RRF?
The Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF), a $28 billion relief program, was implemented in spring 2021 to help the struggling independent restaurant industry offset losses from COVID-19.
February 16, 2022
Embracing technology: It’s not just for the big chains
he pandemic has helped usher in (aka forced) a new era in the restaurant business, one that has seen successful restaurants ditch the traditional business model.