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The Art of Loss Prevention - Q&A with Mirus CEO, Dave Bennett

Whether you own one restaurant or 100 there's no eluding the fact that at some point you have been stolen from. It may have been a lot or a little but your employees who handle food and money day in and day out have either purposefully or accidentally stolen from you. (Who am I kidding, 99.9% of the time it was on purpose and chances are multiple people conspired in it...)

In conjunction with HT Magazine, Editor in Chief Abigail Lorden has worked with myself and Mirus President/CEO Dave Bennett to dive into the subject of loss prevention within the restaurant industry. The commentary below will be featured in a future issue of HT Magazine but we feel it's important enough to also be featured in The Mirus Reporter.

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Topics: Restaurant Loss Management

Restaurant Profit Margin - 4 Areas To Focus On

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Whether you own 1 restaurant or 100, there’s no eluding the fact that you have a slim restaurant profit margin. Like… razor thin. Each and every week you or someone on your staff breaks down the numbers to try and find ways to control costs, cut back labor hours, manipulate ingredient specs, etc. with the ultimate goal to pad the bottom-line and increase profitability. It’s perpetual and it’s always something different that changes the outcome and affects your restaurant profit margin. Whether it’s the price of wheat or employee turnover, your numbers will be modified to a slight, but noticeable degree.

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Topics: Restaurant Profit, Restaurant Operations

10 Ways To Identify That You Need A Restaurant Report Writer

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Whether you own 10 restaurants or 100, there’s no eluding the fact that headaches happen. They happen for a variety of different reasons. Some would argue the headaches are attributed to personnel issues and having to stew over the fact that no one will ever be able to do the job the way you want it. We have discovered a new source for the headaches. It’s … number crunching. Having a restaurant report writer might be a cure to the headaches. But, before you decide you need one, perhaps you should check out the 10 identifiers that let you know you’re ready.

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5 Best Practices for Detecting Fraud In Your Restaurants

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Losing Pennies a Day Can Add Up

Whether you own one restaurant or 100, there's no eluding the fact that theft happens. Fraudulent activity is a regular occurrence in many industries but it rears its ugly head the most in restaurants. Why, you ask? You've been in restaurants for years, of course you know why! Your employees handle money and make the food! It's no secret how easy it is to void a transaction or cancel a made or unmade order and pocket the money. The question is, how do you catch it and attempt to stop it? We've created five best practices that may help you out. You're an Above Store Leader so you can't be in every store, every day - here's how you can get your arms around fraudulent activity in your store(s):

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