The proliferation of new regulations is creating a serious compliance burden for small businesses, particularly restaurants, which rely heavily on shift workers. The Affordable Care Act regulations are especially difficult, as restaurants have to constantly test to determine whether their shift workers are part or full time. Solutions exist, though. Restaurant owners can outsource these HR functions to new companies like ShiftPixy, which will handle payroll and all of the compliance burdens, allowing businesses to focus on business.

Key Takeaways:

• As difficult as it is to get good employees, these new guidelines are making the labor side of the business that much more difficult.
• a sizable sum in an industry that largely counts its profit in singles and fives, not twenties and fifties.
• We see massive noncompliance because operators don’t have the tools to address this complex legislation.

“The ShiftPixy app debuted in early September in California and will be operating in New York City, Chicago, Dallas, and Orlando, Florida, by year’s end. In the early months of 2017, Holmes says ShiftPixy will add another 10 to 12 U.S. cities onto its platform. “With all the contingent liabilities and more uncertainty than ever in the labor market, ShiftPixy helps put a lid on labor costs by giving restaurant operators cost certainty,” Holmes says.”

https://www.fsrmagazine.com/owner-operators/how-cure-restaurant-labor-pains

Their takeaways: Users from urban locations were more likely to tweet about fast food, but, surprisingly, the presence of parks and fitness centers were only modestly associated with a higher frequency of tweets about physical activity. While researchers used their findings to study health in different neighborhoods across the U.S., the data leads Food Service Director to another conclusion: If operators tweet about the things their diners also enjoy tweeting about, retweets may be in the forecast. Researchers found that healthy foods, comprised 15.9% of food tweets, while mentions of fast food restaurants made up 9.2%.

Key Takeaways:

• Users from urban locations were more likely to tweet about fast food, but, surprisingly, the presence of parks and fitness centers were only modestly associated with a higher frequency of tweets about physical activity.
• While researchers used their findings to study health in different neighborhoods across the U.S., the data leads FoodService Director to another conclusion: If operators tweet about the things their diners also enjoy tweeting about, retweets may be in the forecast.
• Is there a magic food word for getting retweets?

“Their takeaways: Users from urban locations were more likely to tweet about fast food, but, surprisingly, the presence of parks and fitness centers were only modestly associated with a higher frequency of tweets about physical activity. Maybe people just get more excited about french fry tweets?”

http://www.foodservicedirector.com/menu-development/menu-strategies/articles/5-ways-twitters-popular-foods-can-boost-social-presence