Are full-service restaurants—even the smallest ones—able to get in on the tax cuts that were part of the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment (HIRE) Act that became law earlier this spring? Absolutely. It’s the one time the foodservice industry’s high turnover rates might actually be a plus. Here’s how the deal works.

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As helpful restaurant tech gadgets go, it might be hard to top Apple’s red-hot new iPad tablet device. Use it instead of a printed menu and you instantly have an unparalleled marketing tool that might also provide significant operational efficiencies. Mundo Global Tapas Bar & Restaurant in Australia was the first to give it a try. Who will be next?

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Want up-to-the-minute information concerning the availability of seafood from the Gulf of Mexico in the wake of the BP drilling disaster? It’s been tough to get at so far, but the Louisiana Seafood Promotion Board has put up a website, www.louisianaseafoodnews.com, that aggregates pertinent news from a variety of sources and puts it in a context full-service operators can understand. Let’s hope the site will soon have more positive news to offer than is on there now.

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