Ask yourself if it is illegal to ask in an interview the candidate's marital status or sexual orientation why would it be okay to require a spousal interview? And you third party recruiters who ask these illegal question you are creating vicarious liability for your clients and yourselves.

The article makes another good point to supplement the P.O.S. with a manual count. This is a critical component of managing a sound inventory system. A manual count allows us to compare planned inventory usage vs. actual food usage. Further, you must determine how OFTEN each inventory item is measured / manually counted. Higher use items that impact overall food cost, should be counted more frequently. For example, cheese is used on every pizza, so in a pizza place cheese might be count daily to compare the planned inventory. Spices might not impact the bottom line as much and maybe counted weekly. Take ACTION. Determine why the actual usage of key inventory items is different than planned usage and take action. Some reasons for the variance might be a weak item measuring systems, the computer conversions could be inaccurate from bulk to usage unit, theft, or something else.

Case in point. Buying in bulk might reduce your per unit cost...say price per frozen chicken breast. However, you're focus should be on total cost...not per unit. Total cost will account for tying up your working capital in materials (Chicken), storage costs (walk in), and waste, expired food and/or discounted food/promotions to move those chicken breasts out of the Walkin.

A Lean audit is a fairly easy thing to accomplish. Focusing on your total costs and eliminating waste (non-productive capital) will help drive efficiency and profits to your bottom line.

How long have you been working for Harbortouch? I sold systems for a Harbortouch reseller (the "harbortouch POS" is actually a Dinerware system) back in August when I made my post, and while I think the Dinerware system is awesome, the reseller I worked with is one of the shadiest operators I've ever interacted with. Really, REALLY bad, bad, bad experience, for the customer, for the sales-person, all around.

I'm not going to get into name-calling or specifics in this public forum, but if you want details, you can reach me direct at Jefe@austincantina.org

Jefe

As Ken said, "Find a company that is not hiding anything in the small print." So true. On my site you'll find a POS Checklist useful for comparing POS company fees. You'll also find a "What's the Catch" article as well. :) (There isn't one.)

As Revenue said, "It’s important to know what exactly you need the POS to do." Also true that Harbortouch, or any POS for that matter, won't be a perfect fit for every company. However, we are right there in functionality with the Aloha and Micros big boys.

For those restaurant owners who either don't have a POS at all, need to upgrade but can't afford the fees, or are opening a new restaurant and can't handle a huge cash outlay upfront, Harbortouch is a phenomenal option. I'm brand new to the company and very passionate about it!

Feel free to email or call for more info.

Thanks for sharing.

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So, to review, virtually all POS companies are going to be pretty close on price. Find a company that is not hiding anything in the small print. That is where POS systems kill wallets.

Come on folks, who wants to know your food doesn't really cost what's on the menu? Isn't it worth it?

Focus on the authentic brand experience and PROMOTE signature items and what's put you on the map.

WhenToManage offers a powerful web-based software for restaurants. Schedule and communicate with employees, manage inventory, supply-chain, and recipes, and get insightful report data from current POS system.

I think a restaurant setting is the perfect venue for Hollywood because it can personify everything about our American culture, whether your scolding someone out of a bowl of soup (“No soup for you”) or proving that the female climax can indeed be faked (“I’ll have what she’s having”).

It’s all about the people. Just don’t forget those scenarios are in Hollywood. What we deal with day to day is quite different.

Writer's or directors need to focus in and expand on worse case scenes for the comedy or gross out effects. More harm than good was done with Rocco Despirito's realtiy TV show on NBC on the trials and tribulations of opening a restaurant and everything that can wrong with it. Having lived and worked through these things, I couldn't watch seeinga whole day or two worth of disasters condensed into 1/2 hour 'Reality TV'. Same reasons I can't watch 'When Sharks Attacks' or any National Geographic special with lions or tigers or alligators attacking and eating.

I love True Blood and never think twice about the lack of customer service and who is getting killed in the parking lot. The show is about vampires, duh!
Waiting has the great character actor Luis Guzman as the chef, tell me that was not up there with Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential. Workers passing through American restaurants while they decide to figure out what to do with their life, this is a surprise?

So lighten up and remember Robin Williams when thinking about his next job after Popeye, 'You want fries with that'

As for the spouse, I think that is over the line. My family life (or lack thereof) is none of their business. As long as I can perform the job, that is all that matters. One exception: An expensive relocation - I can understand that employers would want to ensure the spouse is okay with the move. But then again, they could still just tell them what they want to hear.

Does anyone care at all about respecting our privacy at all anymore?