MMB shareholder Brad Cashman will be one of the panelists on the upcoming Restaurant Finance Monitor webinar “Buying and Selling Restaurants: Our Panel of Experts Will Provide Insight on the Restaurant Deal Climate.” The…
During these tough times for restaurants, there is potential for an adversarial relationship between an operator and his landlords, bank, suppliers, employees and investors. This comes on top of the stress restaurant owners are…
This seems to be one of those constant questions out there, even though many multi-unit operators and independents have received funding from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). These programs were just a way to…
Obviously with the cost of labor and the shortage of key management personnel for restaurants, operators need to be creative, particularly in promoting participation in the ownership for key employees to incentivize and develop…
Restaurant companies have plenty of tax ideas to incorporate into their 2019 tax returns. With the help of our friends at Plante Moran, Robert Shefferly III and Brett Bissonnette, and my colleague Brian Tunis,…
Participants in the restaurant industry have always faced the dilemma of whether to own or lease real estate. Financial buyers prefer leasing real estate, because they don’t want to tie up capital. Owner/operators trend…
It’s not uncommon for restaurants to have a retail component. Normally these retail endeavors offer products related to the restaurant, such as sauces or frozen pizzas, or items leveraging the restaurant’s name. A more…
While many businesses have taken advantage of Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) for employee incentives and buyouts, there are very few to be implemented in the restaurant industry. They have been deemed difficult to…
One of the concerns that businesses and individuals have is the issue of personal liability. It is really key, if we’re looking at downturns in the economy and other ways the restaurant industry may…
