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Restaurant Resources
The NMRA Staff is Here for YOU!
With over 80 years combined hospitality industry experience, the NMRA staff is here for YOU with whatever your business may need. Below are the staff’s answers to three questions about their expertise in the industry. Allison Kuper-Smith – Government Affairs Director What got you into the industry and how long have you been in it? […]
Tip Policies in New Mexico as of July 2017
On July 20th the U.S. Department of Labor signaled its plan to rescind the tip-pooling restrictions put in place under the Obama Administration. It stated it will issue a “Notice of Proposed Rulemaking,”specifically, “in this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, the Department will propose to rescind the current restrictions on tip pooling by employers that pay tipped […]
Benefits to Belonging
Community Support: The Dion’s Way
In 2014, Dion’s was recognized as the Restaurant Neighbor of the Year by the New Mexico Restaurant Association (NMRA). Since then, Dion’s has kept community support a high priority, and in FY17 donated almost $219,000 in the form of money, gift cards and food. Mark Herman, CEO of Dion’s, stated, “As our company grows and […]
Heartland Out-of-Scope EMV Solutions Reduce Risk, Costs
Are you up to date on all of your EMV Technology? Let our guest blogger, Heartland Payment Systems, fill you in our how EMV solutions can reduce your risks and costs: Even though more than 97 percent of all U.S. credit cards are now issued with chips, many restaurant owners continue to struggle to implement […]
CEO BLOG
We have had many victories in our attempt to promote pro-business messages against the sick leave initiative in Albuquerque. We won the attempt to keep the initiative off of the 2016 November ballot. We won the argument against putting a misleading summary on the ballot. And we hope to win our lawsuit claiming that ballot […]
A recent opinion piece by an Albuquerque restaurant owner shows she is passionately in support of a sick leave ordinance. Unfortunately, it appears she has not read and analyzed the entire ordinance or she would have a better appreciation and understanding of the significant costs and risks to her business and to all Albuquerque businesses […]