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Food Safety Month 2019 – Week 3 – Refine the Process

from: Food Safety Focus It’s National Food Safety Month, and throughout September, we’re sharing resources and information aimed at helping you improve your food safety practices. This year’s theme is “Controlling Risk: The Elements of a Food Safety Management System”...

Food Safety Month 2019 Week 2- Provide Input

As a restaurant employee, you’re trained. You’re experienced. You’re good at your job. That’s why it’s so essential that you provide input to your managers. While they’re busy doing their jobs, they may not be able to see the gaps in the day-to-day rules of the...

Bernalillo County Paid Time Off Ordinance – NMRA Comments

In an end run around the Albuquerque voters who clearly voted against a mandated sick leave in 2017 the Bernalillo County Commission voted 3-2 to pass a mandatory paid time off ordinance, after deferring the vote for one month. Commissioners Maggie Hart Stebbins,...

Partnering w/ Prostart Schools for Pretrained Employees

ProStart is a career and technical education program that unites the foodservice industry and the classroom to teach high school students culinary skills and restaurant management principles, as well as skills such as communication, teamwork, professionalism, and time...

Retaining Employees through Creative Benefits

When we surveyed our members recently on the challenges they face as employers and business owners, the biggest challenge by far was finding and retaining employees. Offering benefits is a great strategy for employee retention, and helps set you apart from other...

ServSuccess: A Way to Prove You Are as Good As You Say You Are

(from ServSuccess) Often times jobs in the hospitality and food service industry are not presented in the most positive an professional light, However many of the jobs require a high level of proficiency and precision to do them well. In the interest of providing...

5 Tips When it Comes to Vendors

Ask any successful restaurateur what they would do without their trusted suppliers, and most of them are going to tell you the truth, vendors are the lifeblood of the industry. Whether it is scoring fresh produce, getting a vent hood serviced or building a menu...

3rd Party Delivery: Top Ten Things To Consider

Guest Blogger Jerry Harrell, 2018-2019 Board Chairman of NMRA and Owner of Double Eagle de Mesilla in Mesilla, New Mexico, offers some insight on 3rd Party Delivery: Uber Eats, Waiter, Door Dash, Grub Hub, TuYu, Lodel are some of the delivery businesses knocking on...

New Mexico Restaurant Success Kit

As New Mexico’s leading association for restaurant owners – with a staff that has years of restaurant ownership & management experience – we know first-hand the excitement that comes with owning your own restaurant business. It’s exciting, but achieving success...

NMRA Is Your Personal Assistant

We’ve all had those days when you wish you had more hours in a day, or better yet—a personal assistant to help you get things done. For restaurant operators, those days happen often. You’ve got a ton to manage. Even the things you can expect to deal with every day...

Wage & Hours Rules for Restaurant Workers

WAGE STATUTES: BASIC REQUIREMENTS FOR TIPPED EMPLOYEES Play Webinar Recording Access Slide Deck Here If you haven’t been audited yet get your paperwork in order because the Federal DOL and New Mexico Workforce Solutions are targeting restaurants. If you are in any way...

Dining out? Leave your pet at home

DOWNLOAD SERVICE ANIMAL POSTER FOR YOUR RESTAURANT HERE. We know you love your pet dog. But unless you’re headed to the outdoor patio of a restaurant that allows dogs there, please leave your pet at home. Restaurants operate under strict rules from the NM Department...