More about karen.blacik@CLAconnect.com
Karen is a Principal in the CLA Bizops practice specializing in serving restaurant clients as a CFO. She has 25 years of experience in the retail and restaurant industry with senior management positions at Wilsons Leather, Famous Dave's, and a division of Hallmark Cards. She is based out of Minneapolis, MN
Blog Posts by karen.blacik@CLAconnect.com:
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CLA participates in National Restaurant Association Public Affairs conference
This past week, I spent 2 days in Washington DC representing CLA as well as being a member of the delegation from Hospitality Minnesota joining all the other state restaurant associations and restaurant leaders (more than 570 total) at the National Restaurant Association Public Affairs conference. This conference is held annually to raise awareness and […]
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How Businesses Can Cash In on Their Share of the Recent $5.5 Billion Visa/Mastercard Settlement
Today, we bring to you information about an opportunity to file a claim for excessive interchange fees based on a settlement award that is available on a pro-rata basis. But, you need to move quickly as the time to submit your claim is running out – the deadline is May 31, 2024. Check out this […]
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CLA sponsor of Restaurant365: Restaurant Transformation Tour
CLA is excited to be a sponsor at this event on February 8th, 2024 in Boston. We will showcase how we work with restaurant companies to provide various accounting, finance and tax strategy, accounting best practices, reporting, dashboards, among other consulting services. There will be several representatives from CLA based in the New England region […]
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CLA to present at National Restaurant Association webinar December 13, 2023
CLA presentation will include tax planning strategies and tips on improving restaurant profitability. Our presenters include: Rachael O’Leary, CPA and a tax principal in our Chicago office. She will be joined by Karen Blacik, CPA and Restaurant Industry Leader and Principal for CLA from Minneapolis. They both work with multiple restaurant companies on various accounting, […]
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CLA to present at the Restaurant Finance Development Conference(RFDC), November 13th-15th in Las Vegas, Nevada
CLA is happy to announce that we have been selected to present at the RFDC on November 14th in Las Vegas. This conference brings together restaurant company senior leaders and many financiers – the ultimate dealmakers conference in the restaurant industry. The conference provides great content on finance trends in the restaurant industry, CFO panel […]
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CLA to present at the National Restaurant Association, The Table, conference, September 12th-14th, 2023
CLA is happy to announce that we have been selected to present at the National Restaurant Association conference, The Table from September 12-14th in New Orleans. This conference brings together restaurant company senior leaders in Finance, Tax & Internal Audit, Food Safety & Quality Assurance, Nutrition, and Sustainability to share best practices, update on current industry trends, policy landscape, […]
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CLA Foundation provides grant to National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation (NRAEF)
CLA is about creating opportunities. One way we are able to create opportunities in our communities is through our CLA Foundation. I am excited to announce CLA, in its winter grant cycle, has just awarded the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation a grant in the amount of $20,000. This grant was provided by the CLA […]
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Gift cards – the gift that keeps on giving…
My gift to you for the holidays, here is a discussion on gift card accounting from one of my guest bloggers, Paul Unger. Are your gift cards leaving money on the table? By Paul Unger Gift cards sold for cash or on a credit card are accounted for as a liability until they are redeemed. […]
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CLA recap from the Restaurant Finance Development Conference
Well, it was exciting for CLA to be a part of this year’s largest ever (more than 3,000 attendees) Restaurant Finance Development Conference (RFDC) in Las Vegas last week. Kudos to the folks at Franchise Times that continue to put on great events for the restaurant industry – bringing together great speakers and content, as […]
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Look for CLA at the RFDC
Looking forward to seeing many of you from the restaurant industry at the upcoming Restaurant Finance & Development Conference (RFDC) in Las Vegas on November 14th 16th in less than 2 weeks! I will be presenting at one of the Pre-Conference sessions – Quick Hitters in Accounting and Finance – at 12:30 pm local time […]