Look for CLA at These Upcoming Online and In-Person Restaurant Events
Who said summer was a kick-back, take it easy time of year? Hopefully we’ll see you at one of these in-person or online events this summer! And, come back and check out the blog for our fall offerings of additional webinars, conferences, and articles serving the hospitality industry!
Restaurant365 webinar series
“Boost Restaurant Profitability and Optimize Your Tax Strategies” takes place on June 25 and will be hosted by Restaurant365, an ERP software platform focused solely on the restaurant industry. This webinar will provide restaurant accountants and accounting firms actionable insights and practical steps to improve financial performance and take advantage of specialized tax credits.
CLA speakers will include Karen Blacik, principal and National Restaurant Industry Leader, and Rachael O’Leary, principal – tax. Both speakers have collaborated on numerous CLA thought leadership opportunities over the past five years.
Sign up here!
National Restaurant Association conference
The Table is taking place July 23 – 25 in Austin, Texas. The Table brings together professionals from across the restaurant industry who work in finance, food safety and quality assurance, HR, internal audit, nutrition, risk and safety, sustainability, and tax.
From role-specific sessions designed to educate and meet your daily needs to general sessions looking to the future, this event brings the industry together for three days packed with practical and strategic insights.
Brent Warner from CLA will be presenting a breakout session on third-party risk management. Given all the risks in the world today that touch the restaurant and hospitality industry, this will be a “not-to-be-missed” presentation in the internal auditor conference track.
Also, if you are attending the conference, please visit CLA at our booth!
Sign up for this event here.
Hospitality MN Webinar — Operating Now series
This webinar hosted by Hospitality Minnesota will feature a discussion of the latest developments in the hospitality industry in Minnesota — as well as some tips to combat rising costs of food, labor, and utilities.
There will also be information about tax strategies to be aware of for 2024, such as the Work Opportunity Tax Credit, Federal Empowerment Zone Credit, and meals and entertainment expenses and depreciation.
CLA’s Karen Blacik, principal, and Molly Ronnevik, tax manager, will be presenting this informative program on July 25.
Sign up here.
Restaurant Transformation Tour
This Restaurant365 conference for restaurant owners and operators takes place in Nashville August 11 – 13.
The event brings together restaurant company operators and back-office leaders to learn more about the Restaurant365 platform and how it can be enhanced for intelligence about restaurant operations and financials. Attendees will have a chance to collaborate and problem solve with other R365 power users during concept breakout and networking sessions.
CLA will have a booth at the show, so come see us! We’ll also be doing a podcast from the venue during the show.
Sign up for the conference here.
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