May 2013 Newsletter

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8 Ways Employees May Be Stealing From You According to the National Restaurant Association, employee theft accounts for a loss of approximately 3% of annual sales. You may be wondering how to spot employee theft. This short list below gives some of the ways employees may be stealing from you:     Transferring self service items (those that don’t generate a kitchen chit, such as coffee or soda) off a check that has been paid for with cash and reusing the same item on … [Read more...]

BECPOS Staff & Company Raise Funds for Local Elementary

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From Rob Barron: BECPOS Stober Elementary, serving the Golden & Lakewood neighborhoods in Denver, CO, recently held its Stober Stampede, a one mile student fun run, to help raise funds for the school’s general coffers. All the Stober students, grades K-6, raised funds for each of the five laps they completed in the fun run. BEC’s Rob Barron has a kindergartener that attends Stober - his oldest child, Jorja. So Rob passed the hat around the building and BEC staff kicked in nearly … [Read more...]

Sweet Cow Now In Highlands Square

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Rik at BECPOS Sweet Cow Ice Cream just opened their newest spot on Highlands Square in northwest Denver!  Sweet cow is about great tasting ice cream, made small batch, with love and some of the finest and locally sourced ingredients around. They create ice cream that is hand crafted on site and served fresh daily. Expanding on the normal parameters of milk, cream and sugar is what propels their recipe book to be the finest. Sweet Cow’s big flavor board contains 8 staples each day: … [Read more...]

IRS Grants More Time

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IRS grants more time for some businesses to comply with service-charge reporting rule From the National Restaurant Association The IRS has given some businesses an extra year to comply with the agency's updated policy on tips and service charges. The IRS last June issued Revenue Ruling 2012-18 to clarify and update the treatment of gratuity payments -- specifically, to delineate when such payments should be treated as tips versus service charges. The ruling reiterated four long-standing … [Read more...]

April 2013 Newsletter

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Why mobile POS? Last week, NCR officially announced the launch of Aloha Mobile, enabling you to easily and securely deploy mobile technology for tableside ordering and payment.  Aloha Mobile is now available on our new NCR Orderman built-for-purpose handheld device and in controlled deployment on iOS devices. Learn more about how mobile POS makes everyday easier for your customers, your servers and you. Watch a video of how El Monumento, a Mexican restaurant … [Read more...]