BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20230926T130000Z DTEND:20230926T150000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:CLA - 2023 Restaurant Roundtable: Current Trends and State of the Industry Update DESCRIPTION:Join CLA's complimentary 2023 Restaurant Industry Update for guidance on improving the profitability of your restaurant and hear insights on issues and trends impacting the restaurant industry. \n\nThis interactive roundtable will offer the opportunity to connect with other area restaurant owners and operators to discuss the state of the industry. We will cover tax strategies and tax credit opportunities available to restaurants and help you plan for what's ahead. \n\n\n\nAt the end of this session\, you will be able to: \n\n\n Identify the top 10 ways to improve the profitability of your restaurant\n Understand tax credit opportunities for restaurants\, including the Work Opportunity Tax Credit\, Federal Empowerment Zone Credit\, and Employee Retention Credit\n Recognize and address important restaurant metrics\, including labor costs\, food and beverage costs\, and prime costs\n\n\nWho should attend \n\nThis session is designed for Connecticut restaurant owners\, operations managers\, and accounting personnel.\n\nSchedule \n\n9 9:15 a.m. Welcome and Introductions\n\n9:15 9:45 a.m. Restaurant Industry Update\, Top 10 List\n\n9:45 10 a.m. Client Experience\n\n10 10:30 a.m. Tax Strategies and Credits for Restaurants\n\n10:30 11 a.m. Restaurant Roundtable Discussion\n\nSpeakers:\n\n\n Karen Blacik\, Principal and National Restaurant Industry Leader\n Andrew Lattimer\, Managing Principal of Office\, Connecticut\n Tom Blumetti\, Principal and New England Retail Industry Leader\n Rob Cappellucci\, Principal\n James Kelly\, BizOps Chief Financial Officer X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
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Join CLA&rsquo\;s \;complimentary \;2023 Restaurant Industry Update for guidance on improving the profitability of your restaurant &mdash\; and hear insights on issues and trends impacting the restaurant industry. \;

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This interactive roundtable will offer the opportunity to connect with other area restaurant owners and operators to discuss the state of the industry. We will cover tax strategies and tax credit opportunities available to restaurants and help you plan for what&rsquo\;s ahead. \;
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Who should attend \;

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This session is designed for Connecticut restaurant owners\, operations managers\, and accounting personnel.

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Schedule \;

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9 &ndash\; 9:15 a.m. &mdash\; Welcome and Introductions
\n9:15 &ndash\; 9:45 a.m. &mdash\; Restaurant Industry Update\, Top 10 List
\n9:45 &ndash\; 10 a.m. &mdash\; Client Experience
\n10 &ndash\; 10:30 a.m. &mdash\; Tax Strategies and Credits for Restaurants
\n10:30 &ndash\; 11 a.m. &mdash\; Restaurant Roundtable Discussion

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\n LOCATION:CLA 29 South Main Street\, 4th Floor West Hartford\, CT 06107 For more information and to register: 2023 Restaurant Roundtable: Current Trends and State of the Industry Update : 2023 : Events : CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen) (claconnect.com) UID:e.3150.12648 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260518T042118Z URL:https://business.whchamber.com/events/details/cla-2023-restaurant-roundtable-current-trends-and-state-of-the-industry-update-12648 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR