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Jul 31

Eleven Ways Servers Can Lose Their Tip

From Purple Slinky,  by Jo Oliver Re-printed without permission These are sure fire ways to decrease or lose a tip. Correct sequence when serving courses. Drinks……appetizer……salads…..main course……dessert. Don’t bring me an appetize (read full article)

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Jul 30

Happy National Cheesecake Day!

New York style Cheesecake with Strawberries In the United States July 30 has been unofficially declared National Cheesecake Day. Cheesecake is a dessert consisting of a topping made of soft, fresh cheese on a base made from biscuit, pastry or sponge. (read full article)

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Jul 25

If there was no tipping, what should servers make?

Our first Tip20! Poll addresses something that is neglected in most tipping vs. no-tipping arguments. If you don’t like tipping, what do you think a fair hourly  wage for servers should be? Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, plea (read full article)

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Jul 23

Be a Professional Flair Bartender or Just Look Like One

We have decided to occasionally feature a product from our extensive Tip20! Bar Store now and then. Found in the Flair Briefcase Tool Kit Today we are featuring our “Top of the Line” Flair Briefcase Tool Kit. If you are a Flair bartender (read full article)

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Jul 01

IRS Cracking Down on Tip Reporting

By John Dimsdale – Reposted from PublicRadio.org The IRS figures the food and beverage business should be sending in some 200,000 tip disclosure forms every year. But only about a quarter ever show up. The IRS wouldn’t go on the record, (read full article)

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Mar 11

Get Paid To Post Videos

This is a sponsored guest post written by kuaga on behalf of goviral network. Post powered by Sponzai. Are you paid to post videos on your blog? If not, this post is for you. While many bloggers discover, watch and post branded videos on a daily basi (read full article)

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Mar 03

Mandatory Health Charge on Your Restaurant Bill

From chicagotribune.com by Ed Perkins, Tribune Media Services The latest hidden mandatory add-on is a “health” charge added to restaurant bills. This scam cropped up first in San Francisco, but you can count on it to spread. Nothing succeeds in t (read full article)

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Feb 25

Tips On Tipping

From the Tip20! Forum by ~anonymous~ Tip20! Forum Contributor Please take a minute to read. Tipping your server at a restaurant has been a long-standing American tradition. While tipping 15% of the total bill has been the standard for a long time, (read full article)

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Jan 22

Smoking Ban in Restaurants has had Little Effect In Galveston

Smoking ban hasn’t led to any citations The Daily News By Rhiannon Meyers GALVESTON — After more than two weeks, Galveston’s smoking ban has gotten a little hazy. While some bars and restaurants are complying with the new law banning smokin (read full article)

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Jan 22

Mead Johnson, Maker of Enfamil, Loses Multi-Million Dollar False Advertising Case Against Store-Bran

This is a sponsored guest post written by a Press Release on behalf of PBM Products. Post powered by Sponzai. GORDONSVILLE, VA., December  2 , 2009—PBM Products, LLC, a leading infant formula company that supplies store-brand infant formul (read full article)

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Dec 05

Whiskey No Ice is a Shot – Not a Glass Full of Liquor

By Marta Daniels of How To Be A Better Restaurant Customer - Reprinted with permission. If you order a cocktail with no ice because you don’t want your drink watered down, I get it.  That’s smart.  If you order your drink with no ice be (read full article)

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Dec 04

Annual & Holiday Tipping

  by Alexis Jeffries MONEY Magazine – Money Poll It’s an annual dilemma: What’s an appropriate holiday tip for the people who serve you throughout the year? Etiquette expert Peggy Post recommends a gift of a week’s (read full article)

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Dec 01

IRS Extends Food Industry Tip Reporting Program

IR-2009-110, Dec. 1, 2009 WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today extended for an additional two years its program that simplifies the record keeping burden for reporting tip income in the food and beverage industry. The Attributed Tip Inco (read full article)

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Dec 01

December Special Food & Drink Days (American).

National Fruit Cake Month National Egg Nog Month Cookie Cutter Week 1st Week Lager Beer Week 2nd Week National Egg Nog Week 4th Week National Pie Day December 1 National Fritters Day December 2 National Apple Pie Day December 3 N (read full article)

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Nov 26

Build a Better Latte with Latte Art!

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Nov 25

Couple arrested for not tipping – continued…

Continued from “Jipped on the Tip” by Doreen Linder of the Allentown Headlines Examiner Last week told the story of two college students who got arrested for not paying their gratuity.  Well as anticipated, the charges have been dropped.  Nor (read full article)

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Nov 21

Couple arrested for not tipping…

“Jipped on the Tip” by Doreen Linder of the Allentown Headlines Examiner When John Wagner and Leslie Pope visited the Lehigh Pub in Bethlehem, they never thought they would be leaving in a police car.  They never thought their service (read full article)

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Nov 20

Shoes for Crews – Comfortable, Slip Resistant Shoes

Tip20 is pleased to welcome Shoes for Crews to it’s list of officially endorsed products! Shoes for crews has been in the business of creating comfortable slip resistant shoes for the service and hospitality industry for over 25 years. Weather (read full article)

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Nov 04

Another Point & Counterpoint on Tipping

POINT Add 10% or 15% to the bill? I think not Posted By DENNIS THOMPSETT of TheSunTimes My mother was a waitress at the Trio for years, but even so, I must admit, I don’t understand the idea of giving tips to people in restaurants. Or anywhere (read full article)

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Nov 01

November Special Food & Drink Days (American).

Georgia Pecan Month National Peanut Butter Lover’s Month National Pepper Month Raisin Bread Month Vegan Month National Fig Week 1st Week National Split Pea Soup Week 2nd Week National Turkey Day 4th Thursday National Stu (read full article)

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