Location Location Location?

Location Location Location?

It’s the oldest mantra in real estate history, but is it true that a great location is the single biggest factor in ensuring your restaurant’s success?  Well, that depends. While a good location with high volumes of foot traffic and lots of visibility is undoubtedly a...
HRA Membership Mixer at Oahu’s Turtle Bay a Great Success!

HRA Membership Mixer at Oahu’s Turtle Bay a Great Success!

Our HRA membership mixer at Turtle Bay on Tuesday October 25th was a fantastic success! We had 50 RSVPs and 75 folks attended. It was an awesome setting on The Point with great food and drinks.  Lots of meaningful connections were made and we got four new member...
Executive Director’s Message:  October 2016

Executive Director’s Message: October 2016

We talk a lot about rising employee costs, what with minimum wage going up each year until it reaches $10.10 by January 1st, 2018. In addition, other employee related costs are also going up. But that is only part of the problem when it comes to restaurant staffing,...
How Restaurants Can Help Stop the Spread of the Flu

How Restaurants Can Help Stop the Spread of the Flu

We have been discussing a lot about the spread of viruses over the last few months, but it is also important to discuss viruses that are prominent during the upcoming winter season; the most significant of those is the flu, or influenza virus. Where the Hepatitis A...
Celebrating 10 years of Clean Air & the Great American Smoke-Out

Celebrating 10 years of Clean Air & the Great American Smoke-Out

Looking for something to celebrate? On Thursday, November 17, 2016, join the American Cancer Society, American Heart Association, American Lung Association, and many other health organizations in celebrating two great events:  The Great American Smoke-Out (a day where...