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Start cooking for the Annual Hawaiian Chili Cook Off
Attention Students and Restaurateurs! The Annual Hawaiian Chili Cook Off Save the Date on Saturday, October 2, 2021 Koko Marina Shopping Center The HRA Educational Foundation is looking for High School students and restaurants to participate in our Annual...
May 2021 Executive Directors Message
A huge MAHALO to all of you who participated in our 13th annual golf tournament at Pearl Country Club. We were able to achieve our goal and continue to fulfill our mission and support the many initiatives of Hawaii’s Restaurant industry. lt was nice to see all of you...
ERC Tax Credit? COS Accounting & Tax has answers!
What is the Employee Retention Credit? The Employee Retention Credit or the ERC, is a tax credit available for small business owners, LLC's, S-Corps, or 1099 employees. Similar to the $1,200 stimulus check taxpayers received, this credit is designed to help small...
PPE FROM HAWAI`I TO HAWAI`I
Aloha restaurants of Hawai`i, We are excited to collaborate with you and help you reopen and operate safely while you do what you do best, feed our people with delicious food and a lovely service. Our mission is to make personal protective equipment available to the...
You don’t want these ‘Tourists’, and ServSafe© Classes
We are all hopeful and excited our tourism industry is winging back. But we need to keep certain winged tourists out of our operations. We are talking about Filth Flies. Better known as Fruit or Drain Flies, they are difficult to get rid of once they develop in your...
Top Restaurant trends and technology in 2021 … Are you ready?
Top Restaurant trends and technology in 2021 … Are you ready? While the past year has been filled with challenges, new innovations emerged with the help of technology. New protocols are in place, restaurants are expanding their capacity, and travel is on the horizon....
HRA EF April 2021 Newsletter
Our Haumana Fundraiser which is a partnership with Honolulu Coffee Company (HCC) has started off with a bang! In March, we sold 237 bags of Haumana Blend coffee. Wow! We are setting a goal to sell 500 bags of Haumana Blend by the end of April 2021 and we need your...
HRA Executive Directors Message April 2021
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I feel it is important to express my gratitude to all of you, our treasured members. Over the last quarter I want to thank those members who have shown support either through written testimonies, directly calling our elected...
The Hawaii Dining Out Directory
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Hawaii Dining Out Directory! The Hawaii Restaurant Association’s Hawaii Dining Out Directory is the only list that is searchable by zip codes. The Hawaii Dining Out Directory list has updated categories for your guests...