Executive Producers: Jason Berkowitz and Lisa Lee
Sponsored by: Independent Hospitality Coalition and Arrow Up Training

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Jason Berkowitz is currently the CEO and Founder of Arrow Up Training - restaurant safety, compliance & leadership in one easy toolkit. Their programs have become standard practice for independent restaurants, top companies and large-scale corporations. Jason has opened over 30 restaurants in LA, served as VP of Operations for Umami Burger, COO and Partner for Tocaya Organica, and is a founding board member for The Independent Hospitality Coalition.
jason@arrowuptraining.com

Beth Schroeder is an Employment Law Partner at Raines Feldman Littrell LLP. She has over three decades of experience in representing employers in all aspects of employment and labor law, including the defense of employment-related lawsuits involving wrongful termination, harassment, discrimination, wage and hour issues and related claims both individual and class action.
bschroeder@raineslaw.com

Eddie Navarrette is born and raised in LA. Eddie’s passion for social justice has been a constant. A product of the LA public school system and independent arts community, Eddie views his world through the lens of improving equitable street culture. As a young rock musician (when christened the nickname “Fast Eddie”), Eddie discovered support through employment at local bars like Three Clubs and restaurants like Miceli’s. In 2002, Eddie founded FE Design & Consulting to help hospitality businesses get their doors open, providing a variety of services for hospitality from architecture, land use and kitchen design. Today, Eddie is the Board President of Art Share LA supporting emerging artists in the community he grew up in. He continues to advocate for independent food & beverage businesses as a co-founder of the Independent Hospitality Coalition (IHC). Eddie lives in Downtown LA, serving as Executive Director of the IHC and living his values in preserving arts and culture in LA.
eddie@fedesignandconsulting.com

Caitlin Cutler is the co-owner of Ronan restaurant on Melrose Ave in Los Angeles. She runs Ronan with her chef-husband, Daniel, where she oversees daily operations and assembles the restaurant's rotating selection of natural wines. Caitlin's dream for Ronan is to create an all encompassing source of hospitality with friendly and genuine service where we serve food and beverages that provide nourishment without restraint, and ultimately where we honor the farmers who make running a restaurant in Southern California such a rewarding experience. Caitlin has been an outspoken advocate for small business relief since the COVID-19 pandemic, with an "open-book" strategy to publicly discussing the financial pressures on her restaurant, specifically targeting the challenges that arose when adapting to a world of takeout and delivery.
caitlin@ronanla.com

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Email lahospnews@ihcla.org or @lahospnews
Contact Jason@ArrowUpTraining.com
www.ArrowUpTraining.com

On this episode:

• The commodities report focuses on avocados, berries and lettuces.
• Employment attorney, Beth Schroeder, helps clarify the difference between tips, service charges, and surcharges, and discusses which belong to the restaurant, which below to the employees, and how to best communicate this. For questions, reach out to Beth: bschroeder@raineslaw.com
• IHC Executive Director Eddie Navarrette gives us a quick advocacy update on parklets, wastewater fees and ADA-related policies.
• For our Owners Manual, Dina Samson, co-owner of Rossoblu and Superfine Playa lays out different summer marketing strategies for each.

Executive Producers: Jason Berkowitz and Lisa Lee

Sponsored by: Independent Hospitality Coalition and Arrow Up Training

Email lahospnews@ihcla.org or @lahospnews
Contact Jason@ArrowUpTraining.com
www.ArrowUpTraining.com

Executive Producers: Jason Berkowitz and Lisa Lee


Sponsored by: Independent Hospitality Coalition and Arrow Up Training

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Jason Berkowitz is currently the CEO and Founder of Arrow Up Training - restaurant safety, compliance & leadership in one easy toolkit. Their programs have become standard practice for independent restaurants, top companies and large-scale corporations. Jason has opened over 30 restaurants in LA, served as VP of Operations for Umami Burger, COO and Partner for Tocaya Organica, and is a founding board member for The Independent Hospitality Coalition.
jason@arrowuptraining.com

Beth Schroeder is an Employment Law Partner at Raines Feldman. She has over three decades of experience in representing employers in all aspects of employment and labor law, including the defense of employment-related lawsuits involving wrongful termination, harassment, discrimination, wage and hour issues and related claims both individual and class action.
bschroeder@raineslaw.com

Caitlin Cutler is the co-owner of Ronan restaurant on Melrose Ave in Los Angeles. She runs Ronan with her chef-husband, Daniel, where she oversees daily operations and assembles the restaurant's rotating selection of natural wines. Caitlin's dream for Ronan is to create an all encompassing source of hospitality with friendly and genuine service where we serve food and beverages that provide nourishment without restraint, and ultimately where we honor the farmers who make running a restaurant in Southern California such a rewarding experience. Caitlin has been an outspoken advocate for small business relief since the COVID-19 pandemic, with an "open-book" strategy to publicly discussing the financial pressures on her restaurant, specifically targeting the challenges that arose when adapting to a world of takeout and delivery.
caitlin@ronanla.com

Eddie Navarrette - Born and raised in LA, Eddie’s passion for social justice has been a constant. A product of the LA public school system and independent arts community, Eddie views his world through the lens of improving equitable street culture. As a young rock musician (when christened the nickname “Fast Eddie”), Eddie discovered support through employment at local bars like Three Clubs and restaurants like Miceli’s. Jabberjaw, a 1990s performance venue in the Arlington Heights neighborhood, was his sanctuary. He would learn that Jabberjaw was suffering from the same small-business inequities that informs the work that he does today. In 2002, Eddie founded FE Design & Consulting to help hospitality businesses get their doors open, providing a variety of services for hospitality from architecture, land use and kitchen design. Today, Eddie is the Board President of Art Share LA supporting emerging artists in the community he grew up in. He continues to advocate for independent food & beverage businesses as a co-founder of the Independent Hospitality Coalition (IHC). Eddie lives in Downtown LA, serving as Executive Director of the IHC and living his values in preserving arts and culture in LA.
eddie@fedesignandconsulting.com

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To learn more on wage increase:
For the City of LA - https://wagesla.lacity.org/

Email lahospnews@ihcla.org or @lahospnews
Contact Jason@ArrowUpTraining.com
www.ArrowUpTraining.com