Staff Appreciation Week 2011
November 14, 2011 | 
Author A huge thanks to Robert Barron and Tia Kelly for coordinating this year’s Staff appreciation week. BEC employees enjoyed Fat Sully’s Pizza Slice Truck, The Denver Biscuit Bus, Happy hour at the Archive Room as well as Waffles by Ron Olson.
Team Orange won the overall points in the games – Patty, Mike Lane, Josh, Tonya, Scott Lasater, Patrick, Ron and Steve.
Overall Individual winner was Vince.
Costumer Winner was Sherry as a Pirate along with her bird
Game Winners:
Movie Dyslexia – Eric
High Cup – Tonya
Boss Trivia – Vince
Bottle Ring Toss- Richard
Pop the Balloon- Alex
How Many? -Chris
BEC Trivia – Tonya
Quarter on a Plate Toss – Patrick
Nerf Knock Down – Vince
Word Etymology – Rik
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Presidents Club adds Brad Harris
BRAD HARRIS
Company: BEC POS
Years with BEC POS: 11 years
What Drives Your Success:
I attribute my success to my background in restaurants which helps me understand our customer’s needs and wants. Of course, meeting with prospects is only part of the equation – you have to have a great team to work with to really be successful in this industry.
Denver has more small businesses than most large cities
Mark Harden
New Media Editor – Denver Business Journal
Metro Denver ranks 17th among 938 U.S. cities for its number of local businesses, but a higher proportion of those companies are small than most other large urban areas.
That’s according to data collected by G. Scott Thomas, whose “On Numbers” blog covers demographic trends for The Business Journals, our national online business news partner.
Thomas compiled new U.S. Census Bureau data on businesses and employment.
The Denver-Aurora metro area (not including Boulder County) has 73,916 businesses, ranking 17th in the nation. But its average number of employees per business — 14.38 — ranks only 427th out of 938 U.S. cities, with first being the city with the most workers per business.
In fact, out of the nation’s 20 largest urban areas, only three have fewer average workers per business than Denver: New York (13.91 employees per business), Miami-Fort Lauderdale (10.93), and Tampa-St. Petersburg (13.71).
Many business leaders in Denver have long complained about the Mile High City’s lack of large locally based companies, although one Fortune 500 company — DaVita — recently moved its headquarters here, and another — Arrow Electronics — arrives later this month.
On the other hand, some argue that small businesses do much [...] Continue Reading…
Smashburger promoted Greg Creighton to President
Smashburger has promoted chief operating officer Greg Creighton to president and has hired two additional vice presidents to support the company for continued growth and expansion, the Denver-based fast-casual restaurant chain announced Wednesday.
Creighton will take on an extended leadership role to help drive business strategy at Smashburger, according to a news release.
The company hired Chris Chang, the former vice president at private-equity firm and Smashburger parent company Consumer Capital Partners, as its senior vice president of finance and strategy. And it has brought on Doug Thielen, former manager of non-traditional marketing and public relations for Qdoba Restaurant Corp. .Qdoba Restaurant Corp. Latest from The Business Journals Chipotle to open in CantonQdoba Mexican Grill plans expansionBaja Sol stirs up its recipe for growth Follow this company .of Denver, to be its vice president of communications.
Ronald McDonald House and BEC
Recently the BEC staff served a Mexican Fiesta meal to the residents of the Ronald McDonald House.
Thanks to the fantastic participating staff members who helped make this a success:
Brad Harris, Steve Harris, Patty Simmons, Jason Shelden, Jason Skolak, Sarah Behnen, Audrey Borski, Alex Steenburgh (and husband Mathew), Kim Slavins (and daughter Kendra), and Shaye McCarrell.
Denver Ronald McDonald House
Facebook Page | Website | 303-832-2667
Denver Ronald McDonalds House:32 Years of Helping Families in Crisis:
Being alone in the hospital can be a traumatic experience, especially for children. And more than ever before, children in need of emergency treatment are being brought to Denver from rural Colorado and bordering states for expert medical care.
For the past three decades, Ronald McDonald House® Charities of Denver has offered a loving home-away-from-home to families needing to be near their seriously ill or injured children while they’re being treated at metropolitan area hospitals.
Donate to the Denver Ronald McDonalds House…Click Here
October 2011 Newsletter
How do you know if an employee is stealing?
Whether you have been a restaurant operator for a week or a decade, you strive to successfully operate your restaurant every day. What you may not realize are the bottom line profits
that you could be losing and, more importantly, how you are losing them. Jimmy Fortuna, VP of Product Development, talks about how Aloha Restaurant Guard can help you identify theft in your restaurant.
Top email marketing mistakes:
Not sure what’s keeping your emails from achieving the click-through rates and open-rates you want? This infographic highlights the top email marketing mistakes that might be keeping you from getting the results you want out of your email marketing campaign.
Don’t miss it – gift card season is now!
Black Friday will be here before we know it, and customers will expect your restaurant to be ready with gift card options for their holiday needs. So….Here are 3 tips for increasing your gift card sales:
1. Make sure all of your employees are trained to sell and process gift cards.
2. Place actual gift cards or pictures of gift cards around your store or at each table in your restaurant.
3. Offer free packaging. 84% of consumers are more [...] Continue Reading…
2011 Shamrock Food Show – Denver
What a great experience for our staff to attend the annual Shamrock Food Show. As always, this is a special event each year in support of Shamrock Foods and the restaurant industry of Denver.
This year’s Shamrock show was again, a great success. BEC was able to talk with many new potential clients and to make sure all of our current clients are well taken care of.
Customer service is always the primary goal of BEC! Attending these types of shows and events is very important to our company and we will always be there for our clients to answer any questions they may have on the Aloha System, service and support.
Thank You to all who attended the show and discussed the Aloha System with us.
Give us a call for any questions.
Thank You
BECPOS
Alon Mor – CEO for Garbanzos
Colorado up and coming businesses featuring Alon Mor of Grabanzos.
Click here for the article featuring Mr.Mor