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Weave a Safety Net—Find the Right Strategic Partners

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Kristine’s Story The goal of the Kitchen Cabinet was to talk about the great things restaurants do in Milwaukee. Pre-COVID, we had a program called the Milwaukee Kitchen Cabinet. Today, in Milwaukee, the group has gone on to consider public safety, another issue that’s critical for restaurants. But COVID reinforced that lesson.

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When It’s Time to Ask Members to Start Paying

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Should the priority be building support for the industry or raising revenue? Food-and-beverage trade group FaB Milwaukee tried a free-to-fee approach. One Milwaukee food-and-beverage group chose to do the former, but it recognized when the moment came to ask members to start paying their way.