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Take one vegetarian menu, built around delicious healthy eating principles and local food production. Add dedicated owners who value their customers’ health and their staff’s workplace satisfaction. Stir in two decades’ experience, and you have The Green Temple, a vegetarian haven in the Redondo Beach area. Read more about the Green Temple and how it has adapted to Covid-19.

With nearly 700,000 customers and an A+ rating from the Better Business Bureau, ADP is a leading payroll and HR service provider. Although ADP works hard to develop customized solutions for small businesses, it’s helpful to determine which plan best aligns with your needs and budget. Read on to explore how ADP software compares across plans.

Online payroll services make the typically time-consuming task of running payroll by yourself faster and more efficient. An intuitive payroll process is particularly important for small business owners who have no room for error when they need to pay their employees. Read on for a look at the best and cheapest payroll options that still deliver the features you need.

Merchant Maverick Opportunity Grant winner Robin Holmes of Deddle’s Mini Donuts opened her big pink food truck, as she says, just on faith and research. The big pink Deddle’s food truck is a welcome sight in the Baltimore area, bringing mini donut creations, fried chicken, and a whole lotta heart. Learn how Robin started her business and where it’s going.

Whether you’re looking for additional sales channels to help your online business stay competitive, launching a new business, or turning a hobby into a side hustle, buying and selling apps can help you meet your goals. Whether that means jumping onto a marketplace like Mercari or Amazon or signing up for a service like Square or Shopify, knowing the difference between the options is the first step toward choosing the best selling apps for your business needs.

If you haven’t yet considered implementing a QR code payment system at your business, you really should. QR code payments are quickly becoming the norm, and they are easy to get started with. Some POS systems have built-in QR payment acceptance, but you can also accept QR code payments without a POS. Keep reading to learn more about QR code payments and how to offer your customers a “Pay with QR code” option.

Credit card decline codes are sent to merchants from credit card processors when a transaction is unable to be processed. Each numerical code corresponds to a different reason a transaction may be declined, such as the card in question being reported lost or stolen. Want to know more about how to deal with decline codes or what to do when one comes up? Read our handy guide to credit card decline codes.

Merchant Maverick Opportunity Grant winner Jennifer Greer of Jane Deaux Investigations offers services for defendants in court cases in Tennessee. Read more about her, why she got into the private investigation business, what motivates her, and how she’s working to affect the criminal justice system for the better.

Botanie Soaps offers wholesale organic soaps with custom labels. These soaps suit the needs of customers looking to sell at farmer’s markets or small boutiques or much larger clients looking for a high-quality product to repackage and resell on a national scale. They also offer soap-making equipment and materials for those just starting in the industry.

If you run a small business, chances are you’ve come across the term “UCC Lien.” What is a UCC (Uniform Commercial Code) filing? Are UCC filings bad? How do I file a UCC termination? Learn what UCC filings are and how to protect your small business.