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New bill would allow restaurants in California to continue using service fees and other surcharges

 By Peter Romeo on Jun. 06, 2024

Consumers would need to be alerted to the add-ons ahead of time. The measure's proponents are asking that it be passed before most surcharges are outlawed starting July 1.

Workforce

Union group urges New York to make ending the tip credit a campaign issue

 By Peter Romeo on Jun. 05, 2024

One Fair Wage said its research shows young residents would be more likely to vote if the issue hung in the balance.

Food

Cucumbers shipped to 14 states are suspected of carrying salmonella

By Peter Romeo on Jun. 03, 2024

The produce likely never made it to restaurants or supermarkets, according to the FDA, because supplies were halted at the distributor and wholesaler stages of the supply chain.

Food

Consumers aren't exactly crowing for lab-grown chicken

By Peter Romeo on May 29, 2024

New research shows a majority of the public supports banning cultivated meats, as two states just did.

Workforce

Restaurant coalition sues to block broadened eligibility for overtime pay from taking effect July 1

By Peter Romeo on May 23, 2024

Restaurant trade groups and other business organizations have filed the action in the same court that struck down a similar change in the rules in 2017.

Financing

Minnesota restaurants will soon have to start disclosing total prices, service fees included

By Peter Romeo on May 23, 2024

A law enacted this week bans hidden fees but allows restaurants to continue levying surcharges if customers get a heads-up and the money goes to employees.

Workforce

The tip credit survives a legislative challenge in Illinois

By Peter Romeo on May 22, 2024

Proponents of killing the credit acknowledged this week that legislation outlawing the employer concession is virtually dead for this year.

Marketing

New York restaurants take aim at reservations pirates

By Peter Romeo on May 14, 2024

The state's restaurant association has joined forces with lawmakers in hopes of preventing third parties from scarfing up reservations and reselling them, with none of the proceeds going to the restaurants.

Financing

Explaining the charges against Fat Brands Chairman Andy Wiederhorn

By Jonathan Maze on May 14, 2024

The creator of the owner of Twin Peaks, Fazoli’s, Fatburger and other chains was charged in a $47 million false loan scheme and sued by the SEC for misusing company funds. Here’s what we know.

Financing

Surprise, surprise: California kept its full-service restaurants in the dark for months

By Peter Romeo on May 08, 2024

Reality Check: The state attorney general had refused to clarify the scope of the state's pending anti-junk-fee law. It's one more smack in the face to the trade.

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