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Financing

With less aid to buy groceries, SNAP recipients step up their fast-food spending, study finds

 By Peter Romeo on Jul. 11, 2023

A new report shows that grocery inflation made restaurant meals almost as economical as cooking at home.

Workforce

Restaurant and bar employment unexpectedly slips in June

 By Peter Romeo on Jul. 07, 2023

New government data show a decline in the employee head counts of eating and drinking places. Hotels, in contrast, accelerated their hiring.

Financing

McDonald's franchisees, and their attorney, push back against proposed California joint employer rules

By Jonathan Maze on Jul. 05, 2023

An independent group of the chain’s operators blasted a proposed rule in that state that would make fast-food franchisors liable for franchisees’ employment law violations after a union-backed group hinted their attorney favors them.

Financing

Feds say they stopped $3B in pandemic restaurant aid from going astray

By Peter Romeo on Jun. 28, 2023

About 31,000 requests for aid were rejected for being invalid or outright fraudulent, according to the SBA. Now it's investigating 720 RRF grants that may be bogus.

Financing

Louisiana offers a tax break to restaurants that don't trash their oyster shells

By Peter Romeo on Jun. 22, 2023

For every 50 pounds of shells they provide, the state awards a credit of $1. The shells are used to protect oyster beds.

Food

N.J. set to join states pushing for more humane animal farming

By Peter Romeo on Jun. 20, 2023

The state Senate approved a bill banning the use of gestation crates. The measure now moves to Gov. Murphy, who is expected to sign it into law.

Workforce

Get ready for a new push to raise wages

By Peter Romeo on Jun. 15, 2023

Reality Check: With housing costs at nosebleed levels, pressure is building to adjust pay rates accordingly.

Operations

Restaurants applaud Texas' effort to avert a hodgepodge of business regulations

By Peter Romeo on Jun. 14, 2023

A bill signed into law by Gov. Abbott ensures that local and county jurisdictions can't set rules that conflict with state and federal requirements.

Workforce

Calif. restaurants used a bogus priest to learn of worker 'sins' like stealing

By Peter Romeo on Jun. 13, 2023

Taqueria Garibaldi used the ruse to learn of such confessed infractions as fudging hours, according to a Department of Labor investigation.

Workforce

Minn. is set to give restaurants a preview of the Fast Act's impact

By Peter Romeo on Jun. 12, 2023

Working Lunch: Nursing-home workers will now get a say in what they should be paid, a setup organized labor views as an alternate way of delivering the benefits of collective bargaining. Restaurants need to push back on what's now a trend.

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