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Workforce

Feds indict Tennessee restaurant operators for housing undocumented hires

 By Peter Romeo on Jul. 14, 2022

The operators of eight Asian restaurants could be sentenced to 20 years in prison.

Financing

Colorado suspends restaurants' sales-tax payments

 By Peter Romeo on Jul. 08, 2022

Hospitality establishments can deduct their sales from what they owe the state, up to $70,000 per month. The break expires at the end of September.

Beverage

New York OKs sale of Japanese spirit by restaurants licensed for beer and wine

By Peter Romeo on Jul. 06, 2022

The law also permits shochu to be sold under that name rather than the erroneous label of soju.

Operations

California restaurants may have to pitch in on packaging cleanup costs

By Peter Romeo on Jul. 05, 2022

Landmark legislation enacted last week puts a tax on manufacturers, with an expectation that they will pass along the charge.

Marketing

Restaurant industry presses Congress to keep a data-security bill from going amiss

By Peter J. Larkin on Jun. 24, 2022

The National Restaurant Association wants adjustments that shield restaurants from potentially nightmarish side effects.

Food

Foie gras producers sue to block NYC's pending ban

By Peter Romeo on Jun. 23, 2022

Duck farmers are asking a state court to halt the ban before it starts, arguing that the city shouldn't dictate what's farmed hundreds of miles away.

Workforce

Federal watchdog asks a court to crack down on Starbuck's union resistance

By Peter Romeo on Jun. 22, 2022

A regional National Labor Relations Board official wants a nationwide cease-and-desist order issued against the chain, alleging many of the practices are illegal. Starbucks denies the assertions.

Financing

Regulators make the joint-employer rule a top priority

By Peter Romeo on Jun. 22, 2022

The National Labor Relations Board indicated that it once again could make franchisors more accountable for the labor actions of franchisees.

Financing

USDA takes aim at supply-chain bottlenecks

By Peter Romeo on Jun. 21, 2022

A financing initiative aims to improve the volume and price of food supplies by fostering loans of startup and growth capital.

Marketing

Restaurants catch their share of flak in the culture wars

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jun. 20, 2022

Working Lunch: Are Pizza Hut's reading selections a social threat? and what will a alternative "anti-woke" Chamber of Commerce mean for restaurants?

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