government

This week’s 6 head-spinning moments: Fashion benders

By Peter Romeo on Sep. 15, 2017

Restaurants influenced more than food trends this week. Just ask those waifs in outlandish outfits who strutted the runways this week in New York City.

Workforce

Joint employer decision pushed off by McDonald's deal

By Peter Romeo and Jonathan Maze on Mar. 19, 2018

The settlement will avert the need for a ruling on whether employers are liable for franchisees' labor practices.

Allergy-awareness proponents

By Sara Rush Wirth on Apr. 16, 2015

Forty-eight of the 50 states don’t require restaurant workers to have allergen training. But that may be starting to change.

Operations

Chicago's home county kills controversial soft drink tax

By Peter Romeo on Oct. 11, 2017

Now Cook County is scrambling to identify means of making up the revenue deficit. One idea floated: legalizing marijuana.

Financing

NYC mayor wants to curb runaway rents for some restaurants

By Peter Romeo on Apr. 03, 2018

Mayor de Blasio wants to give landlords a choice: rent at a lower level, or pay a special tax.

Sysco-US Foods deal: What happens if it doesn’t happen?

May 07, 2015

The participants have discussed what they’ll do if the merger is blocked

Operations

Updated menu labeling rules to take effect May 7

By Peter Romeo on Nov. 07, 2017

Restaurateurs will have a chance to comment on the revision proposed by the FDA.

Leadership

Joint employer alarm sounded at RLC

By Peter Romeo on Apr. 18, 2018

Dire warnings led off a session focused on government issues relevant to restaurant franchisees and franchisors.

Miss. allows restaurants to refuse service to gay couples

By Restaurant Business Staff on Apr. 05, 2016

Proponents say the new law is a religious protection for private employers whose beliefs don’t align with customers’ lifestyles.

Financing

How the Senate tax bill would affect restaurants

By Peter Romeo on Dec. 04, 2017

Owners of pass-through companies would get some relief, but the qualifications suggest not all restaurateurs would qualify.

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