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Workforce

&Pizza CEO Michael Lastoria’s advice to employers on worker scheduling: ‘Don’t be a dick’

 By Lisa Jennings on Oct. 07, 2022

The pizza chain co-founder evangelizes for fair workweek on panel hosted by U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh.

Leadership

Union Square Hospitality calls on the restaurant industry to push for gun reform

 By Heather Lalley on Jun. 01, 2022

In the wake of two mass shootings, USHG President Chip Wade said his company would commit its money and its voice to changing gun laws.

Leadership

Restaurant aid failure exposes a growing lobbying rift

By Peter Romeo and Heather Lalley on Mar. 25, 2022

The National Restaurant Association and the Independent Restaurant Coalition both pushed for more aid to help the industry during the pandemic. But differing styles and disagreements between the two may have hampered the effort.

Financing

Restaurant CEOs got lower salaries but higher pay last year

By Jonathan Maze on May 06, 2021

But the pandemic managed to keep pay packages for the industry in check and below average for public company chief executives.

Beverage

States move to extend or make permanent to-go cocktails

By Patricia Cobe on Jan. 21, 2021

Legislation is pending in 13 states to allow restaurants and bars to continue selling alcohol off-premise.

Marketing

Calif. bill would force third-party deliverers to share customer info

By Peter Romeo on Feb. 19, 2020

The latest in a flurry of bills aimed at regulating the services would apply only to certain pieces of data, and only upon request once a year.

Workforce

Lawmakers rally to save Washington, D.C.’s tip credit

By Peter Romeo on Jul. 11, 2018

A majority of the city’s ruling council have co-sponsored a bill that would reverse last month’s ballot measure.

Operations

Seattle repeals big-business tax after opposition from Starbucks and others

By Heather Lalley on Jun. 13, 2018

Pressure from the coffee company, Amazon and others killed the tax, which would have funded anti-homelessness initiatives.

Operations

Starbucks lashes out against Seattle over new big-business tax

By Heather Lalley on May 16, 2018

The coffee giant accuses the city of flawed financial decision-making.

The Consumer

Lawmaker files bill to prevent restaurant owners from deducting tips from waiters/waitresses

Jun. 16, 2015

Restaurateurs would be forced to pick up the whole fee on tips charged on credit cards.

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