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Operations

FDA suspends menu-labeling rules

Chain restaurants now have the leeway to change their takeout and delivery menus without updating nutritional disclosures accordingly.

Food

Beef quality assurance: Raising beef the right way

The industry is producing more high-quality beef than ever before, with more than 80% of beef grading the highest available USDA quality grades .

Workforce

D.C. lawmakers vote to save the tip credit

By Peter Romeo on Oct. 03, 2018

The move effectively reverses a June ballot initiative.

Leadership

Calif. mandates female representation on public company boards

By Peter Romeo on Oct. 01, 2018

A quick check of restaurant companies based in the state shows most would be out of compliance by the end of 2021 unless they make additional appointments.

Workforce

Courts draw lines on off-the-clock pay for restaurant staff

By Peter Romeo on Jul. 30, 2018

Recent rulings clarify when restaurants are obliged to pay employees for ancillary activities.

Consumer Trends

To bolster local restaurants, a San Francisco measure looks to ban new workplace cafeterias

By Benita Gingerella on Jul. 25, 2018

Critics say the measure would still have a negative effect on area jobs.

Workforce

NYC tries new form of paid leave

By Peter Romeo on May 16, 2018

The law mandates leave time for victims of certain crimes as well as their family members and close associates.

Operations

Missouri cracks down on underreported tips

Feb. 15, 2015

The state Department of Revenue is conducting more than 1,000 audits comparing cash tips reported by restaurants to tips tracked through credit cards; so far restaurants have been fined more than $40,000.

Music to my ears

By Bill Main on May 16, 1999

There are many people who work hard to ensure that local, state and national policies and laws benefit and protect the restaurant and hospitality industry. One such group is the National Restaurant Association (NRA).

The week's 5 head-spinning moments

By Peter Romeo on May 23, 2014

Adjustments in tech strategies, a big promotion that slipped past unnoticed, why every big chain should be scared and the day fast food lost its mind.

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