California and a number of localities have already passed bills specifying default beverage choices in restaurant kids meals, including limiting sodas to on-request only, triggering menu and advertising changes. Look for the trend to spread.
“Whenever the tip credit has been threatened, tipped employees have fought back to preserve the existing tipping system,” says the Association’s Mike Whatley, VP of state and local affairs. Washington, D.C., and Michigan have gone through these fights recently; New Jersey is now engaged.
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5. Third-party delivery
California jurisdictions are reportedly thinking about new rules for restaurants that work with third-party delivery services, including food safety and data privacy rules.
The Bottom Line: The fast-food chain ended months of uncertainty by bringing in its former executive to be chief executive. Wright should steady the ship, but it will not be an easy task.
The Blink-182 band member and husband of Kourtney Kardashian joins Heavyweight Mike Tyson as a backer of the five-unit franchise brand, which has been called the vegan McDonald's.
The fast-casual chain saw traffic climb nearly 7% in Q1 by sticking to its long-term strategy of everyday affordability, rather than discounts and promotions.
