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Emerging Brands

Whole Foods unveils small-format store for urban markets

 By Greg Lindenberg on Mar. 04, 2024

The first Whole Foods Market Daily Shop will offer groceries as well as grab-and-go meals and a cafe concept called Juice & Java.

Workforce

Pay hike for couriers shakes up food delivery in NYC

 By Joe Guszkowski on Feb. 23, 2024

Customers are paying more, and couriers are working less. What it all means for restaurants is still unclear, but some fear it could get ugly.

Workforce

New York tries a program for turning asylum seekers into restaurant cooks

By Peter Romeo on Jan. 31, 2024

A pilot program undertaken with the instructional institution C-CAP aims to steer the immigrants into foodservice jobs, starting with positions in New York City.

Operations

NYC is forming a watchdog agency to regulate delivery services

By Peter Romeo on Jan. 26, 2024

Mayor Eric Adams says discussions are already underway to launch a Department of Sustainable Delivery for the city, noting it'd be the first of its kind in the nation.

Financing

DoorDash says it will raise fees for NYC restaurants to cover a big pay hike for drivers

By Peter Romeo on Dec. 05, 2023

The delivery service is making several policy changes after giving drivers in New York City a raise to $29.93 per hour.

Beverage

NYC looks to mandate sugar warnings from chain restaurants

By Peter Romeo on Nov. 02, 2023

A bill passed Thursday by the City Council will require alerts to be posted on menus and menu boards next to items containing what officials determine to be excessive amounts of added sugar.

Food

Madison Square Garden's restaurant partners turn arena into a culinary destination

By Patricia Cobe on Oct. 20, 2023

New menu items and long-running signatures welcome sports and concert fans for the 2023-24 season.

Workforce

N.Y. launches program to turn more immigrant asylum seekers into restaurant and hotel workers

By Peter Romeo on Oct. 03, 2023

Under a new initiative championed by Gov. Kathy Hochul, the state is serving as a matchmaker between the new arrivals and prospective employers.

Technology

Delivery apps' lawsuit against NYC fee cap is allowed to proceed

By Joe Guszkowski on Sep. 19, 2023

A judge ruled that DoorDash, Uber Eats and Grubhub have “adequately stated a claim” that the city's limit on what they charge restaurants is unconstitutional.

Operations

NYC leans on restaurants to make life harder for rats

By Peter Romeo on Sep. 05, 2023

The Sanitation Department said it will start fining food establishments that don't use garbage cans that keep the rodents out.

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