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Workforce

Restaurants are already bracing for a wave of wage-related ballot measures in November

 By Peter Romeo on Apr. 15, 2024

Working Lunch: The trend promises to cost employers plenty of money and sweat if they hope to prevail.

Operations

D.C. gives its troubled restaurants a sweet and sour aid package

 By Peter Romeo on Mar. 07, 2024

The Restaurant Revitalization Act aims to bring down liability insurance rates, but it stops short of ripping off a Band-Aid.

Workforce

One Fair Wage gets one more shot at suing Olive Garden's parent over tips

By Peter Romeo on Mar. 07, 2024

The suit would seek damages from Darden Restaurants for distracting One Fair Wage from its lobbying mission.

Workforce

Keeping the tip credit quickly emerges as a top restaurant concern for 2024

By Peter Romeo on Feb. 07, 2024

New efforts to kill the credit are arising in Illinois and Maryland, adding to the activity in four other states and on Capitol Hill. Meanwhile, lawmakers in Washington, D.C., are considering a measure to fix the results of losing the credit there.

Consumer Trends

Couples tend to splurge on Valentine's Day, spreading love to high-end restaurants

By Patricia Cobe on Feb. 02, 2024

Check averages go up on and around Feb. 14, but while guests may open their wallets for a pricey dinner, tips take a dip.

Workforce

NYC operators sound off on ending the tip credit: 'Fugetaboutit!'

By Peter Romeo on Jan. 29, 2024

More than half the surveyed restaurateurs and club owners say they'd consider shutting down at least one of their operations. Nearly 9 of 10 contend it'd be a disaster.

Workforce

With the tip credit falling, D.C.'s full-service restaurants cut payrolls 4.4%

By Peter Romeo on Jan. 16, 2024

Yet QSRs and sit-down places outside of Washington stepped up their hiring.

Operations

6 trends that reshaped the restaurant industry in 2023

By Peter Romeo on Dec. 20, 2023

New challenges emerged, especially downtown, while many operators looked back wistfully at bygone times, their hands held out for help on costs.

Workforce

D.C. restaurants reel from a triple dose of woes

By Peter Romeo on Nov. 16, 2023

Eating places are closing at the rate of one per week because of the one-two-three combination.

Workforce

Pluck off, Chicken Littles

By Peter Romeo on Nov. 02, 2023

Reality Check: The industry's tendency to portray every legislative or regulatory proposal as a restaurant killer is getting very old. Couldn't we be adults and focus on the real effects, like less opportunity?

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