Dunkin’ Lobbying Against Key Obamacare Provision

Tuesday, 19 Feb 2013 05:14 PM – By Todd Beamon Dunkin’ Brands — the owner of Dunkin’ Donuts — is working to overturn a major provision of Obamacare. The company, based in Canton, Massachusetts, is lobbying the White House to change its definition of full-time work from at least 30 hours a week to 40…

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Gov’t Intervention a Top Industry Concern

Nation’s Restaurant News reports that the increase of government legislation targeting the foodservice industry, on the federal, state and local levels, is one of the largest challenges restaurateurs face, industry executives and operators said Monday during the International Restaurant & Foodservice Show of New York.

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Campaigns Going Strong as Kennedy Seat Race Heads into Final Days

This is something Martha Coakley hasn’t done regularly in an abbreviated special election for US Senate that has caused the candidates to focus more on ground operations and phone calls than the retail politics that typically mark competitive statewide races. “Good morning! I’m asking for your vote,” the Democratic attorney general said to one person today at the Kit Clark Senior Center in Dorchester, as Coakley aides passed out munchkins from Dunkin’ Donuts.

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