Right in time for President Biden’s State of the Union (SOTU) address this week, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) issued a new guidance recommending that face masks need be worn only by individuals in high-risk areas on the country or by those who may have a high risk of serious infection. The latest CDC…
Read More »As infections from the highly contagious omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus drop around the nation, many states and cities – a number of which have been staunch mandate proponents throughout the pandemic – are finally abandoning COVID mask requirements despite White House suggestions to maintain indoor mask requirements for businesses and schools. New York…
Read More »Being able to deliver critical education and information to our members has been a long time coming, and at long last, it is here! We’re thrilled to be getting back in the business of serving our members and all Dunkin’ franchise owners with in-person programming and interactive meetings. We’ve all been through a lot over…
Read More »As we pass the one-year anniversary of the coronavirus pandemic hitting the United States in earnest and the accompanying business lockdowns, mask mandates and social distance dictates, many elected officials are moving to get back to normal. Atop the list seems to be Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued an Executive Order this past Tuesday rescinding…
Read More »President-elect Joe Biden announced yesterday in a CNN interview that one of his first official acts as president will be to issue an Executive Order asking the country to commit to wearing masks for 100 days. In the same interview, Biden also revealed that he asked Anthony Fauci to stay on as Director of the…
Read More »Periodically, we will hear directly from some federal, state or local regulatory agencies asking us to assist with delivering a message to QSR franchisees in general, or Dunkin’ franchisees in particular, about one issue or another. Whenever possible, we try to accommodate these requests and pass along the information. Such was the case again this…
Read More »I suspect there aren’t many who haven’t seen the video of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in the hair salon this past weekend – when hair salons were restricted from conducting any business inside their establishments – only outside hair dressing appointments were permitted by San Francisco but it was just one of several displays…
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