The Trump Administration sooner or later will start delivering on its promise to slash government red tape but, in the meantime, the battle over wages, sick leave and food labeling requirements continues to rage on at the city, state and county level. New York City officials are crowing over a court victory upholding their new…
Read More »Yes, start spreading the news . . . New York State may have reached the tipping point with liberal New York City mayor Bill de Blasio and some of his over-the-top edicts from on high! Last week, the legislature passed – and Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law – a bill that places a moratorium…
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It’s been one long, hot summer for Dunkin’ franchise owners and others in the quick service business, and we are not just talking about the temperature. A tight labor market has combined with a wave of minimum wage hikes across the country to ramp up the pressure on franchisees across the country. And in a…
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It would be an understatement to say these are challenging times for the restaurant business, and, in particular, for the quick service sector. In fact, Dunkin’ franchise owners find themselves in the midst of a veritable superstorm of new government-mandated overtime rules, minimum wage hikes, family-leave requirements and now “voluntary” sodium disclosures as well. Possibly…
Read More »Thanks to a decision last week by a New York court of appeals, the city’s new salt warning mandate is back in full force beginning on Monday, June 6, 2016. The mandate, which applies to restaurants within New York City with at least 15 outlets nationwide, originally took effect in December, but its enforcement was…
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Warning: A tidal wave of minimum wage laws and food labeling red tape may soon be headed your way. Dunkin’ and other quick service franchise owners are facing what is shaping up to be a challenging and unpredictable 2016. A no-holds-barred presidential race has pumped new energy into an array of activist causes, from the…
Read More »Just one day before fines and penalties were scheduled to begin, the New York state appeals court has granted a temporary stay in the National Restaurant Association’s lawsuit challenging the validity of New York’s new sodium warning requirement. Just last week, NY supreme court justice Eileen Rakower threw out the NRA suit and dismissed their…
Read More »That’s exactly what a New York Supreme Court judge did this week when the court upheld the New York City requirement for restaurants to post warning labels on foods with more than the recommended daily intake of sodium. The law, which was passed by the NYC Board of Health last September, applies only to chains…
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There is never a dull moment these days in the quick service restaurant industry, which has become a target of everyone from labor unions to the self-appointed food and diet police. The latest crusade by activists promises to be a doozy, with New York City having just rolled out a new labeling system forcing restaurants…
Read More »New York City this week became the first government in the nation to require sodium warning notices on menu items that exceed the recommended daily limit of 2300 mg of salt. The requirement, which was adopted by the city Health Board back in September, officially became effective this past Tuesday, December 1, although the fines…
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