With midterm elections coming up in November, a lot of attention will be focused on small business owners. Lawmakers – and candidates – are interested in knowing how tax policies, regulation and confusion in the marketplace impact your bottom line. We know you’re interested too, that’s why we round up what’s brewing across the nation.…
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Inventory, staffing, making donuts and beyond are all part of your daily routine and work as a franchise owner, so keeping up with laws and regulations that might affect your Dunkin’ Donuts shops can be mind-boggling and time consuming. Don’t fret. DDIFO works hard to stay on top of matters like minimum wage increases and…
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has extended the standard 60 day comment period by an additional 60 days on the agency’s proposal to remove partially hydrogenated oils from its list of ingredients that are “generally recognized as safe” (GRAS). This new regulation, should it be finalized, will effectively ban trans-fats from all foods. The…
Read More »The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday published a Federal Register notice that partially hydrogenated oils (P.H.O.s) should no longer be considered safe – the end result of which will be a total ban on artificial trans fats. Notice in the Federal Register constitutes a preliminary determination that PHOs are not “generally recognized…
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Still Fighting In Illinois – Through our membership with the Coalition of Franchisee Associations (CFA), of which DDIFO is a founding member, we have signed on to an important amicus curiae brief filed with the Illinois Supreme Court in the case of Avon Hardware, et al v. Ace Hardware. The case involves a disclaimer in the Ace…
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North Carolina’s Changing Environment – North Carolina takes a different view of environmental considerations when it comes to rezoning proposals and the jobs it can represent. Currently, in Charlotte, residents may protest rezoning issues and force a supermajority requirement on the Charlotte City Council. The legislature however is within one final vote of passing the Create…
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