Labor
Why Your Restaurant Should Consider First-Party Delivery
FSR Magazine 11/16
Restaurants are trying to build back after a huge financial hit due to the pandemic.
Toast’s new restaurant products suite aims to alleviate labor pressure
Restaurant Dive 11/16
Restaurant POS platform Toast announced a suite of new products on Tuesday that enhance how operators receive money, pay and tip their employees and manage their operations and delivery networks.
Food Industry Policy
Los Angeles County Launches Program To Pay Overdue Rents
Restaurant Business 11/16
Restaurants in most areas of Los Angeles County will be able to apply for grants of up to $40,000 in rent assistance under a new small-business aid program that begins Nov. 17.
OSHA’s vaccine mandate is on hold pending litigation
Nation’s Restaurant News 11/16
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans on Friday put a hold plans by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or OSHA, to implement a workplace vaccine mandate.
On the Side
The Grim Return of Outdoor Winter Dining
The Atlantic 11/15
Imagine what it would be like to time-travel from 2019 to now. If you were just strolling down a city street, and not talking to anyone, would you even know that we’re in a pandemic?
Viral TikTok Shows Working Conditions For Restaurant Workers Hiding Behind Counter To Eat
Newsweek 11/15
A six-second video went viral on TikTok for showing the realities of working conditions for food service workers.
