Serving up the latest restaurant industry news.
Labor
4 ways to face labor shortages
Restaurant Dive 7/13
After 18 months of only modest improvement, the restaurant industry’s labor shortage has become a familiar burden.
3 Key Takeaways – 2022 Edition: Is Franchising Doomed?
JD Supra 7/12
On June 28, Kilpatrick Townsend’s Marc Lieberstein, Franchise and Licensing Partner, and Chris Caiaccio, Labor and Employment Counsel, spoke to Kilpatrick’s Retail and Consumer Goods Industry Team clients, on the topic of whether franchising was doomed in light of the new laws and pending legislation that may significantly impact the manner in which franchising parties operate.
Food Industry Policy
COVID mask mandate’s return is imminent in LA County, Ferrer tells supervisors
Los Angeles Daily News 7/12
Los Angeles County remains on pace to enter the “high” COVID-19 activity level as early as Thursday, the public health director said on Tuesday, July 12, and absent a major reversal in virus-related hospitalizations, an indoor mask-wearing mandate will be imposed two weeks later.
Brewers need cans. California’s broken recycling system is making them hard to find
Los Angeles Times 7/12
Cindy Le, the operations director at Almanac Beer Co. in Alameda, had customers lining up for her Black Magic IPA and Peaceful Pils this spring. She was just running out of ways to sell it.
On the Side
Starbucks to close six Los Angeles stores, citing safety problems
Los Angeles Times 7/12
Starbucks plans to close six stores in Los Angeles and 10 other locations in other major cities because of what it says are safety issues including drug use and threatening behavior.
Online US Inflation Slowed in June But Food Prices Hit New High
Bloomberg 7/12
The inflation rate for goods purchased online in the US slowed sharply last month, according to the Adobe Digital Price Index, though there was no letup in food prices which rose at the fastest pace on record.
