Labor
How Technology Can Benefit Restaurant Employees Instead of Replacing Them
Restaurant Technology News 1/4
Unable to reimplement pre-COVID-19 operating hours, restaurants must rethink, retool, and revitalize how to attract and retain employees.
Aggregators Gained Ground in Race for Digital Ordering in 2022
PYMNTS 1/5
Specifically, aggregator adoption saw a modest rise year over year, and although online ordering directly from restaurants remained well ahead, it also stayed relatively the same throughout 2022.
Food Industry Policy
California Court Pauses Fast-Food Wage Law
Association for Convenience & Fuel Retailing (NASC) 1/4
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—A fast-food wage law has been put on hold by a state judge, reports the Wall Street Journal.
Updates to California Safer Consumer Products Program and Food Packaging
Keller & Heckman 1/3
Recent updates to the California Safer Consumer Products (SCP) program could impact food packaging requirements in the state.
On the Side
These 18 new restaurants just opened around Sacramento. Here’s what you’ll find
The Sacramento Bee 1/3
A handful of new Sacramento-area restaurants opened their doors as 2022 drew to an end.
A popular Fresno breakfast restaurant is closing. Here’s why it doesn’t want to
The Fresno Bee 1/4
Benaddiction — the rock n’ roll-themed breakfast restaurant — will close its Bullard and Marks avenues location Jan. 15.