Labor
Fast Food Emerges from COVID a More Resilient Industry than Ever
QSR Magazine 12/3
In some ways, forced dining room closures might benefit quick-service restaurants in the end.
Study: Teens make up nearly a quarter of limited-service restaurant workforce
Restaurant Dive 12/2
New data from Black Box Intelligence indicates teenagers, age 18 years or younger, comprise a larger fraction of the restaurant labor force than in 2019. Teenagers made up 17% of the limited-service workforce in 2019 and 24% as of the end of Q3 2021.
Food Industry Policy
Inflation, supply chain, wages: Rising threats loom over small businesses
Los Angeles Times 12/3
Skyrocketing inflation is slamming many of California’s 1.6 million small businesses, which employ more than half the state’s workforce.
Restaurants to stop providing single-use plastics unless requested by customer
Daily Bruin 12/1
Single-use plastic utensils and napkins will no longer be offered at restaurants in Los Angeles unless customers directly ask for them.
On the Side
How Restaurants Can Excel in a New Era of Customer Experience
QSR Magazine 12/3
Introducing the quick-service restaurant industry’s newest digital companion: next-gen mobile innovation.
12 restaurant executives on the move in November
Nation’s Restaurant News 12/1
See who left positions this month and who got promoted in the restaurant world.
