Labor
California business and labor at odds
CalMatters 2/7
If you want to see two diametrically opposed views of what California lawmakers have done and should be doing or not doing, look no further than a new poll and a new legislative scorecard.
Restaurants Improve Gratuity Payouts as Tipping Increasingly Becomes the Norm
PYMNTS 2/6
Restaurants’ efforts to optimize payouts come amid a generational shift toward tipping, per PYMNTS data.
Food Industry Policy
The Price of Cage-Free Eggs in California
Wall Street Journal 2/6
California is special, as it routinely proves. The latest example is the price of eggs, which have reached upward of $7 for a carton as the Golden State’s cage-free chicken law comes home to roost.
You could sip a latte and smoke cannabis in the same cafe under proposed California law
San Francisco Chronicle 2/6
SACRAMENTO — Local California governments could allow cannabis businesses to serve food and nonalcoholic drinks and host live music performances under a bill introduced in the California Legislature.
On the Side
Meet the restaurant players in the Chicken Showdown
NRN 2/7
Welcome to the Chicken Showdown, the third showdown from Nation’s Restaurant News. In this iteration, we are pitting nine chicken chains from all over the country against one another.
Just the check, please: Why your food critic is moving on
San Francisco Chronicle 2/6
After four years of serving as your friendly neighborhood restaurant critic, I’m moving on.
