Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 8, 2021

Nair, a partner at Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP compiles recent legal news affecting the restaurant, food and beverage and hospitality industries for Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine. The Court ruled that under California law, PAGA claims could not be compelled into arbitration. Litigation. Legislation.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 31, 2022

Nair, a partner at Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP compiles recent legal news affecting the restaurant, food and beverage and hospitality industries for Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine. An earlier version of the law was passed in 2012, but was struck down in 2019. Litigation. Oregon Mutual Insurance Co.,

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SpotOn

JULY 16, 2024

With so many laws and requirements, keeping up with any state's latest minimum wage rates can be challenging. Small businesses and restaurants should know the changes to Florida's minimum wage rate. 2018 $8.25  $12.375  $5.23 2018 $8.25  $12.375  $5.23 While it's currently $12.00

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Goliath Consulting

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

Goliath Consulting Group analyzed data from our clients and national trends to identify some key options restaurants can utilize to expand their holiday business. Seltzers exploded on the scene in 2018 and continue to grow in market share. Take Advantage of Modified To-Go Laws. The Seltzer Market. The Virtual Bar Lesson.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 15, 2020

During a pandemic, drone delivery may also enable restaurants to serve customers who feel uncomfortable picking up food from a restaurant or having a delivery drivers come to their homes. However, restaurants seeking to capitalize on this new technology must navigate the aviation and privacy laws governing commercial drone operations.

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EATER

JANUARY 23, 2023

Joules Garcia /Eater Pastry chefs may be leaving restaurants, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing for the profession For the last several years, I’ve noticed a terrifying trend: Major magazines and food publications say that pastry chefs are going extinct. As a pastry chef myself, this is bad news, to say the least.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 30, 2022

Today’s modern restaurant operators face challenges that no other generation has faced, thanks to COVID-19 closures, supply chain disruptions, labor shortages, menu labeling, and food safety challenges. These are just a few of Chipotle's many efforts to revive its damaged brand image and increase safety in their restaurants.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 8, 2021

The landmark Americans with Disability Act (ADA) requires restaurants to ensure that their premises are accessible for people with disabilities. Now, it is up to restaurants to embrace this technology and help build a more inclusive future. Embracing Innovation. How AI Can Advance Inclusivity.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 22, 2020

Typically made of legumes, vegetable and assorted grains, these “meat substitutes” are now popular in grocery stores, as well as fast-food restaurants and even fine dining establishments. A 2018 study into the diet choices of 2,000 Americans found 38 percent of those polled acknowledged a willingness to try plant-based dieting.

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SpotOn

APRIL 30, 2024

With so many labor laws and an ocean of paperwork, it can get tricky to remember how much a minimum wage employee should earn in Michigan. per hour, there can still be some confusion about the labor laws that involve overtime pay, training wages, and tipped employees. What is Michigan's minimum wage? for that year. 2017 $8.90 $13.35

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Particularly for operators in the restaurant industry, who face high-volume hiring as a result of toxic turnover, it’s critically important to be diligent regarding employment eligibility to avoid penalties. Nationwide, ICE worksite enforcement jumped more than threefold in the first nine months of 2018 alone. The solution?

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 8, 2020

While businesses coast to coast reel from the financial and emotional impact of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, few have been affected more adversely than restaurants. Uncertainty in the restaurant industry could endure for months, maybe longer. COVID-19 Legislation and Tax Policy Changes. Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).

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7 Shifts

JULY 31, 2020

It's been six years that we've been in this business, and in 2018 we opened our second location in San Antonio.” 2 hours per week When Mattenga’s bought the restaurant in 2014, they had been using spreadsheets to keep track of their weekly schedules. You’re getting interrupted all the time in the restaurant industry.

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EATER

MARCH 30, 2022

Though vending was technically legalized in 2018, state public health laws make it almost impossible for most local vendors to get the permits they need. A girl walks with street vendors calling for legalization of their trade in LA, May 2018. Trujillo’s situation isn’t an uncommon one for street vendors in L.A.,

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Hot Schedules

JULY 17, 2018

On July 1, 2018, Oregon’s Fair Work Week Act took effect, making the state the first in the U.S. to enact a predictive scheduling law on a statewide level. The law is meant to provide more structure and stability around schedules for hourly employees of large brands. New Requirements for Employers.

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7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Legal and other matters referred to in this article are based on 7shifts' interpretation of laws existing at the time and should not be relied on in place of professional legal advice. With more than 10,000 restaurants operating within its borders that total $10 billion in sales, the state of Oregon (and its restaurant industry) is thriving.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 4, 2021

Across the country, the most damaging wildfire seasons have been in recent years, including 2017, 2018, and 2020, accounting for 62% of the structures lost over the last 15 years. While Texas and Colorado rank highest for high to extreme wildfire risk, these facts alone should give you pause regardless of where you operate your restaurant.

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7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Every great restaurant has many parts that contribute to its success: delicious food, excellent customer service, an inviting atmosphere, and competent staff. But restaurant management is the glue that holds it all together. With so many responsibilities, running a restaurant can be tricky. What is Restaurant Management?

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EATER

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Rubbermaid Brilliance Container “Years ago, my sister-in-law gave me some food inside a Rubbermaid Brilliance container and it’s still the storage container I reach for first,” says Eater’s deputy editor, Monica Burton. The lid makes a perfect seal that’s further secured with clips that click satisfyingly into place.

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EATER

APRIL 17, 2024

We gathered what we needed and hustled back to the restaurant — before we attracted any unwanted attention. While only a small portion of the 283-square-mile territory is technically protected and penalties are rarely enforced, the law represents a broader cultural prohibition on foraging that essentially applies to all public spaces.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 25, 2024

Blake Aguillard and Trey Smith started with $30,000 and no outside investors when they opened Saint-Germain in New Orleans' Bywater neighborhood in 2018. The duo transfomed a dilapidated cottage themselves entirely by hand into an intimate 12-seat restaurant that has received numerous accolades. It did in multiple ways.

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Restaurant365

JUNE 26, 2020

While many American businesses have been impacted by COVID-19, the restaurant industry is among those hit hardest. In response, many restaurants adapted to shutdowns across the country by offering drive-through or curbside pick-up, allowing them to remain partially open and serve customers who were sheltering in place.

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Cheetah

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Tipping at restaurants has always been a contreversial issue. Since the US government and state authorities started shutting down restaurants, millions of workers were laid off. Tipping Laws. Tipping laws vary across different states. But rarely, the arbitrariness of tipping may surprise restaurant workers.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 21, 2020

Between 2005 and 2015, the restaurant and hospitality industry had the highest percentage (14 percent) of sexual harassment filings received by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”), [1] in which the complainant's industry was specified. [2] Impact for Employers. 10, 2019), [link]. [4] 4] 29 U.S.C. §

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 16, 2021

As Modern Restaurant Management Restaurant (MRM) magazine celebrates its fifth anniversary this month, we reached out to industry insiders to garner their insights on what issues have impacted the industry over the last five years and what issues they feel will impact restaurants in the years to come.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 30, 2020

history, into law. The act provides some relief for restaurant owners in forgivable paycheck protection loans and tax relief. To qualify, the restaurant must have been in operation on January 31, 2020 and have 500 employees or less.

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Restaurant Engine

JUNE 25, 2020

Reuters reports , “sales plunged after restaurants were forced to close as lockdowns were put in place. ” CEC reported approximately $29 million in losses in 2019, and $20 million in losses in 2018. and law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld. Cheese and Peter Piper Pizza venues during the Chapter 11 process.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 8, 2020

By now, most restaurants have become familiar with Title III compliance when it comes to modifying facilities and procedures – enabling disabled patrons to have equal access to goods and services. Restaurants, however, may not have considered whether their websites are equally accessible under ADA Title III.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 29, 2022

The order means that the Supreme Court will hear a constitutional challenge to California’s Proposition 12 farm animal confinement law. Proposition 12 was passed by California voters in 2018 as a ballot initiative. The Ninth Circuit ruled against plaintiffs and upheld the law.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 2, 2020

Nair, a partner at Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP compiles recent legal news affecting the restaurant, food and beverage and hospitality industries for Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine. Currently, approximately 1,000 restaurants across New York City have foie gras on their menus. Legislation. Litigation.

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Cheetah

JUNE 14, 2021

If you are reading this article, you probably know that restaurants are facing turmoil as the most severe labor crisis ever experienced is hitting the industry. A lack of workforce could easily derail many restaurants’ reopening plans, particularly small and independent establishments. Reading Time: 9 minutes. Table of Contents.

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SpotOn

JULY 24, 2024

This tip credit system allows restaurants (and other businesses that rely on gratuities) to keep labor costs down. Since Colorado passed its first minimum wage laws in 1935 at $0.35 If tipped employees—like food and beverage workers—don't make $14.42 Colorado's minimum wage is $7.17 in 2023 to $14.42

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360Training

JULY 16, 2020

But if you’re ambitious, know that 9 out of 10 restaurant managers started their career in entry-level positions. . And the same is true for 8 out of 10 restaurant owners. Most people think of restaurants when you say “food service.” Full-service restaurants and bars make the median.

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EATER

JULY 12, 2022

In 2018, chef Zia Sheikh was struggling with burnout and addiction. He wound up getting fired from his job, another victim of the restaurant industry’s pressure and churn, and he says he sought out therapy as a result. Even after high-profile reckonings, restaurant workers still report that the industry allows abuses to thrive.

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Hot Schedules

JUNE 3, 2020

We have written a lot of blog posts about the unique issues restaurants face when it comes to staffing and payroll. What we know for sure is that no industry struggles more with human resources-related issues than restaurants. Here are just a few of the hard truths that make restaurant people management such a risky business.

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The Restaurant Times

JANUARY 28, 2022

If you are in the restaurant business, you must know that its service quality primarily depends on its staff. Therefore, as a restaurateur, you must go the extra mile to build a distinctive brand identity in a competitive restaurant space, especially in a country like the UAE, where the restaurant industry market size stood at $13.2

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7 Shifts

MAY 2, 2023

After Katie Button's flagship restaurant, Cúrate, closed during the pandemic shutdowns, she saw an opportunity. But first, Katie shared with us her unique path through the restaurant business. "I So, when I dropped out of a PhD program I was supposed to start and that's when I started working in restaurants.

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