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‘Everything Matters’ – Experts Discuss 2022 Restaurant Outlook

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For these reasons, we are seeing an interest among restaurant managers in adopting or expanding their use of technologies that drive down costs, increase operational efficiencies, help prevent important health/safety issues, and eliminate energy and equipment waste that would otherwise go unnoticed.

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As Dollar Stores Proliferate Food Deserts, Some Communities Push Back

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Those extensions are tied to another part of the resolution that called for a comprehensive evaluation of the effects of small box retailers on the health, safety, and welfare of county residents and businesses, says Cochran-Johnson. In 2022 alone, the company plans to add over 1,100 new stores. The largest U.S.

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The Labor Disputes at Amy’s Kitchen, Explained

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Amy’s Kitchen has demonstrated a callous disregard for workers’ health, safety, and human rights in violation of the B Corp Declaration of Interdependence,” Teamsters Local 665 principal officer Tony Delorio said in a statement. The latest complaint calls for B Corp to investigate Amy’s and, if necessary, revoke its certification.

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MRM Franchise Feed: flip’d and the Juicey Awards

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” Looking ahead, the brand plans to have 50 new restaurant openings per year by 2022 to bolster its overarching goal of having 500 locations open and operating by the end of 2025. The first Lexington location, located at 652 East Main Street, will open in mid-September with two additional local restaurants opening in Winter 2022.

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New & Notable: TEAM Schostak Celebrates 40, AI in Food Service and Beachy Tech

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These changes go into effect in October for the launch of the 2022 call for entry period. “I’ve never been prouder of our Operations team,” said Kay Yoder, Vice President of Environmental, Health, Safety & Business Continuity, Southern Glazer’s. Additionally, there are P.F.

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California’s Upcoming Fast-Food Ballot Measure, Explained

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257 or the FAST Recovery Act , aimed to protect workers like Vilorio by convening a council made up of workers and corporate and franchise representatives to “establish sector-wide minimum standards on wages, working hours, and other working conditions related to the health, safety, and welfare” of fast-food workers. “In