The National Restaurant Association has asked the governors in five Gulf States to support their local restaurants in a quest to maintain uncompromised, year-round access to seafood fished in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. In a letter sent today to Governors Bobby Jindal of Louisiana, Rick Scott of Florida, Robert Bentley of Alabama, Phil Bryant […]

The job openings rate in the restaurants-and-accommodations sector soared to a post-recession high in April, according to the latest figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Job Openings and Labor Turnover (JOLTS) program.  “The restaurants-and-accommodations sector’s job openings rate – which represents job openings as a proportion of total employment – stood at 4.8 percent […]

The National Restaurant Association announced that outlook for restaurant job growth is at a two-year high. "The restaurant industry continued to register robust job growth in May, while the overall economy finally surpassed its pre-recession employment peak.  Looking forward, restaurant operators’ outlook for staffing growth rose to its highest level in two years. The economy continued to […]

After the House Committee on Ways and Means’ late-May approval of “Fighting Hunger Incentive Act of 2014,” many restaurants are awaiting passage in Congress to make tax deductions on charitable food donations permanent. For nearly 30 years since its inception in 1976, the provision’s tax deductions on charitable food donations were limited to C corporations. […]

The 95th annual National Restaurant Association Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show and the co-located 7th annual International Wine, Spirits & Beer Event (IWSB), recently held in Chicago, posted positive growth in both attendee and exhibitor numbers for the third year in a row. The NRA Show and IWSB 2014 brought operators, dealers, distributors, experts, manufacturers, and suppliers together to address some of […]