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Employees are leaving their positions in droves. What can operators do to keep their businesses fully manned?

Employees are leaving their positions in droves. What can operators do to keep their businesses fully manned?

Alice Cheng, the founder and CEO of hospitality career website Culinary Agents, argued that the rescue plan for New York small businesses outlined by Governor Kathy Hochul is a “lifeline that is desperately needed.”

Restaurant are staffing up host and hostesses because working the front door is harder than ever, with vaccine checking, mask policy enforcement, plus the usual job duties

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (PRWEB) November 04, 2021 -- af&co., one of the country’s leading boutique restaurant and hospitality consulting firms, and Carbonate, a

Photo by Vivien Killilea/Getty Images for Hwood Group Famed Brooklyn pizzeria Lucali — where customers line up for hours to order the restaurant’s sought-after, thin wood-fired pies — is expanding. Owner Mark Iacono is building out a Carroll Gardens slice shop dubbed Baby Luc’s at 387 Court Street, at First Place, according to Google Maps photos and information listed in a job posting for the new spot. The Infatuation first reported the news. Lucali has yet to formally announce the news...

(Bloomberg) -- Later this year, the iconic Amagansett seafood shack Lobster Roll will open the first new location in its 55-year history. The outpost will have the same name and occupy the former Silver Lining Diner on the Montauk Highway in Southampton, N.Y.

Lots of jobs, few hires: Labor shortage puts Tampa Bay restaurants in a pinch Worker advocates say it’s the start of an overdue reckoning for industries that rely on low-wage jobs.     A marquee at the McDonalds at 1905 N Dale Mabry Highway in Tampa indicates a starting salary of $13 an hour for new hires on May 12. The restaurant had previously offered applicants $50 just for coming in for an interview, a sign of the current high demand for food service workers. [ IVY CEBALLO | Ti...

When a lawmaker’s conscience clashes with the party line What happens when a lawmaker’s principles and her voters’ wishes are at odds with one another? Liz Cheney has refused to embrace what she calls the “big lie,” even though it may cost her her GOP leadership position. Patrick Semansky/AP Republican Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming (center) speaks with President Donald Trump during a bill signing ceremony in the White House in Washington Nov. 25, 2019. Ms. Cheney has refused to embr...

Amid a nationwide labor shortage that’s affecting his industry, Ian Davis bluntly says, “These are desperate times.” Just 4 miles away from his sushi restaurant on Tybee Island, Georgia, a crab shack is offering $3,000 signing bonuses. Some restaurant owners and economists think generous jobless benefits have chilled the hiring process. At the same time, persistent school closures and limited child care prevent many others from leaving home. And some workers have simply moved on to other...