Minimum wage
Mr or Madam President?
The election of a new US president will afford the restaurant industry a chance to open the debate on the…
Protesters demand action from Olive Garden
The Good Food Now campaign has seen 130,000 protesters calling on Olive Garden, and its parent company Darden Restaurants, to…
The consultants’ view: the sector in 2016
Will this be the year that we see the end of tipping? What market sectors will thrive in 2016? And…
Restaurant minimum wage debate: tips are not wages
Tips are not wages. That’s definitely not what customers think. Even the most ardent enthusiast of tipping wouldn’t advocate that…
Minimum wage debate: Do millennials have it that bad?
For the "millennial", (and while opinion differs on the definition age group for the demographic for the purposes of this…
Minimum wage and the rise of the restaurant robots
Industry sales for the US restaurant business will hit $709.2bn this year, employing 14 million Americans in the process. But it’s…
UK waiters protest over tipping policies
Waiters at the popular pizza chain last month complained that the restaurant deduct 8% of all tips received in credit…
Wage fairness: Hope springs eternal
My recent article in the Q3 2014 edition Foodservice Consultant magazine, “The $15 Minimum Wage Debate,” certainly was prescient. I…