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July/August 2020 Legal Update

Modern Restaurant Management

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. Food and Drug Administration announced that it would restart on-site inspections using a new ratings system. Litigation. Legislation.

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What Now? COVID-19 Survival Guide for Restaurants

Modern Restaurant Management

“We know the coming weeks will be challenging ones for many small business owners, and we want to help restaurants focus on food, not finances.” will present a free webinar in conjunction with The Food and Beverage Shows titled, "Restaurant Preparation to Minimize COVID-19 Disease Risk and What You Need to Do Now."

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Surviving COVID-19: 7 Financing Options for Restaurants

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Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDLs) were also a hot commodity, but the government has since limited application to the agriculture industry—so they're not any use to restaurant owners at this time. Healthcare costs: group healthcare benefits, insurance premiums, etc. times your restaurant's monthly payroll costs.

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Why Farmworkers Are Especially at Risk for COVID-19

EATER

But more than half tested positive , and the farm turned out to be one of the first confirmed clusters of the virus among agricultural workers. despite the fact that their employer, Stemilt Ag Services, one of the state’s largest ag labor employers, had from the start implemented extensive safety measures to minimize their risks.

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2024 Outlook: Restaurant Trends and Challenges, Part One

Modern Restaurant Management

In the context of 2024, we anticipate the cultivated meat industry expanding its horizons by forging more meaningful partnerships with a diverse array of stakeholders, such as governments, large industrial and agricultural players, NGOs, academia, and investors. Beyond the realm of food, a similar shift has occurred with electric cars.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-Year 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

There has also been an increase in review content for Black-owned restaurants and food businesses (up 9X) and nightlife (up 13X). The previous spike we saw in community supported agriculture and grocery has started to dip (down 54 percent and 26 percent, respectively), as people head back into restaurants and cook at home less.

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Meet the 2021 Eater New Guard

EATER

Meet the inspiring leaders using food to challenge conventions, empower their communities, and make positive change. America’s food culture is at a turning point. They started and joined mutual aid networks and nonprofit organizations to weave together the strands of empathy and empowerment missing from our social safety net.

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