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July/August 2020 Legal Update

Modern Restaurant Management

Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia dismissed an appeal by the operator of the &pizza restaurant chain in the United States against a copycat restaurant based in Scotland. Department of Agriculture Proposes Rule to Fight Organic Fraud : On August 5,, the Agricultural Marketing Service of the U.S. Legislation.

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Wildfire Season: How Restaurants Can Better Protect Themselves

Modern Restaurant Management

While Texas and Colorado rank highest for high to extreme wildfire risk, these facts alone should give you pause regardless of where you operate your restaurant. Ahead of the wildfire season, Society Insurance has put together prevention tips and controls a business owner can implement to better protect their establishment from wildfires.

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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

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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. To health officials and labor advocates, the Stemilt case signaled that the virus may be more widespread in the agricultural industry than is being reported.

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What Now? COVID-19 Survival Guide for Restaurants

Modern Restaurant Management

Due to the Covid-19 outbreak effect on the restaurant industry, Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine is compiling a list of resources available for restaurant owners, operators and managers. Global insurance brokerage Hub International , is responding tonumerous inquiries asking for more guidance through the Coronavirus crisis.

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$240 Billion Restaurant Recovery Fund | Restaurant Recovery Special Series

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Federal relief for the employer portion of unemployment insurance costs. Department of Agriculture. The program needs to make allowances for state “stay at home” orders to give restaurants returning to their regular business hours more time to restock, retrain and hire staff, and carry out other key operations.

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‘The Community Still Makes Me Feel We All Belong to Each Other’

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You’re harming your own community , the argument goes, as if a building protected by insurance is a community. Ruhel Islam [to Riz Prakasim, Gandhi Mahal’s operations manager] : It was you, Brother Riz? We had a beehive, regenerative agriculture, aquaculture agriculture in the basement. I don’t know.