In California, a Foster’s Freeze location closed and laid off its workers due to a new $20 per hour minimum wage that took effect April 1st. The wage increase was mandated by Governor Gavin Newsom ...

Celebrity chef Andrew Gruel discusses the fate of California's restaurant industry as businesses continue to feel the pain of ...

Gavin Newsom, California passed a controversial ... there has been a spate of closures, with one restaurant foundering after another. Jonathan Maze, the editor-in-chief of Restaurant Business ...

Bay Area lawmakers who led the effort to ban extra fees at restaurants and other businesses in the state are now asking, "is ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s successful push to hike the minimum wage for many of the state’s fast food workers is having a ...

The fine print of Newsom’s budget contains several indirect tax increases on businesses – mostly by reducing offsets of ...

Fast food restaurants in California are having to lay off thousands of workers and hike menu prices to stay open. CABIA ...

Restaurant surcharges and other fees could be OK if they’re clearly displayed on bill under new emergency law.

Restaurant surcharges could still be legal after last-minute ... and disagreement about what is permissible under state law.” ...

The figure comes from the Hoover Institution, which is a public policy think tank affiliated with Stanford University.

The new bill, Senate Bill 1524, is supported by the California Restaurant Association and the Unite Here food workers union. Matthew Sutton, a senior vice president with the California Restaurant ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2023 signed a law raising the state minimum wage of fast food workers to $20 per hour. The law went into effect in Jan. Owners of fast casual chain Chipotle ...