Latest Restaurant Headlines

All the headlines from our Restaurant Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Stealing Is Contagious

Oct 7 2019 // The restaurant industry, like many cash industries, is ripe for theft. One thing to take note of is just how contagious bad behaviors like stealing tend to be inside food establishments.New research by three researchers...

Feds Fine Popular New Orleans Restaurant $238K for Unpaid Overtime

Oct 4 2019 // The U.S. Department of Labor has ordered a popular New Orleans restaurant to pay $238,000 in back wages to 222 employees who weren’t properly paid for overtime work. News outlets report an agency investigation...

150-Plus Eateries Cited for Violating Louisiana Seafood Label Law

Oct 4 2019 // More than 150 Louisiana restaurants have been cited for not disclosing to customers they were selling imported rather than domestic seafood.The citations from the Louisiana Department of Health stem from a new law...

How Restaurant Employees Who Steal Learn From Their Peers

Oct 1 2019 // Plenty of workplace research shows that people with helpful, mentoring colleagues tend to be helpful and perform better themselves. Few researchers have looked at whether bad behavior spreads among workplace colleagues.But...

New Orleans Restaurant Pays $55.2K for Labor Law Violations After Child Injured

Sep 30 2019 // A New Orleans restaurant has paid more than $55,000 after an investigation revealed it had violated multiple U.S. child labor laws by hiring a 13 year-old, who subsequently was severely injured at the workplace.The U.S....

Trial Begins in East Village Gas Explosion That Killed Two

Sep 11 2019 // A construction scheme to service high rent tenants created a virtual bomb, causing the 2015 gas explosion in Manhattan’s East Village that killed two people, injured 19 others and leveled three buildings, prosecutors...

McDonald’s Expands Training to Address Workplace Harassment, Violence Prevention

Sep 4 2019 // The world’s biggest restaurant company, facing complaints from employees and advocacy groups over workplace policies, said it is expanding its training program for restaurant supervisors and crew.McDonald’s USA...

Lawsuit Alleges Louisiana Restaurant Pressured Servers to Perform Unpaid Work

Aug 20 2019 // Three former table servers are suing owners and managers of an iconic Louisiana restaurant, claiming managers pressured them to work for no pay.The Advocate reported the lawsuit against The Chimes was filed last week in...

Safety Rules Proposed After Child Dies in Grease Trap at New York Restaurant

Jul 22 2019 // The death of a 3-year-old boy in a restaurant’s underground grease collection tank has prompted two state lawmakers to draft new safety legislation.Police say the child fell through an unsecured plastic cover over a...

Chubb Adds Small Business Coverage for Food Service Industry to Digital Platform

Jul 16 2019 // Chubb has added small business insurance to cover risks faced by the food service industry to its digital platform – the Chubb Marketplace, which features a suite of products for businesses with up to $30 million in...

Server Joins Federal Pregnancy Discrimination Suit Against N. Dakota Restaurant

Jul 9 2019 // A federal judge will allow a waitress who claims she was fired because of her pregnancy to join a lawsuit against a Bismarck restaurant. The judge decided Erica Davidson is within her rights to intervene in the Equal...

Update: 21 Injured in Gas Explosion at Florida Shopping Plaza

Jul 7 2019 // A vacant pizza restaurant exploded Saturday in a thundering roar at a South Florida shopping plaza, injuring more than 20 people as large chunks of concrete flew through the air.The blast flung debris widely along a busy...

North Carolina Insurance Fraud Round-Up: April

May 22 2019 // The North Carolina Department of Insurance announced multiple fraud enforcement actions during the month of April 2019.Insurance fraud costs American consumers approximately $80 billion dollars a year. According to North...

Massachusetts Restaurant Customers Warned of Potential Hepatitis Exposure

May 21 2019 // Massachusetts health officials say a seafood restaurant worker has tested positive for hepatitis A and are warning customers they may have been exposed to the disease. The state Department of Public Health and local health...

Minnesota’s ProHost USA Acquired by Distinguished Programs

Apr 17 2019 // Distinguished Programs, a national insurance program manager headquartered in New York, has acquired Minneapolis, Minnesota-based ProHost USA, a specialty insurance program for restaurants and related risks.Distinguished...

Audit Says New York Health Inspectors Go Easy on Restaurant Violations

Apr 8 2019 // Food safety inspectors in New York state failed to take action in response to hundreds of serious health code violations, according to a state audit published Friday.Officials from state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli’s...

Lawsuit Blames Nevada Casino Restaurant for Salmonella

Mar 27 2019 // A Nevada man is suing the corporate owner of a casino restaurant in Elko where he says he was infected with salmonella after eating contaminated ham or eggs there earlier this month.Harry Wiseman of Elko says he is one of...

The Lowdown: Spirits, Stouts, Craft Brews and More

Mar 18 2019 // “The more you know, the more you know you don’t know.” – AristotleThough attributed to Aristotle, he didn’t really say that, exactly. More likely, he said something very complicated, but the...

Serving Up The Right Coverage

Mar 18 2019 // It’s a good time to be in the restaurant industry. Restaurant sales in 2018 were projected to reach $825 billion — a 3.1 percent increase over 2017, according to the National Restaurant Association (NRA)....

Nashville Salmonella Outbreak Prompts Multiple Lawsuits Against Restaurant

Feb 21 2019 // A Nashville restaurant is facing multiple lawsuits after at least 20 customers reported becoming infected with salmonella.According to WKRN-TV, the four lawsuits are each seeking up to $1.5 million in damages from Milk and...