Latest Restaurant Headlines

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

California Considers Giving 500K Fast Food Workers More Power

Feb 4 2022 // California’s more than half-million fast food workers would get increased power and protections under a first-in-the-nation measure approved by the state Assembly this week.Workers would be included alongside...

Owners of High-End London Restaurants Sue AXA Over Failure to Pay COVID Claims

Jan 26 2022 // The owners of high-end London restaurants The Wolseley and The Delaunay sued AXA Insurance UK Plc for as much as 4 million pounds ($5.4 million) over its failure to pay out on claims linked to the coronavirus...

Tennessee Jury Awards $9 Million to Man Who Sipped Cleaning Fluid at Restaurant

Jan 20 2022 // A Tennessee jury has awarded damages far above what the plaintiff asked for, after finding the Cracker Barrell restaurant company at fault for allowing a customer to accidentally drink a cleaning compound.The customer,...

Top 10 East Insurance Journal Stories of 2021

Dec 30 2021 // As 2021 comes to a close, Insurance Journal is looking back on its top stories of the year.In the East region, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic remained top of mind for many readers. Beyond the pandemic, readers also took...

New Hampshire Restaurant Fined After Fatal Crash by Intoxicated Customer

Dec 27 2021 // The New Hampshire Liquor Commission has fined a restaurant in Windham, New Hampshire, $2,500 and suspended its liquor license for 10 days in connection with a fatal vehicle crash in April.Four employees at the Old School...

Special Report: The Charity Issue

Dec 20 2021 // Higginbotham In partnership with the North Texas Community Foundation, Higginbotham created the Higginbotham Community Fund in 2011 to provide monetary support to nonprofits operating in markets where it has offices. Since...

Restaurant Owner, Niece Face Prison for Arson, Insurance Fraud

Dec 16 2021 // A New York restaurant owner and his nephew’s wife are facing up to 25 years to life in prison after being charged with first degree arson.Zef Gjurashaj, of Newburgh, and his nephew’s wife, Marina Gjurashaj, of...

London Turns Into Ghost Town as UK Faces Record-Breaking Wave of COVID Infections

Dec 16 2021 // The owner of Parlez, a pub and restaurant in south London, hoped that sales this Christmas would have bounced back fully from last winter’s COVID-19 lockdown. Instead, every one of this week’s group...

Workers’ Compensation Bureau of California Profiles Restaurant Industry

Dec 1 2021 // Restaurants make up a sizable portion of California’s workers’ comp system, a new report shows.The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California released the first report in its industry...

Fire Causes Estimated $50K in Damage at Delaware Restaurant

Nov 29 2021 // Fire officials in Delaware are investigating a fire that damaged a restaurant in Newark.The Delaware State Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating after the fire at Miller’s Ale House at Center Pointe Plaza,...

Hylant, Obsidian Launch Program for Restaurant Delivery Drivers

Nov 1 2021 // Hylant, a Toledo, Ohio-based insurance brokerage, has launched RoadPilot, a “pay as you go” hired non-owned program designed for the restaurant home food delivery industry.RoadPilot is an app-based technology...

Striking McDonald’s Workers Protest Alleged Workplace Harassment, Violence

Oct 29 2021 // McDonald’s workers in 12 U.S. cities walked off the job Tuesday to protest what they say is an ongoing problem of sexual harassment and violence in the company’s stores.Several hundred workers were expected to...

Arizona Restaurateur Whose Business Was Raided by Sheriff Gets $5M

Oct 22 2021 // Maricopa County, Ariz., officials approved a settlement this week with a restaurant owner in metro Phoenix who claimed in a lawsuit that then-Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s office had defamed him and violated his rights about...

Los Angeles Implementing One of Strictest Vaccination Mandates in Nation

Oct 7 2021 // Los Angeles leaders on Wednesday approved one of the nation’s strictest vaccine mandates _ a sweeping measure that would require the shots for everyone entering bars, restaurants, nail salons, gyms or even a Lakers...

Judge Clears Kansas City COVID Business Interruption Claim for Trial

Sep 24 2021 // A federal judge in Kansas City has cleared a restaurant group’s COVID-related business interruption claim for jury trial, finding that an 8th Circuit Court decision that found no coverage was owed in a separate case...

Workers in London’s Financial Services Industry Are Returning to Their Desks in Droves

Sep 20 2021 // On the lower floors of HSBC Holdings Plc’s Canary Wharf headquarters, the desks are filling up.Traders, salespeople and close support staff not currently in the office have been told they are expected to be at their...

Louisiana Restaurant Sued for Pregnancy Discrimination

Sep 16 2021 // Federal authorities have sued a Louisiana restaurant for allegedly violating federal law against pregnancy discrimination in hiring.The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit that...

In COVID Automation Boom, Robots and Apps Find Work at Services Firms

Sep 7 2021 // Ask for a roast beef sandwich at an Arby’s drive-thru east of Los Angeles and you may be talking to Tori — an artificially intelligent voice assistant that will take your order and send it to the line...

McDonald’s Franchise Settles Workers’ COVID-19 Lawsuit

Aug 13 2021 // A McDonald’s Corp. franchise in Oakland, California, has agreed to take steps to protect workers from COVID-19 to settle a 2020 lawsuit claiming managers gave employees dog diapers and coffee filters to use as face...

Minnesota Restaurant Workers Shortchanged During COVID Awarded $230K

Aug 9 2021 // Employees of a Minneapolis, Minnesota, restaurant group will receive money they were denied after the company laid off workers during the COVID-19 shutdowns without giving them their final paychecks.A settlement completed...