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July 28, 2008
Banning QSRs Doesn't Provide an Obesity Fix
"Obesity and its resultant health complications, especially diabetes, are indeed a challenging public health problem in our nation," writes Gilbert Ross, medical director of the American Council on Science and Health in the Los Angeles Times. "But banning so-called fast-food restaurants from specific zones will not ameliorate the problem." Read the full story >>
Among operators who use community involvement to increase traffic, 92% work with community organizations such as Chamber of Commerce or sponsorship of sports teams.
Source: Chain Leader, 2007 Driving Traffic Study
» For more research from R&I click here.Burger King Units Will No Longer Employ 14-Year-Olds
When Burger King Corp. last week completed its purchase of 72 restaurants formerly owned by an Omaha, Neb., company, it was bad news for some younger workers. Simmonds Restaurant Management Inc. routinely hired 14- and 15-year-olds, but that conflicts with Burger King's policy. In the end, the company agreed to keep the older teens but released about 225 14-year-olds. Read the full story >>
Lane Cardwell: So Long, Secret Ballot
"Access to union representation is a right that workers have long enjoyed in this country," writes Chain Leader's Lane Cardwell. "When a group of workers are asked to vote to decide whether they want to be represented by a union, in the past the decision was decided in a secret ballot election by the employees. The Employee Free Choice Act will eliminate the secret ballot election, and permit union organizers to go directly to individual employees, at work or at home, and ask them to sign a card that is a public vote for representation by the union." Read the full story >>
'Waiter Rant' Chronicles Life Among the Servers
Waiter Rant takes readers into the hearts, minds and souls of those who live on their feet 12 to 20 hours a day, "taking it" from the public--most of whom feel entitled, for the cost of an entree, to commandeer, berate and even belittle those who rely mostly on tips to live. Read the full story >>
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