- December 23, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
It’s amazing to think just how much of a roller coaster the past year really was. The year began with continued COVID challenges and political upheaval that evolved into hope with vaccines and reopenings and a surge in sales. And then more challenges and now, unfortunately, yet another surge.
Restaurant Business journalists have been covering these events every day. As we head into the holidays, it’s worth taking stock not just of the year that was, but of the work that we published on these pages.
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The Impact of the $15 Wage
The $15 wage has long been a goal of labor activists and the stuff of nightmares for restaurant operators. That wage arrived in 2021, not because of a change in the minimum wage but because of a historic shortage of labor. RB editors examined the history of the wage and its impact on all facets of the industry,…
