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☆ Burger King, Popeyes, and Jack in the Box cut ties with ghost kitchen Reef as the SoftBank-backed startup continues to face operational issues
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( Nancy Luna | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Jack in the Box, Burger King, and Popeyes have ended their expansion plans with Reef. Burger King, Popeyes, Jack in the Box, and Del Taco have ended their partnerships with Reef Technology, a ghost-kitchen startup. Health inspectors in Austin, Texas, suspended four Reef food trailers after a recent inspection last month. In mid-September, Philadelphia inspectors cited a Reef kitchen trailer for having the wrong retail-operating license, food-safety inspection records show. Are you a Reef insider with insight to share?

☆ Colonel Sanders' former home and restaurant are on the market, and it's causing a legal headache for KFC's owner
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Friends of the late Colonel Sanders are selling his former home and a restaurant he set up. The restaurant, the Claudia Sanders Dinner House, is named after his wife and sells fried chicken. But some of the potential buyers, which include restaurant groups and serial entrepreneurs, want to franchise the Claudia Sanders restaurant and open new sites elsewhere, Klunk told The Post. The Claudia Sanders Dinner House describes itself as a "local landmark" serving "the finest in country cooking." Memorabilia included with the lot include Colonel Sanders' watch and bible, the first KFC flag and bucket, and a letter President Richard Nixon sent to Sanders in 1972.

☆ How Bryan Lourd became one of the most powerful people in the history of Hollywood
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( Alex Sherman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +18 min

Lourd, 61, isn't a household name, but he wields a stunning amount of influence in Hollywood. Lourd's Hollywood clients aren't just A-listers, they're A+-listers: Brad Pitt. An old-fashioned talent agent who loves discussing old movies and doesn't mind pointing out the flaws in his own clients' work, Lourd has become arguably the most powerful person in Hollywood. "He's one of the most powerful people in the history of Hollywood," said Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos. But Lourd's clients are such bankable stars that it's equally important for Hollywood executives to be friendly with him as it is beneficial for Lourd and CAA.

☆ A Hawaii restaurant group illegally shared $59,000 tips accumulated by 70 servers among managers, DOL says
▼ + stars: | 2022-07-07 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Hawaii restaurant group illegally shared $58,855 of servers' tips among managers, the DOL said. The 70 servers' tips were used to top up managers' salaries after the company cut them, per the DOL. The restaurant paid $117,710 in taken tips plus damages to the servers following the investigation. The DOL said DK Restaurant Group, which operates seafood, sushi, and steak restaurants in Hawaii, reduced managers' salaries by "at least" 25% when it reopened its locations after COVID-19 lockdown — then topped up managers' salaries using tips accumulated by 70 servers. Previous investigations by the DOL have found that other restaurants have committed similar FLSA violations by withholding servers' tips, including making them participate in illegal tip pools.

☆ Restaurants in Oregon illegally withheld tips from workers and even let managers take some, the DOL says
▼ + stars: | 2022-03-03 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

An Oregon restaurant chain withheld tips from workers and let managers take a portion, the DOL said. The DOL recovered almost $170,000 in back wages and liquefied damages for 118 workers. The DOL said it recovered almost $170,000 for 118 workers at the three branches of KKOKI in Portland, Eugene, and Salem. Millions of restaurant workers quit their jobs during the pandemic because of low wages, lack of benefits, and poor working conditions. The DOL said it recovered $84,864 in back wages for staff and the same amount in liquidated damages.

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