Minneapolis restaurants adding surcharge to cover health insurance
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Kim Bartmann’s restaurants in Minneapolis will be adding a 3 percent surcharge to bills to pay for health insurance for employees. Bartmann opted for a surcharge instead of raising prices, hoping that customers will value the transparency. (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
Pickle company achieves zero food waste
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A pickle company in Denver called The Real Dill makes bloody Mary mixes out of cucumber-infused water byproduct, and composts approximately 525 pounds of weekly food scraps. (Fast Company)
New Business lets potential operators do a test run
A business in Lafayette, La., lets those who might want to open a restaurant try their hand at it with low risk. At Acadiana Commissary Kitchen operators can open a virtual restaurant by renting space in the commercial kitchen and serving customers through the Waitr smartphone app. (The Daily Advertiser)
Restaurant limits parents dining with kids to one drink
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Peddler’s Bar and Bistro in Clifton Park, N.Y., no longer allows parents to have more than one alcoholic beverage if they are dining with children. The policy is designed to prevent drinking and driving with children in the car. (Washington Post)
Arepas grow in popularity everywhere but Venezuela
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As the arepa flourishes in popularity worldwide, consumption has plummeted in its home country of Venezuela. This is due to widespread corn shortages stemming from political turmoil in the South American nation. (NPR)