Each week, we'll be posting the content that caught our team's eye on the internet. Staying current is one of the most fun parts of our job, and we love to share the industry news that made it to our Slack channel or water cooler.
Here's a rundown:
Election results: What ballot measures affecting food and grocery passed? from Food Dive
There were three major food questions on the ballots this year. Both Oregon and Washington had proposed bans on new grocery taxes, but the outcome was different in each state. In California, a measure to create guidelines for the confinement of chicken, calves, and pigs passed with over 60% of the vote.
Senior Citizens Are Replacing Teenagers as Fast-Food Workers, from Bloomberg
Why hire a teenager who is more likely to come into work late, call out from shifts and lacks any prior work experience when you can hire a senior citizen who had spent most of their life in the job market? More and more, fast food restaurants can be seen reaching into this job pool. With unemployment at its lowest rate in decades and a growing number of the retired workforce looking for part-time jobs, this is a win-win for chains across the country.
Welcome to the Golden Age of Grocery Shopping, from Grub Street
The competition seems to be ever increasing in the grocery industry, and the customers are the ones benefiting most. With more convenient options, lower prices and simply better food, grocers are in an all-out war to get your business. In the words of a Morgan Stanley analyst, “There is no playbook for the change that’s happening.”
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Each week, we'll be posting the content that caught our team's eye on the internet. Staying current is one of the most fun parts of our job, and we love to share the industry news that made it to our Slack channel or water cooler.
Here's a rundown:
Election results: What ballot measures affecting food and grocery passed? from Food Dive
There were three major food questions on the ballots this year. Both Oregon and Washington had proposed bans on new grocery taxes, but the outcome was different in each state. In California, a measure to create guidelines for the confinement of chicken, calves, and pigs passed with over 60% of the vote.
Senior Citizens Are Replacing Teenagers as Fast-Food Workers, from Bloomberg
Why hire a teenager who is more likely to come into work late, call out from shifts and lacks any prior work experience when you can hire a senior citizen who had spent most of their life in the job market? More and more, fast food restaurants can be seen reaching into this job pool. With unemployment at its lowest rate in decades and a growing number of the retired workforce looking for part-time jobs, this is a win-win for chains across the country.
Welcome to the Golden Age of Grocery Shopping, from Grub Street
The competition seems to be ever increasing in the grocery industry, and the customers are the ones benefiting most. With more convenient options, lower prices and simply better food, grocers are in an all-out war to get your business. In the words of a Morgan Stanley analyst, “There is no playbook for the change that’s happening.”
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Each week, we'll be posting the content that caught our team's eye on the internet. Staying current is one of the most fun parts of our job, and we love to share the industry news that made it to our Slack channel or water cooler.
Here's a rundown:
Election results: What ballot measures affecting food and grocery passed? from Food Dive
There were three major food questions on the ballots this year. Both Oregon and Washington had proposed bans on new grocery taxes, but the outcome was different in each state. In California, a measure to create guidelines for the confinement of chicken, calves, and pigs passed with over 60% of the vote.
Senior Citizens Are Replacing Teenagers as Fast-Food Workers, from Bloomberg
Why hire a teenager who is more likely to come into work late, call out from shifts and lacks any prior work experience when you can hire a senior citizen who had spent most of their life in the job market? More and more, fast food restaurants can be seen reaching into this job pool. With unemployment at its lowest rate in decades and a growing number of the retired workforce looking for part-time jobs, this is a win-win for chains across the country.
Welcome to the Golden Age of Grocery Shopping, from Grub Street
The competition seems to be ever increasing in the grocery industry, and the customers are the ones benefiting most. With more convenient options, lower prices and simply better food, grocers are in an all-out war to get your business. In the words of a Morgan Stanley analyst, “There is no playbook for the change that’s happening.”
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