Judge: Former Koffee Kup Workers to Get Time Off Payments
A judge has ruled that former employees of Koffee Kup Bakery must be paid out for paid time off they had accrued before the company shutdown in April. …
Labor
Restaurants Ease Labor Shortage Woes With New Technology From Cut+Dry That Reduces Supplier Ordering Time by 50%
Cut+Dry announced nationwide availability of its free, time-and-cost-saving application. The technology is a first-of-its-kind unified ordering and payments platform that allows restaurants to order any product from any supplier, pay any business via bank transfer or credit card, and earn cash rewards directly from manufacturers. …
TX Restaurant CEO Says the Price of Chicken has Rocketed From $55 a Case to $118 Amid the Labor Shortage
A Texas chicken chain with eight restaurants recently paid $118 for a single 50lb case of chicken – up from its pre-pandemic price of $55, its CEO told Insider. …
SeaChoice: Canadian Retailers are Not Doing Enough to Stop Human Rights Abuses in Seafood Supply Chains
Despite years of accounts and exposés of slavery, forced labour, human trafficking and other human rights abuses in seafood supply chains, most Canadian retailers’ social responsibility commitments and actionscontinue to be inadequate and untraceable, according to SeaChoice’s fourth update on Seafood Progress, an online platform that profiles seafood commitments and practices of major Canadian retailers. …
JBS USA Invests in U.S. Beef Capacity and Permanently Increased Wages
JBS USA, a leading U.S. beef producer, announced it is investing more than $130 million in the U.S. beef industry to increase production capacity and more than $150 million in annualized pay increases to workers across its nine beef plants. The investments are part of the company’s long-term strategic commitment to the success and future growth of the U.S. beef industry. …