Stop & Shop is the latest grocery retailer to stop selling cigarettes as retailers increasingly highlight the health risks of tobacco and the hassle involved in selling it. Starting Saturday, customers will no longer be able to buy tobacco products in the 360 stores of the supermarket chain based in Quincy, Massachusetts. The chain is […]
The The Biden administration The campaign against junk fees targets the catering sector. But as CNBC reported On Sunday (25 August) restaurateurs will try to avoid this fight. The report is based on data from National Restaurant Associationsaid that 15% of restaurant owners added surcharges or fees to bills last year due to higher costs. […]
DESTIN, Fla. – The City of Destin is moving forward with plans this week to implement fees on short-term condo rentals, a change necessary to ensure public safety. Currently, Destin oversees short-term residential rentals that pay an annual registration fee to ensure that property owners bear some of the burden their visitors place on police […]
As part of broader plans to lower the cost of living for Americans, Harris said in her economic speech last week in Raleigh, North Carolina, that she intends to combat gouging in food prices during her first 100 days in office. Harris plans to “make cost-cutting and economic security for Americans one of her top […]
The fate of state regulations designed to ensure more humane treatment of egg-laying hens could depend on whether a judge believes the owners of some Tucson restaurants have the right to challenge the regulations. At a hearing Friday, attorney John Thorpe of the Goldwater Institute argued that the ban on keeping chickens in tiny cages […]
Amid all the competing headlines of the 2024 election, there may be no more important issue – literally – than how much Americans pay to put food on the table. Republicans are preparing to attack the Biden-Harris administration over escalating food bills, while presumptive Democratic nominee Kamala Harris is now facing their own plan to […]
California Governor Gavin Newsom has proposed a measure that would force the state’s refineries to maintain a certain level of gasoline stockpile to avoid shortages that lead to price increases at the pump. “Price spikes at the pump mean profit spikes for the oil industry,” said Newsom said in a press release. “Refineries should be […]
Lawyer Rob Patterson says the phones at the British Columbia Tenant Advice and Resource Centre have been ringing off the hook, but he fears the decision to allow a landlord to raise rent by 27 per cent will drive up demand for the centre’s services even further. Patterson, a legal counsel for the centre, said […]
Richland County, SC (WACH) — A discussion begins tonight in Forest Acres about a new ordinance that would change the locations where vape shops can open. This would mean that e-cigarette shops would not be allowed to open within 300 metres of a school or church or within 300 metres of another e-cigarette shop. During […]
Richland County, SC (WACH) — A discussion begins tonight in Forest Acres about a new ordinance that would change the locations where vape shops can open. This would mean that e-cigarette shops would not be allowed to open within 300 metres of a school or church or within 300 metres of another e-cigarette shop. During […]
