McDonald’s DEI, congestion pricing, Hickory Tavern
Get all the headlines in today’s Restaurant Daily podcast McDonald’s is redefining its inclusion strategy. The company said on Monday that it will no longer set “aspirational representation goals” in its hiring practices, ending an effort started in 2020 in the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd. Restaurants in New York City are worried they’ll be run over by the nation’s first congestion pricing initiative. As of Sunday, distribution trucks will pay an extra fee of up to $21.60 — or more, if they don’t acquire a pass — for making deliveries to restaurants below 60th Street in the borough of Manhattan. Employees who come to work by car will face a $9 surcharge, as will restaurant patrons who drive into the city for a meal. Artistry Restaurants has acquired the 20-unit Hickory Tavern casual-dining concept, the company said Monday. The Winter Park, Fla.-based Artistry said the acquisition of the tavern concept, founded in 1997, expands the company’s footprint into North Carolina and South Carolina for the first time. Get all the headlines in today’s Restaurant Daily podcast.
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McDonald’s is redefining its inclusion strategy. The company said on Monday that it will no longer set “aspirational representation goals” in its hiring practices, ending an effort started in 2020 in the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd.
Restaurants in New York City are worried they’ll be run over by the nation’s first congestion pricing initiative. As of Sunday, distribution trucks will pay an extra fee of up to $21.60 — or more, if they don’t acquire a pass — for making deliveries to restaurants below 60th Street in the borough of Manhattan. Employees who come to work by car will face a $9 surcharge, as will restaurant patrons who drive into the city for a meal.
Artistry Restaurants has acquired the 20-unit Hickory Tavern casual-dining concept, the company said Monday. The Winter Park, Fla.-based Artistry said the acquisition of the tavern concept, founded in 1997, expands the company’s footprint into North Carolina and South Carolina for the first time.
Get all the headlines in today’s Restaurant Daily podcast.
