General Assembly was held on Nov. 7, 2022. We are excited to welcome in three new Board members. In January, our Board will consist of:

NEW:Alexis Diner – Alexios LekkasHistoric Village Diner – A

A restaurant in Oregon said it would fire servers who didn’t surrender their cash tips, a DOL investigation found.

The restaurant said it instead gave staff more reliable earnings by paying twice the minimum

Requirement Postponed

NY State requires all private employers who have employed 10 or more employees during the previous calendar year, and have been in business for 2 years or more, to enroll their employees

Everyone knows you can’t have beer or soda without CO2. But, did you know carbon dioxide is used to stun animals before slaughtering and chill and process meat. Many food items from pizza to chicken breasts,

…but, we are a bunch of entrepreneurs so we thought this might be of interest to you. This is a really cool chart showing China’s share of global manufacturing output climbed from 3 percent to more than 30 p

Restaurants contend that their prices are beginning to offer a better deal to consumers than grocery stores because of inflation, reports The Wall Street Journal.

Recent Labor Department data asserts

You Focus on Hospitality, KI Will Focus on Legality

How can we help you? KI Legal focuses on guiding companies and businesses throughout the entire legal spectrum. Co-founders Andreas Koutsoudakis and Michael

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Elon Musk first tweeted the idea of an “old school drive-in, roller skates & rock restaurant” at one of Tesla’s Supercharger stations back in 2018. In February, he tweeted the plans for a “futuristic diner/d

As of June 1, 2022, they will no longer be a partner of PGE UNY.

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Wheat and corn prices soared more than 19% last month as war + sanctions crush supply from the key Black Sea “breadbasket” region. Food staples are running low as Russia bombs Ukrainian wheat fields and criti

Wholesale wing prices peaked at $3.25 per pound in May of 2021, the same month that cold stocks of wings began a recovery that continued through the rest of 2021. As wing stocks in cold storage increased in late

Customers no longer have to be masked in your restaurant. Governor Hochul announced this, effective today. Read more

On December 31, 2021, New York State will increase minimum wage.

Westchester $15.00 Remainder of New York State $13.20Read more at NY.gov

Paid time off (PTO) refers to when an employee takes off from work and receives compensation. This paid time off can include vacations, personal days, or illness

If your PTO policy meets or exceeds the sick

With Covid on the rise, we want to make sure you are informed and prepared of the NY State labor law that went into effect on Sept. 30, 2020. 

Accrual Rate: 1 hour for every 30 hours workedMaximum Sick L

PGE UNY is the cover story in the November issue. Three GPOs are featured to discuss the concept behind purchasing co-ops and how they are critical to level the playing-field between family-owned restaurants and