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Potential health care expenses enough to make employers sick 
Congress is considering several competing proposals to cover 47 million uninsured Americans. But such a...
On polo field and in life, Brinker carried himself with compassion, class 
I met Norman in 1975. He offered me three jobs: a combination in-house legal counsel,...
Idle fads and meaningless food labels should fade into oblivion 
Are you tweeting? The Twitter “revolution” is the next Pet Rock, this year’s Tickle Me...
Bogus food scares distract pols from genuine safety concerns 
Before the 1820s, everyone “knew” raw tomatoes were poisonous. It wasn’t until a man named...
Tax on ‘luxury’ beverages puts burden on battered operators 
As our new president settles into the White House, his first 100 days will be...
Now’s the time for the industry to get in the game vs. activists 
For the past few years I’ve been warning restaurant operators about three game changers that...
MADD launches an all-out battle to recriminalize social drinking 
Seventy-five years ago this winter, one of the most unpopular laws in American history was...
Employee Free Choice Act would be anything but free for businesses threatened with lost profits 
The economic chaos in this campaign season has shifted focus away from what is perhaps...
The unintended consequences of the activist-driven mercury scare hurt the public, and kids in particular 
Experts on seafood and health, including Harvard scientists and U.S. Food and Drug Administration scientists,...
More than margins at stake as trans fat mandates, fast-food bans threaten restaurants’ very existence 
America’s restaurants are under pressure. This year has witnessed increasing labor and commodity costs paired...
The British invasion of menu regulations signals U.S. industry’s next threat: posting salt contents 
The U.K. media is abuzz. The government’s Cabinet Office just announced a new strategy, backed...
Nutrition activism opens restaurants up to legal lashes 
In 2003, I drafted a memo to clients, warning of a new activist campaign that,...
Businesses need an information campaign to tell consumers that what they ‘know’ really ain’t so 
The humorist Josh Billings once joked, “The trouble with people is not that they don’t...
High-fructose corn syrup under siege from sugar boosters 
Food and beverage people often rail against government meddling with customer choice. At industry meetings,...
‘Sting operation’ reveals the true threat to industry from the inaptly named Employee Free Choice Act 
I’ve been sounding the alarm about the Orwellian-named Employee Free Choice Act for two years....
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