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Measuring the impact of the FAST Recovery Act on you

Holly Petre, Assistant Digital Editor

September 15, 2022

 

Welcome to First Bite, a Nation’s Restaurant News podcast, your daily source of news from NRN hosted by Holly Petre.

Today, we’re talking about the impact of the FAST Recovery Act

The new FAST Recovery Act from California, which was signed into law on Labor Day by Governor Gavin Newsom, has been heralded as bad for business by the businesses themselves. The act could raise the minimum wage for fast-food workers from $15 per hour to a ceiling of $22 per hour, based on the recommendation of a bipartisan council. This could be potentially deadly for some franchisees of major quick-service and fast-casual players who operate as small businesses, according to experts we’ve spoken to.

Hear what Joanna Fantozzi has to say about this and what one expert she spoke to had to say on the matter.

Plus, catch up on all the top news of the day with our daily news recap at the beginning of each episode.

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About the Author

Holly Petre

Assistant Digital Editor

Holly Petre is a digital editor for Nation’s Restaurant News as well as the host of NRN’s podcast, Extra Serving, and producer for Informa Restaurant and Food Group’s other three podcasts, One On One by Food Management, Off the Shelf with SN and In the Kitchen with Bret Thorn. Holly holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in Sculpture, fibers and Material Studies and Ceramics from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. A native New Yorker, Holly enjoys her place on staff as the resident pop-culture expert and millennial with a sassy attitude and great sense of style.

Holly Petre’s work on Nation’s Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality often covers marketing and trends, either aimed-at or examined-through the millennial mindset. Holly is responsible for introducing TikTok and Twitch to NRN and RH readers as well as explaining terms like “Karen” to staff and readers alike. She also spends her time on staff trying not to make every headline a pun.

Holly Petre hasn’t spoken at any events or on panels, but she is readily available with a killer shoe wardrobe and several witty quips.

 

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