CORTE MADERA Calif. Il Fornaio America Corp. here said it will return to the East Coast this summer when it opens one of its namesake regional Italian dinnerhouses and bakeries in Reston, Va., marking the first new full-service branch by the...
SAN FRANCISCO Restaurateurs and other employers may get more time to comply fully with a new paid sick leave ordinance scheduled to go into effect here Monday. San Franciscovoters had approved the law in the November ballot, making the...
SEATTLE Starbucks Corp. reported a 17.7-percent surge in its fiscal 2007 first quarter profit versus a year earlier, on revenues that jumped 21.8 percent to a record $2.36 billion. Revenues were driven by same-store sales growth of 6...
WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate voted nearly unanimously Thursday to raise the minimum wage to $7.25 per hour in three phases over a 26-month stretch, but sought to temper the blow to restaurants and other small businesses by tacking several tax...