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(WTAJ) — Inflation isn’t the only thing driving up your tab. As restaurant and service industries see shrinking margins, some are charging more service fees to customers. According to Investopedia, ...

California lawmakers have given restaurants a last-minute exemption from a statewide law that takes effect July 1 and bans hidden or “junk” fees on goods and services, including hotel rooms, car ...

You’ve almost certainly encountered a service fee tacked to the bottom of your restaurant bill lately. But chances are you still have a lot of lingering questions: Where’s the money going? Why don’t ...

Eating out in D.C. might be more expensive than the prices on the menu let on, thanks to service fees. But D.C. lawmakers voted this month to limit those service fees at bars and restaurants to 20%.

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The DC Council voted this week to overhaul Initiative 82, slowing down increases in the tipped minimum wage and ultimately capping it at 75 percent of the full minimum wage. Many restaurant owners ...

Has the industry fully recovered and come back to its pre-pandemic performance? Well, on one hand, restaurant guest counts are still lagging sales on the road to recovery by a wide margin. Same-store ...

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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (WTAJ) — Inflation isn’t the only thing ...