RALEIGH (WTVD) -- There are restaurants and bars holding off on increasing capacity not because they want to, but because a predicament is forcing them. Several places are putting out the same call on ...

The labor shortage has at times altered the nature of restaurants, as well as the quality of service. “In some cases I believe it has changed the direction certain restaurants had originally planned ...

When Sarah Chem realized that she wouldn’t be able to stock her and husband Toney Chem’s café, 5 Borough Bagels, with their usual parbaked bagels from New York, she knew they had to pivot. It wasn’t ...

Labor pool shrinking: Immigration crackdowns have reduced the number of foreign-born workers, who make up about 20% of the restaurant workforce. Youths opting out: Fewer teens are entering restaurant ...

Japan stopped accepting “specified skilled” foreign workers for the restaurant industry on April 13, forcing companies to revise their hiring practices and prompting calls for a government rethink of ...