US Blocks Seafood From Fiji Ship Accused of Enslaving Crew

August 6, 2021 Associated Press

A tuna fishing boat based in the Pacific island nation of Fiji that has been accused of essentially enslaving its crew was blocked Wednesday from importing seafood into the United States, part of an increasing effort to keep goods produced with forced labor from entering the country.

A Landmark Decision: Grower Property Rights Issue Hits The Supreme Court… A Victory Almost A Half-Century In The Making

It is not all that often that a produce company winds up with a case before the Supreme Court. So when Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid rose up — a case involving Cedar Point, a strawberry nursery, and Fowler Packing Co, a shipper of grapes and mandarins — Jim Prevor’s Perishable Pundit blog reached out to Jeremy Rabkin, a professor at the Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University and asked if he would explain the nature of the issues that brought the produce industry to the Supreme Court.

Judge: Former Koffee Kup Workers to Get Time Off Payments

July 19, 2021 Associated Press

A judge has ruled that former employees of Koffee Kup Bakery must be paid out for paid time off they had accrued before the company shutdown in April.

Restaurants Ease Labor Shortage Woes With New Technology From Cut+Dry That Reduces Supplier Ordering Time by 50%

July 16, 2021 Cut+Dry

Cut+Dry announced nationwide availability of its free, time-and-cost-saving application. The technology is a first-of-its-kind unified ordering and payments platform that allows restaurants to order any product from any supplier, pay any business via bank transfer or credit card, and earn cash rewards directly from manufacturers.

TX Restaurant CEO Says the Price of Chicken has Rocketed From $55 a Case to $118 Amid the Labor Shortage

July 6, 2021 Markets Insider

A Texas chicken chain with eight restaurants recently paid $118 for a single 50lb case of chicken – up from its pre-pandemic price of $55, its CEO told Insider.