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A ballot drop box next to Boston City Hall. Massachusetts ballot measure Question 5 has gained new traction, with opponents receiving financial backing from donors, such as the National Restaurant Association, and supporters gaining new endorsements from prominent people and organizations, including Vice President Kamala Harris and the Boston Globe. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Question 5 opposition gains financial backing, supporters receive new endorsement

Samantha Genzer November 3, 2024
Question 5, a Massachusetts ballot measure to raise the minimum wage for tipped workers, has gained new traction as Election Day approaches, with supporters and opponents receiving financial backing and high-caliber endorsements.
Co-founders Dan Roland and Cole Dillon’s new app, Rezzit21, will allow users to make restaurant reservations based on new advancements in “Intuitive Table Management.” PHOTO COURTESY COLE DILLON

Rezzit21 offers reservation personalization, one-stop restaurant management system

Dagny Crepeau April 28, 2016

Change in the restaurant business is often a slow, grueling process. Throughout the years, the process of making reservations has, for the most part, remained the same. But Rezzit21, a new startup based...

Irene Li represents Asian-American fusion restaurant Mei Mei at the IDEATE event, presented by Branchfood Monday evening at Community Work Services in the West End. PHOTO COURTESY SONYA HIGHFIELD

IDEATE reveals current trends, obstacles of food industry

Corina Pintado April 7, 2016

A snowstorm was brewing Monday, but the cold didn’t stop a multitude of Boston restaurant industry insiders from gathering for Branchfood’s innovation event, IDEATE. Partnering with Community...

Restaurants and other eateries with more than 20 locations must provide calorie information of their products by Dec. 1, 2015, according to regulations announced by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Nov. 25. GRAPHIC BY EMILY ZABOSKI/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

New FDA regulations on calorie count spur debate among consumers, businesses

Ella Torres December 9, 2014

In a country where it’s easier — and cheaper — for many to dine on a bacon, cheese and chicken patty sandwich or a bread bowl stuffed with cheesy pasta, perhaps it is no surprise that more than one-third...

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