Operations & Costs
The minimum wage steps to $13.75 on January 1 and $15.00 the January after. The tipped cash wage does not move, so the credit an employer relies on gets bigger, and so does the shortfall owed when tips fall short.
Restaurants
Richmond lost Assante's, Pig & Brew, Charlotte's and the Carytown Daily inside a week. The quieter story is Ellwood Thompson's falling behind on payments to local suppliers.
Restaurants
Virginia's local meals tax is climbing, and the referendum that used to stand in a county's way has been gone since 2020. In Roanoke, unpaid meals tax has produced criminal charges against restaurant owners.
Operations & Costs
The statewide figure is out. Locality-level numbers, which is where operators can actually see their own market, are due around Labor Day.