PR Newswire -  "The restaurant industry continued to register robust job growth in May, while the overall economy finally surpassed its pre-recession employment peak.  Looking forward, restaurant operators' outlook for staffing growth rose to its highest level in two years.

"The economy continued to move in a positive direction in May, according to the latest employment report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.  The overall economy added a net 217,000 jobs in May on a seasonally-adjusted basis, which marked the fourth consecutive month with gains above the 200,000 level. 

"In addition, the overall economy has now surpassed its pre-recession employment peak, with growth exceeding the 8.7 million jobs lost during the Great Recession.  The private sector surpassed its pre-recession peak in March, with the downward trend in public sector jobs representing the difference. 

"Restaurant employment gains remained robust in May, with the industry adding a net 31,700 jobs on a seasonally-adjusted basis.  This marked the 51st consecutive monthly gain for a total of more than 1.3 million jobs. Continue

PRNewswire / — More than 5,000 Domino’s Pizza spectators cheered as Pali Grewal triumphed as the 2014 World’s Fastest Pizza Maker. Grewal, a Domino’s Pizza franchise owner from the United Kingdom made three large pizzas in an impressive 32.28 seconds. That’s making three pizzas in less than 11 seconds each! Grewal won $3,000 in prize money, a trophy and the coveted title of World’s Fastest Pizza Maker presented by Domino’s President and CEO, Patrick Doyle.

“I am elated that I have won the World’s Fastest Pizza Maker Competition,” said Grewal. “The competition gets stronger and stronger every year that we compete and I train hard to come out on top. I had no intention of letting the title go.” Continue

Sportsdntv.com - Miami:  Former England football captain David Beckham could soon be launching his own restaurant chain.

The 39-year old is likely to call it - Beckham's Bistro.

“It's got a good ring to it. It will be about dining. I'm a foodie and dining is a big part of this,” dailystar.co.uk quoted Beckham as saying. 

The US restaurant venture comes on the back of his tie-up with the Las Vegas Sands Corporation, in which he has agreed to promote their property in Asia.

The deal could pitch him in the kitchen against his pal chef Gordon Ramsay.

Father of four - the former Manchester United hero and his wife Victoria, 40, were recently valued in the Sunday Times Rich List as being worth 210 million pounds.

Beckham, who quit football last year after a medal-laden 21-year career having played for United, Real Madrid, LA Galaxy, AC Milan and Paris Saint-Germain, is also in the process of setting up his own Major League Soccer club in Miami, Florida.

Fastcasual.com - Seattle’s City Council unanimously approved a minimum wage increase Monday, to $15 an hour. Mayor Ed Murray is expected to sign its passage today, which would give Seattle the highest minimum wage in the U.S. The pay scale will be implemented throughout several years, with specific timeframes to be determined based on business size. According to CNN, the first increase will come April 1, 2015, bringing the wage to $10 for some and $11 for others. Washington already has the highest minimum wage in the U.S., at $9.32. The federal wage is $7.25. President Obama has called for a minimum wage of $10.10. As expected, restaurant industry workers called Monday’s news a “major victory” in their nearly-two-year quest to get the federal limit up to $15 through growing strikes and protests. "Fast-food workers have been paving the way for a better future for workers across Seattle — and are sending a strong message to cities across the country," Seattle Domino’s employee Crystal Thompson said in a news release. "When I see $15, I'll be able to afford my own place in a safe neighborhood where my kids can ride their bikes, and I'll finally be able to go back to school." Labor union group SEIU also applauded Seattle’s move, calling it “historic” and predicting its positive effect on more than 100,000 workers. David Rolf, president of SEIU 775, vice president of SEIU, and co-chair of Mayor Ed Murray’s Income Inequality Advisory Committee, issued a statement that read in part: Continue

Natlawreview.com -  SPOA, LLC and Marathos, LLC, which run the Italian restaurants Basta Pasta in Fallston and Lutherville-Timonium, Md., will pay $200,000 and furnish significant equitable relief to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

The EEOC charged that Basta Pasta's owner repeatedly subjected female employees, including at least one in her teens, to rampant sexual harassment, including rubbing his genitalia against the buttocks of some of them, engaging in other unwelcome touching, and frequently making sexually suggestive remarks and crude sexual innuendos.  The owner gave alcohol to one female employee, identified by the pseudonym "Mary Smith" in the lawsuit, causing her to pass out and later wake up vomiting.   Smith believed the owner drugged her in an attempt to sexually assault her, according to the lawsuit.  The EEOC further charged that the owner invited another female employee, identified by the pseudonym Jane Doe, to his house, ostensibly to talk about a management opportunity, but Doe believed the owner instead drugged and sexually assaulted her. Continue

Opposingviews.com - The pro-gun group Open Carry Texas - San Antonio recently visited some local Chili's and Sonic restaurants while wearing their guns.

However, both restaurants turned them down because of their firearms. Open Carry Texas - San Antonio posted videos (below) of the incidents on YouTube on May 19, but later took them down. However, Mother Jones was able to make copies.

At Chili's, a manager tells the group that he has to check the company policy on gun-carrying.

While the gun activists wait, a young woman approaches the group, apparently filming them with her cell phone, and says, "Umm actually, there's children here and you're a dumb ass," notes Mediaite.com. Continue

Guyism.com-  I tend to trust people, but there are immediate red flags in the above review. First of all, no self-respecting person orders a spicy tuna roll. Second, claiming that there was a cockroach in her actual sushi roll is the equivalent of throwing a Molotov cocktail through the pants store window. Somewhere in a restaurant? Sure, that’s not a stretch. But is she honestly suggesting that a bug crawled across the chef’s finger tips as he was rolling the sushi? I’m not sure there’s a dish less likely to contain a bug.

The restaurant wasn’t going to take this claim in stride either. Continue

Opposingviews.com - Charles Bernard Anderson, 39, will live the rest of his life behind bars after an armed robbery of a Georgia chain restaurant.

Anderson pointed a gun at a Waffle House cashier in Mableton, Georgia on October 28, 2012, and demanded cash. An accomplice watched the door and another waited in the car, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

The trio of thieves was foiled, however—for good. Anderson is being held in Cobb County Jail awaiting life in prison without parole. He was offered a plea, but refused it.

This is Anderson’s fourth felony conviction. He has previously been found guilty of armed robbery, burglary, and firearm and drug charges.

- See more at: http://www.opposingviews.com/i/society/crime/armed-robber-gets-life-prison-ga-waffle-house-holdup#sthash.SOjYgggw.dpuf

Townhall.com - North Carolina restaurant The Pit was robbed at gunpoint on Sunday. Normally, local crime stories like this wouldn't merit a Townhall post, but this one is different: The Pit has a "no weapons" sign displayed prominently on its door declaring the restaurant a gun-free zone, and bans patrons from carrying concealed weapons.

Authorities said just before 9 p.m. Sunday, three men wearing hoodies entered the restaurant through the back doors with pistols, and forced several staff members to lie on the floor.

The bandits assaulted two employees during the crime, but they were not seriously injured. Continue

Augusta, Ga. (WRDW) --Thanks, but no thanks. That's the message some gun owners sent to an Augusta restaurant after their guns weren't welcome. News 12 is on your side and breaks down the new Georgia gun law and how some got the 

 to change their position.

A new Georgia law gives bars, churches, and schools the right to choose if guns can come in or not, and when one business said no, opponents spoke out on
.Guns. It' s "I come up and see a sign on your door that says you don't allow weapons, I'm going to honor your sign, but then I'm also not going to come into your establishment," that's how Jennifer Seymour feels about a no gun rule that was recently reversed by T-Bonz steakhouse.

"It's a matter of that it's not convenient for me to take my gun off to come in an eat, so I'm not going to do that," she told News 12, as she loaded her gun up.Some took it a step further and wrote on Facebook how they weren't coming back either. Seymour didn't chime in on media, but did email T-Bonz Steakhouse. Continue.