If you’ve gone to a fast-food restaurant lately and noticed a sign announcing a minimum purchase of $10 if paying with a credit card, you should know the policy responds to a federal law passed late last year regulating so-called “swipe fees,” or what merchants must pay debit card companies to process transactions.
The head of the Puerto Rico Restaurants Association blasted Senate Bill 2281 Tuesday, saying it could trigger an increase in chicken prices at the consumer level and would represent the creation of yet another government entity.
The controversy over whether Nutritional Assistance Program benefits should be expanded to include more fast-food restaurants escalated another notch Thursday when the Alliance for Adequate Nutrition supported its claim that it would be a mistake to do so by citing the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s recent opposition to the proposal.
This weekend, the Puerto Rico Convention Center in Miramar will host one of the year’s most appetizing conventions, The Bakery & Restaurant Show 2011, now in its third edition. Last year, the event generated more than $10 million in sales for local industry players.
The emergency created by Hurricane Irene as it cut across Puerto Rico over the past few days activated members of the Puerto Rico Restaurants Association, which in conjunction with the government delivered nearly 200 meals to people who were forced to seek shelter from the storm.
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