Higher Food Prices, Labor Costs Squeeze Small Restaurants

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🗓️ 4 March 2024

⏱️ 15 minutes

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P.M. Edition for March 4. Escalating payroll costs and diners’ dwindling tolerance for higher checks are putting U.S. independent restaurants in a squeeze. Restaurants reporter Heather Haddon has more. Plus, the Supreme Court restored former President Donald Trump’s ballot eligibility, reversing a Colorado decision to disqualify him and ending similar challenges to his candidacy elsewhere. Supreme Court correspondent Jess Bravin explains. Annmarie Fertoli hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:44.4	removed Trump from the ballot there this is going to end that litigation as well
0:49.3	and higher food prices and labor costs are squeezing independent restaurants.
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0:58.3	It's Monday, March 4th.
1:00.1	I'm Anne Marie Fertoli for the Wall Street Journal.
1:02.4	This is the PM edition of What's News? I'm Anne Marie Fertoli for the Wall Street Journal.
1:02.6	This is the PM edition of What's News,
1:04.9	the top headlines and business stories that move the world today. The US Supreme Court has restored Donald Trump's ballot eligibility in Colorado,
1:20.4	ruling that states lack the power to reject presidential candidates on the grounds
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