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Hospitality association launches free online training
Grant also will promote job board for restaurant and lodging industry
A workforce training program launched Monday to help restaurant and hotel workers, the Virginia Restaurant, Lodging & Travel Association announced. The program offers free training for people who are employed,
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Virginia restaurants face new challenges at brink of full reopening
Widespread worker shortage affects industry
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RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia restaurants will soon be able to host more patrons, but establishments may not be able to accommodate more guests due to a shortage in workers. Restaurants
Northam: State to loosen more restrictions May 15
Gatherings, events, entertainment venues to have larger attendance limits
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Beginning May 15, the state will loosen more restrictions, including allowing larger social gatherings and expanded audiences for entertainment venues and sporting events, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced in a video
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Bar seating reopened statewide, governor declares
Change made without announcement Wednesday
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For the first time in more than a year, Virginians are now allowed to sit at bars for service as long as they stay at least six feet apart. Virginia
Va. restaurant, hospitality industry seeks $270M+ in relief funding
State association requests share of state's $3.76B American Rescue Plan funding
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Hard hit by the pandemic, Virginia’s restaurant and hospitality industry is asking the General Assembly to dedicate more than $270 million from the state’s share of federal American Rescue Plan
Richmond supports restaurants with ‘Picnic in a Parklet’
Program creates parklike outdoor dining areas on street parking spaces
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Two Richmond restaurants will see their on-street parking lanes become outdoor dining areas this week to serve customers, spark business and encourage safer and socially distanced spaces. The dining areas
‘Love Local’ launches to help National Landing businesses
$1,000 grants will aid restaurants, small businesses in Arlington community
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National Landing Business Improvement District and the Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington have launched a $100,000 joint relief initiative, Love Local, which will assist struggling restaurants and small businesses in Arlington’s
Virginia restaurants grapple with plastic foam container ban
Food vendors in violation can receive up to $50 in penalties per day
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RICHMOND, Va. — From vermicelli bowls to crispy chicken, Pho Luca’s, a Vietnamese-owned Richmond restaurant, uses plastic foam containers to package takeout meals. That may soon change after the General
Va. restaurants report consumer spending down, costs up
At least 100K restaurants in the U.S. have closed since pandemic began
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Consumer spending in Virginia restaurants remained well below normal levels in August while operational costs rose, according to a COVID-19 restaurant impact survey conducted by the National Restaurant Association. The
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ROBERT A. ‘BOB’ ARCHER CHAIRMAN AND CEO, BLUE RIDGE BEVERAGE CO., SALEM Robert Archer runs the wholesale beverage retailer his parents bought in 1959 after moving to Salem. When his