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This week's top 10: Senate Republicans propose the HEALS Act, the racial disparity in restaurant ownership and more restaurateurs sue their insurers

How food halls are evolving in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, Front Burner Brands and Bavaro Hospitality team up for new Italian fast-casual concept and more trending stories

Holly Petre, Assistant Digital Editor

July 30, 2020

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This week, Senate Republicans proposed the HEALS Act, their new stimulus package for coronavirus recovery.

The Health, Economic Assistance, Liability and Schools, or HEALS, Act includes $1,200 stimulus checks for eligible Americans, a reduction in unemployment payments from $600 a week to $200 a week and an additional $190 billion in funding for the Paycheck Protection Program. The act would also allow business owners to take a temporary 100% tax deduction on business meals, which would encourage dining out.

However, despite intense lobbying from restaurant advocacy groups, the package offered no specific restaurant industry relief.

We also spoke with a Black restaurateur, Karl Franz Williams, about how the pandemic has changed his business. In his video interview, Williams explains that the coronavirus pandemic has only increased the racial disparity in restaurant ownership because Black restaurateurs have always had a harder time gaining access to capital, something that has only worsened with even the big restaurant players asking for money or shuttering.

And more restaurateurs have sued their insurers for denial of COVID-19 coverage. This week, it was Fabio Trabocchi and Robert Wiedmaier, representing Fiola Holdings LLC and RW Restaurant Group respectively.

See what else was trending this week on Restaurant Hospitality.

About the Author

Holly Petre

Assistant Digital Editor

Holly Petre is a digital editor for Nation’s Restaurant News as well as the host of NRN’s podcast, Extra Serving, and producer for Informa Restaurant and Food Group’s other three podcasts, One On One by Food Management, Off the Shelf with SN and In the Kitchen with Bret Thorn. Holly holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in Sculpture, fibers and Material Studies and Ceramics from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. A native New Yorker, Holly enjoys her place on staff as the resident pop-culture expert and millennial with a sassy attitude and great sense of style.

Holly Petre’s work on Nation’s Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality often covers marketing and trends, either aimed-at or examined-through the millennial mindset. Holly is responsible for introducing TikTok and Twitch to NRN and RH readers as well as explaining terms like “Karen” to staff and readers alike. She also spends her time on staff trying not to make every headline a pun.

Holly Petre hasn’t spoken at any events or on panels, but she is readily available with a killer shoe wardrobe and several witty quips.

 

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