Card company will stop practice of prohibiting merchants from promoting other cards, following legal ruling NACS Online Following a judge’s ruling earlier this year that the practice was anticompetitive, American Express announced that it will lift its long-standing restrictions that have prohibited merchants from steering customers to other card brands. The announcement resulted from a…
DetailsCSP Daily News The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) is extending the compliance date for menu-labeling requirements in certain restaurants and retail food establishments including some convenience stores and grocery stores to December 1, 2016. The FDA issued the original rule on December 1, 2014, and the original compliance date was December 1, 2015.…
DetailsBy Mary Clare Jalonick // Associated Press Diners will have to wait until the end of 2016 to find calorie labels on all chain restaurant menus. The Food and Drug Administration said that restaurants and other establishments will now have until December 1, 2016, to comply with federal menu labeling rules — one year beyond…
DetailsNACS online Anticipated FDA rules likely to require expensive approval process for all vape products, leading to possible “vapocalypse” The Wall Street Journal took a look at the possible ramifications for the burgeoning – and profitable – vapor business, when the FDA unveils new regulations for e-cigarette products. According to the WSJ, within the next…
DetailsBy Melissa Fassbender // Manufacturing.net A new bill has been introduced that would provide funding to the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) as part of a collaborative research effort to prevent drunk driving injuries and fatalities. According to the bill, “An estimated 59,000 lives and $343,000,000,000 could be saved over a…
DetailsConvenience retailers should prepare for heightened enforcement of labor practices, due to latest policies from DOL NACS Online The Department of Labor (DOL) has been busy of late — and convenience store owners should pay attention. Convenience store owners may soon face significant new employment costs relating to overtime, and they now may be liable…
DetailsJudge rules that lawyer misconduct is grounds to reject class action settlement in its entirety NACS Online NACS, along with dozens of merchants, has long opposed the class action settlement with American Express because in many merchants’ view the settlement does nothing to change the anti-competitive restrictions that American Express has placed on merchants. Recently,…
DetailsRetailers have 30 days to dispose of inventory for Camel Crush Bold, Pall Mall Deep Set Recessed Filter, Pall Mall Deep Set Recessed Filter Menthol and Vantage Tech 13NACS Online Recently, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued orders that will stop the further sale and distribution of four currently marketed R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company…
DetailsNGA was recently notified that USDA reversed its earlier instructions to the states and has directed states to transmit October SNAP benefit files to state EBT vendors so that benefits will be available to SNAP recipients on October 1st. USDA had previously instructed states in letter sent Friday, September 18th to not transmit October benefits.…
DetailsDocument provides a brief summary of the final rule and a general understanding of convenience retailer obligations to meet the December 1, 2016, compliance date NACS Online Following up on the Food and Drug Administration’s announcement of a draft guidance document that addresses some of the questions raised about its final menu-labeling rule, NACS is…
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