August 30, 2019by Phil Clegg Accel Entertainment, a leading gaming-as-a-service provider, has agreed to acquire Grand River Jackpot, one of the first licensed video gaming terminal operators in Illinois, for around $100m. The acquisition is expected to close by the end of September subject to due diligence and other approvals. Th acquisition will strengthen Accel’s…
ILLINOIS (WREX)- Illinois bars and restaurants can now fill more than just pints after Governor JB Pritzker signs a law amending the Liquor Control Act. House Bill 3610 allows any place that sells beer to serve on its premises to sell a growler or crowler. A growler is a 64 ounce resealable jug, a crowler is…
Save the Date: American Beverage Licensees Will Return to New Orleans for Annual Meeting March 29-30, 2020 BETHESDA, MD – SEPTEMBER 4, 2019 – American Beverage Licensees (ABL) announced today that it will return to New Orleans, Louisiana for the 2020 ABL Annual Meeting, taking place March 29-30, 2020. The meeting will be held…
Deal would put Marlboro owners back together as they struggle with declining smoking rates Source: https://www.wsj.com/ By Jennifer Maloney and Cara Lombardo Aug. 27, 2019 Marlboro makers Philip Morris International Inc. PM -7.76% and Altria MO -3.97% Group Inc. are in advanced talks to merge, a potential blockbuster deal that would reunite two tobacco giants…
Source: https://www.dailyherald.com/ Karin Matura 8/20/2019 Costa Rican officials recently confirmed that 19 people have died from drinking tainted alcohol. The Dominican Republic is also investigating deaths that may be alcohol-related. How does this happen? How can we be sure that what we are consuming is in fact what the label says it is, and nothing…
By Billy Lyons August 17, 2019 Though bars are known for offering refuge to many, their reputation as a house of worship with better tasting holy water is not celebrated the same way as a religious institution. Bars and restaurants have been stigmatized as places where bad behavior is tolerated—both backstage as well as in…
Beer still tops wine and liquor as drinkers’ favorite adult beverage Percentage naming liquor rises to 29%, nearly tying wine at 30% Percentage who drink at all holding steady at 65% Source: https://news.gallup.com/ August 11, 2019 Beer continues to be the alcoholic beverage U.S. drinkers say they drink most often; but, for the first time…
Beer still tops wine and liquor as drinkers’ favorite adult beverage Percentage naming liquor rises to 29%, nearly tying wine at 30% Percentage who drink at all holding steady at 65% Source: https://news.gallup.com/ August 11, 2019 Beer continues to be the alcoholic beverage U.S. drinkers say they drink most often; but, for the first time…
The appropriateness of unsolicited advice. Source: https://www.psychologytoday.com/ Aug 04, 2019 We have all seen it: an obviously pregnant woman smoking a cigarette, drinking a beer-or both. The sight is upsetting, and perhaps you feel compelled to act. But assuming the woman is not carrying your child, or is not your daughter, sister, or best friend,…
New Overtime Threshold Proposed…The U.S. Labor Department has announced its long-awaited proposed overtime threshold, raising the minimum salary exemption to $35,308 per year. Currently, employees with an annual salary below $23,660 must be paid overtime if they work more than 40 hours per week. Workers making less than the $35,308 threshold would automatically be eligible…