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City Councilman Kenney Wants Restaurants to Stop Taking Credit Card Fees From Servers Tips; Price of Raw Ingredients Rises to ‘Near Record’ Levels

• After 43 years in historic Bordentown, NJ, Ocean Spray is moving its manufacturing facility over to the PA side of the Delaware River. [CBS Philly]

• City Councilman Jim Kenney is introducing a measure that will prevent restaurant owners from skimming three percent off gratuity when processing credit card transactions. [KYW Newsradio]

• The suspension of Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution is causing some small headaches at Better Homes and Gardens, which has a tie-in deal to appear on one of the delayed episodes. [Adweek]

• We know we keep telling you that food prices are soaring, but that’s because the news keeps getting worse. Now, the price of raw ingredients is at “near-record” levels. [Bloomberg]

• Dunkin’ Brands Group — the company that owns Dunkin’ Donuts and Baskin Robbins — is preparing an IPO. [USAT]

America’s Next Great Restaurant winner Jamawn Woods didn’t know that he’d actually won until two weeks ago, because producers taped alternate endings. Which raises the question: How’d he help develop his restaurant concept if he didn’t know he’d won? [Star Tribune]

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