{"id":48600,"date":"2016-10-14T12:26:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-14T13:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/demo2016.hispanicprwire.com\/english-homebase-challenges-ny-diners-to-eatthecost\/"},"modified":"2016-10-14T12:42:52","modified_gmt":"2016-10-14T16:42:52","slug":"homebase-reta-a-los-restaurantes-de-nueva-york-a-comerse-el-costo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/homebase-reta-a-los-restaurantes-de-nueva-york-a-comerse-el-costo\/","title":{"rendered":"Homebase Challenges NY Diners to EatTheCost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n.prngen2{\nBORDER-TOP:black 0pt; BORDER-RIGHT:black 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: BOTTOM; BORDER-BOTTOM:black 0pt; PADDING-LEFT:0.50em; BORDER-LEFT:black 0pt; PADDING-RIGHT:0.50em\n}\n.prnsbt0{\nBORDER-TOP:0pt\n}\n.prnsbr0{\nBORDER-RIGHT:0pt\n}\n.prnbcc{\nBORDER-COLLAPSE: COLLAPSE\n}\n.prnsbl0{\nBORDER-LEFT:0pt\n}\n.prnsbb0{\nBORDER-BOTTOM:0pt\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">SAN FRANCISCO<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Oct. 14, 2016<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; Real estate costs, chains and online businesses already challenge local businesses; now December&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dol.gov\/featured\/overtime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">overtime regulation<\/a> and minimum wage reform are driving up labor costs. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.joinhomebase.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Homebase<\/a>, a trusted provider of essential tools for small businesses, today launches <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eatthecost.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">EatTheCost<\/a>, a pledge to support local favorites by spending just <span class=\"xn-money\">$0.50<\/span> more per day dining out. <\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg4e76left\" style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: left; WIDTH: 100%\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg4e76left\" title=\"Homebase provides free scheduling, time sheet, compliance and communication tools to local businesses across the country.\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Homebase provides free scheduling, time sheet, compliance and communication tools to local businesses across the country.\" align=\"middle\" src=\"http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnvar\/20161013\/428665LOGO\"\/><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;As consumers, we&#8217;re <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/57ffc2d3e4b0f42ad3d25d18?timestamp=1476391657872\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">spending <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/57ffc2d3e4b0f42ad3d25d18?timestamp=1476391657872\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">less on food than any other time in history<\/a>, and restaurants need us to help rebalance,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">John Waldmann<\/span>, CEO and founder of Homebase. &#8220;Pledging to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eatthecost.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">EatTheCost<\/a> of an overdue raise will help these businesses stay around through change, without squeezing already small margins.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><b>The Pledge<br \/><\/b>Signing up at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eatthecost.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.eatthecost.com<\/a> tells businesses you&#8217;re on-board to help cover rising costs by spending more. Maybe share pictures and updates to let businesses know you understand prices need to rise to pay teams fairly. The businesses need to hear, because only 59 percent of businesses polled are considering raising prices. <\/p>\n<p><b>What <i>IS<\/i> the Cost? <br \/><\/b>Americans spending <span class=\"xn-money\">$15<\/span> more\/month eating out would cover national wage increase to <span class=\"xn-money\">$12<\/span>\/hr., benefitting 80 percent of workers; a dollar a day (<span class=\"xn-money\">$33<\/span>\/month) gets to <span class=\"xn-money\">$15<\/span>\/hr. and 95 percent. <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">New York<\/span> fares better, with less than <span class=\"xn-money\">$10<\/span>\/month covering the impending increase to <span class=\"xn-money\">$12<\/span>\/hr., but a steep cliff to get to <span class=\"xn-money\">$15<\/span>\/hr. by 2018 as mandated. <\/p>\n<p>This chart shows current <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bls.gov\/regions\/subjects\/consumer-spending.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">cost of dining<\/a> per person by city, and what they&#8217;d each need to pay to help coverage a minimum wage hike to <span class=\"xn-money\">$12<\/span> or <span class=\"xn-money\">$15<\/span>\/hr.:\u00a0 <\/p>\n<div>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" class=\"prnsbt0 prnsbr0 prnbcc prnsbb0 prnsbl0\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><b><u>City<\/u><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bls.gov\/regions\/subjects\/consumer-spending.htm\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"prnews_a\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>Current Monthly Dining Spend<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><b><u>$12\/hr.<\/u><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><b><u>$15\/hr. <\/u><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><b>Houston<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><b>$334.50<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><b>+$28.60<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><b>+$55.20<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Dallas\/Ft. Worth<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">$333.33<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">+$28.60<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">+$55.20<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Atlanta\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">$203.70<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">+$18.60<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">+$35.20<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Philadelphia<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">$226.80<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">+$18.20<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">+$35.90<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Chicago\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">$278.30<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">+$15.70<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">+$35.80<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Los Angeles<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">$268.40<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">+$11.40<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">+$29.40<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">New York\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">$240.70<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">+$9.70<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">+$33.70<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Seattle\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">$302.30<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">+$9.30<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">+$27.10<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">San Francisco\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">$374.80<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">+$6.30<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">+$24.10<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Washington DC<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">$310.50<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">+$2.50<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">+$17.00<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><b>National Average<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><i><b>$272.80<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><b>+$14.80<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><b>+$33.60<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These businesses, servers, bartenders and others define our neighborhoods and deserve to know we&#8217;re here for them,&#8221; continued Waldmann. &#8220;Eating out is already a treat for many, and the impact of a price increase shouldn&#8217;t be understated. But change doesn&#8217;t happen overnight, so everyone has time to adjust. Dining costs are progressive; those with more will spend more.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.joinhomebase.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Homebase<\/a> is uniquely positioned to partner with both its\u00a0businesses and their teams to navigate these changes. Free scheduling, time sheets, compliance and team communication tools transform painful tasks to simple Web and mobile moments, saving customers 5 hours\/week. Based in <span class=\"xn-location\">San Francisco<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Houston<\/span>, Homebase&#8217;s former baristas, small business owners, waiters \u2013 even national chain restaurant HR head \u2013 have built products at <a href=\"http:\/\/quickbooks.intuit.com\/r\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Intuit<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opentable.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">OpenTable<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yelp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Yelp<\/a>. The Homebase board has helped great companies scale, including Instagram and <a href=\"https:\/\/squareup.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Square<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Contact: <a href=\"mailto:martha@joinhomebase.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">martha@joinhomebase.com<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Logo &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20161013\/428665LOGO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20161013\/428665LOGO<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">SAN FRANCISCO<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Oct. 14, 2016<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; Real estate costs, chains and online businesses already challenge local businesses; now December&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dol.gov\/featured\/overtime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">overtime regulation<\/a> and minimum wage reform are driving up labor costs. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.joinhomebase.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Homebase<\/a>, a trusted provider of essential tools for small businesses, today launches &lt;a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48601,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-comida-y-bebida"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48600\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}