Specialty food sales hit $120.5 billion in the U.S. in 2015, according to this year’s State
of the Specialty Food Industry report, produced by the Specialty Food Association
and Mintel.
State of the Specialty Food Industry 2016
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Maine Revenue Services’ December Report
Maine Revenue Services’ December Report updates:
- MRS Rulemaking Activity
- Notice Regarding Volkswagen and Audi Diesel Class Action Settlement Buyouts
- Changes to the Prepaid Wireless Fee Imposed on Prepaid Wireless Card Transactions
- Maine Revenue Services Conforms to Federal Tax Relief Provided to Taxpayers Affected by Hurricane Matthew
- 2017 Individual Income Tax Rates
- Clarification of Annual Due Date Change for Maine Pass-through Entity Withholding
The State of the Specialty Food Industry 2016 Report
Thanks to the Specialty Food Association for sharing their 2016 Industry Report. Retail sales of specialty foods in the U.S. grew 19.7% between 2013 and 2015. This Report is loaded with lots of useful data, plus their 7 takeaways!
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Federal Judge Stops Overtime Rules
Texas Judge Temporarily Blocks Overtime Regulations That Were To Become Effective on December 1st.
On November 22, 2016, a federal court judge in Texas issued a preliminary injunction that temporarily blocks the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) from implementing and enforcing its revised white collar overtime regulations on a national basis. The regulatory revisions, which would more than double the minimum salary requirements for the major white collar exemptions to the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), were set to become effective on December 1, 2016.
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