Texas restaurants are being squeezed by rising costs and lack of labor

About this episode

The episode discusses the financial challenges faced by Texas restaurants due to rising costs and immigration enforcement.

Texas restaurants are facing a new round of financial strain, and industry leaders say immigration enforcement is making a difficult economy even harder to navigate.

People in this episode

Host: David Martin Davies

Topics covered

• restaurant industry
• economic challenges
• immigration enforcement
• labor shortage
• financial strain

Keywords

• Texas
• restaurants
• rising costs
• labor shortage
• immigration enforcement

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Texas restaurants

Places: Texas

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