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Restaurant owners warn meal tax increase would strain local eateries recovering from labor shortages
3549324 · April 16, 2025
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Local restaurant and seafood business owners told council a proposed meals tax increase would harm small, locally owned eateries still recovering from pandemic-era staffing losses and could hurt tourism that depends on local food businesses.
At the April 16, 2025 public hearing on the FY2025 budget, local restaurant suppliers and owners urged the Virginia Beach City Council to reconsider a proposed meals tax increase.
Chris Leffert, who said his business supplies seafood to restaurants and works with local tourism, said…
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