I eat out regularly so I can see why this is happening especially for smaller

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...moms and pops places that's barely getting by  :

Customers Are Furious Restaurants Are Now Charging ‘Employee Benefit’ Fee

If you’ve gone out to dinner in recent weeks, you may have noticed a new additional fee attached to your check: an “employee benefit” fee.

Many furious restaurant patrons are taking to the internet to share their shock at finding the new surcharge on their restaurant meals, often a small percentage tacked on to the bottom of the check. One Tiktoker, @ashnichole_xo, shared in a video that she noticed the new fee on her check at Sherman Oaks, California restaurant Osteria La Buca, a frequent dinner spot of hers’.