Food and beverage service establishments exemption from the mandatory fee advertisement requirement
SF 3225 exempts restaurants, hotels, bars, food concessions, grocery stores, and grocery delivery services from needing to include additional mandatory fee disclosures (like automatic gratuities) in advertisements for individual food and beverage items, provided they already clearly display the fee's amount and purpose on menus or displays meeting federal food labeling standards. The bill amends Minnesota Statutes to remove the requirement for these businesses to comply with broader advertising disclosure rules, as long as their existing menu displays meet the clarity and explanation standards. This change applies specifically to direct sales of individual food or beverage items to consumers and does not affect other fee disclosure requirements.
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Introduced Apr 2, 2025
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Apr 2, 2025
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Gary Dahms
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