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What a Delivery App Is Allowed to Charge You — and the Bucket Most Owners Never Read

New York City caps delivery app fees in four buckets, not three, and the fourth is far more expensive than the one most summaries quote. Here is what each bucket covers, the plan you are entitled to be offered, and how to read your statement.

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Seven Varieties by November 4: The New Staple Stocking Rule for Authorized Retailers

SNAP’s staple food stocking standard more than doubles on November 4, 2026 — 28 varieties and 84 stocking units, with perishables now required in three categories. Here is how to audit your shelves before the date.

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Who Has to Take the Empties: Container-Deposit Return Rules in Six States

In deposit states the empties come back to your counter — but the duty to accept them is not the same in any two states. Here is what New York, Maine, Oregon, Iowa, California and Vermont actually require of a retailer, and the handling fee each one pays.

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Cash Register vs. POS System: What Changes When You Upgrade

A cash register vs. POS system comparison usually gets reduced to price. The real difference is what each can do once the drawer closes—inventory, reporting, loyalty, and payment flexibility a standalone register was never built for.

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Updating Your POS Terminal Hardware Helps Drive a Successful Business

An old POS terminal doesn’t announce that it’s costing you sales — it just quietly does. Here’s how to tell when your POS terminal needs an upgrade, and how to switch without disrupting the register.

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NRS Cares, Jerusalem Lodge No. 26, and LUSOB at The Apostles’ House in Newark

The three organizations provided meals to shelter residents and neighbors in need on Oct. 21 at the Newark family shelter […]

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NRS Networking Lunch Draws a Full House of Independent Retailers in Iselin, NJ

Store owners joined NRS, Mandel Wholesale, Krauszer’s, Renascent Media, TV Asia, and El Especialito at Rasoi 2 for an afternoon […]

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