New measure aims to ban new workplace cafeterias in San Francisco

Two city supervisors in San Francisco have introduced a measure that would prohibit new workplace cafeterias, San Francisco Examiner reports.

The measure is intended to boost traffic at local restaurants, given that many employees at large tech companies (Twitter among them) opt to dine at their office cafeteria instead of venturing out to grab lunch.

“We see thousands of employees in a two-block radius that don’t go out for lunch, that don’t come out and support our restaurants,” Ryan Cole from downtown restaurant Corridor told the Examiner.

Supporters of the measure say that it will help support the local economy, while those opposed argue that it will still have a negative effect on area jobs, as workplace cafeterias employ local workers.

The measure would not get rid of any existing cafeterias but would prevent new ones from being built.

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