Source: Washington Post
by C Jarrett Dieterle
“Instead of trusting the market and discerning customers, states and cities are considering policies that could end up hurting both restaurants and diners. In New York state, Democratic lawmakers in Albany have pushed their own dynamic pricing bans for food, and Vermont legislators have sought to prohibit businesses from using electronic shelf labels or dynamic pricing. The way these bills are drafted largely exempts longtime restaurant industry traditions such as happy hour but it raises the question: Is it necessarily more problematic if a restaurant utilizes real-time, demand-based dynamic pricing versus more traditional forms of dynamic pricing?” (11/13/25)