Food and beverage service establishments exempted from the mandatory fee advertisement requirement.

HF 3039 exempts restaurants, hotels, bars, food concessions, grocery stores, and catering services from requiring mandatory fee disclosures in menus or advertisements. Specifically, it removes the requirement for these food and beverage establishments to clearly display the percentage of automatic gratuities or other mandatory fees in their pricing information. The bill amends Minnesota Statutes section 325D.44 to create this exemption, applying only to direct consumer sales (e.g., dine-in, takeout, or catering) rather than delivery platforms or other services. This change simplifies disclosure rules for these businesses by allowing total pricing to include fees without separate, conspicuous display of the fee amount.