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Citing data from the U.S. Labor Department, The Wall Street Journal recently highlighted how restaurants are helping to increase wage growth across the country.

The Journal reported that restaurant wages rose at an annualized rate of more than 3 percent during the second half of 2014, up from a 1.5 percent annualized rate during the first half of 2013. This comes at a time when improved sales growth has led many restaurants to focus on hiring more employees.

“After a few hard years, customers are treating themselves again,” Jennifer Durham, vice president of franchise development at Checkers Drive-In Restaurants Inc., told the news source.

The Journal went on to say that increased sales helped Checkers add 20 stores over 2014, hiring hundreds of new employees and raising wages twice as fast as the company did in 2013.

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Nick Powills, CFE, founded No Limit Agency in 2008 and serves as Chief Brand Strategist for the Chicago-based firm. No Limit is a full-service communications agency that establishes and elevates brands by bridging Public Relations, Social Media, Marketing, Advertising, Digital, and a lot of creativity, to best strategize well-rounded and successful campaigns for 50+ global franchise brands. By presenting visionary ideas and building real relationships, No Limit is able to create effective media branding strategies to help companies grow. Nick currently leads a staff of writers, media strategists, designers, social media experts and digital producers in an office think-tank where brands are humanized for strong, compelling media stories. Prior to starting No Limit at the age of 27, Nick spent four years working at a franchise PR agency where he mastered the art of building rapport with media outlets and creating newsworthy pitches for earned media placements. He holds a Bachelor of Journalism from Drake University in Iowa.

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