Pupu Platter 199: Seeing signs of Hawaii's labor shortage

Labor shortage We recently reported that Brue Bar is leaving its Downtown Honolulu location, along with its parent company, HonBlue, with owner Larry Heim citing the challenge of staffing the coffee shop. He hopes to recreate Brue Bar in a joint venture at some point in the BoxJelly co-working space to “help solve staffing issues.” We’ve been hearing about this labor shortage from business for several years now, with restaurants and retail lamenting how hard it is to find good help. With…