Business briefs

County slaps Hazelwood deli with a consumer alert

D’Andrea’s Italian Deli in Hazelwood was hit with a consumer alert this week by the Allegheny County Health Department for having moldy food, holding food at unsafe temperatures and not having a certified food manager on site, among numerous other food safety violations. Inspection reports for restaurants in the county are available online at webapps.achd.net/Restaurant/.

Uber drivers approved by PUC to use older cars

The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission ruled Thursday that drivers for ride-sharing company Uber can use vehicles up to 10 years old. Previously, the age limit was eight years. Rival rideshare company Lyft won a similar permission for its drivers’ vehicles from the PUC in March.

American Eagle exec saw compensation jump in 2014

Vice chairman and executive creative director Roger Markfield was American Eagle Outfitters’ highest-paid executive last year, collecting compensation valued at $11.3 million, up 69 percent from 2013.

The compensation included stock awards valued at $7.3 million but excluded $2.6 million he realized by exercising stock options awarded in prior years. The pay figures were included in a proxy statement being sent to shareholders in advance of the teen retailer’s June 4 annual meeting in New York.

Ford to lay off 700 at plant making small cars, hybrids

Ford Motor Co. said it’s laying off a shift of 700 workers at a Michigan factory that builds small cars, hybrids and electric vehicles that are attracting fewer buyers.

The plant in Wayne, a Detroit suburb, produces the Focus small car and C-Max hybrid, which had U.S. sales declines last month of 15 percent and 23 percent, respectively. Ford expects to redeploy the workers to other Michigan facilities during the next year, said Kristina Adamski, a spokeswoman.

Toyota beats VW, GM for top place in global vehicle sales

Toyota Motor Corp. is still at the top in global vehicle sales after the first quarter, selling 2.52 million vehicles around the world, outpacing rivals Volkswagen and General Motors even as weakness in Japan dragged on its growth. The Japanese automaker has been the world’s top-selling automaker for the past three years.

No. 2 Volkswagen Group of Germany reported last week that it sold 2.49 million vehicles for the January-March period.

Volkswagen edged out U.S. automaker General Motors Co., which reported global sales of 2.4 million vehicles earlier this week.