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The long hand of the market takes care of this. If you want to hire only people that speak French and hang up only signage in French in a city with 99.9% English speakers, there are dozens of middle men with their hand out eager to help you get set up. Staying open is your business not theirs.

The US doesn't have an official language, nothing preventing anyone from running a store using only Lojban if they wanted.

Food labels, especially nutritional data and the list of ingredients must have at least an English translation. So even if the signage doesn't have to be in English, you can look at the nutrition label on the back for some clue.

Some local jurisdictions do require translations on signs. The City of Doraville in metro Atlanta has a high Asian population and stores are required to have an English translation for their signs.

> US is about American business not providing English signage.

Why would they? English doesn't have a legally protected status.