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Independent Restaurants

Operations

Wendy Lopez fosters the idea that everyone deserves a chance to grow

 By Lisa Jennings on May 18, 2023

Workers at Endiro Coffee call the GM of the Year "Mom" and she's okay with that. It's more than a job, she says. It's a place she feels is home.

Leadership

Michael Sternberg joins Sunnyside Restaurant Group as president

 By Lisa Jennings on May 17, 2023

The family-operated parent to Good Stuff Eatery and We, The Pizza plans to expand by franchising, and has two new brands coming.

Operations

It's Beard Award season. There will be drama.

By Lisa Jennings on May 16, 2023

A chef in the South says he's been disqualified, and the resulting controversy has raised a debate, once again, about fairness of the awards process.

Leadership

Boka Restaurant Group splits with chef Daniel Rose

By Lisa Jennings on May 11, 2023

The acclaimed chef opened two restaurants with the group in recent months, including Le Select in Chicago and Cafe Basque in Los Angeles.

Emerging Brands

Co-founder of Whole Foods Market launches new Love.Life restaurant in Los Angeles

By Lisa Jennings on May 08, 2023

John Mackey and several former Whole Foods execs are building a restaurant brand around the notion that food is medicine. The plant-based restaurant is only one part of the brand, which will later include medical services and wellness programs.

Financing

Maple & Ash owners accused of misusing PPP funding

By Lisa Jennings on May 01, 2023

Partners in the high-grossing restaurant are back in court to battle charges from investors who say they are owed millions. Maple & Ash owners call the charges "futile attempts to gain publicity."

Operations

How José Andrés Group is building a multidimensional strategy to change the world

By Lisa Jennings on Apr. 26, 2023

The chef's name has become a brand that ties together restaurants across all segments, as well as a growing media division, all around the same story: the power of food.

Technology

Odeko raises $53M for coffee shop supply chain app

By Joe Guszkowski on Apr. 18, 2023

The company offers nightly deliveries of essentials like lids and syrups. It says it can help shops save money and time.

Operations

Madison Square Garden Entertainment agrees to sell Tao Group Hospitality

By Lisa Jennings on Apr. 17, 2023

Under the proposed deal, co-founders Noah Tepperberg and Jason Strauss will return to ownership in partnership with luxury investment firm Mohari Hospitality, founded by an online poker billionaire.

Workforce

Unions are inching into the independent restaurant market

By Peter Romeo on Apr. 07, 2023

The successes have been few and far between, but organized labor is making gains. Employees of a Vietnamese restaurant in Maine and a soda shop in Oklahoma have unionized in recent weeks.

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