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Peter Romeo

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Peter Romeo

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Leadership

Having C-suiters spend time in stores is great—provided they know what's really going on

Restaurant Rewind: Here's how bad things can get when a visiting VIP employee doesn't have a firm grasp on what they've gotten into.

Workforce

Despite more 'salting,' labor unions are getting pushback in their drive to organize restaurants

Working Lunch: Some unionized workers aren't happy about a portion of their paycheck going to labor groups, and they're deciding to do something about it.

Marketing

Melting Pot dips into the direct-to-consumer market

The fondue chain is selling do-it-yourself meal kits through a partnership with Omaha Steaks.

Food

Arizona lawmakers propose a ban on lab-grown proteins and plant products with meaty names

Dual bills aim to thwart competition for the state's agricultural industry, and particularly its cattle trade.

Financing

Jersey Mike's inks deal for cross-Canada expansion

The sub chain has signed on Taco Bell and Burger King franchisee Redberry Restaurants to lead the charge, with a goal of adding 300 stores north of the border during the next decade.

Workforce

With the tip credit falling, D.C.'s full-service restaurants cut payrolls 4.4%

Yet QSRs and sit-down places outside of Washington stepped up their hiring.

Operations

How customers came to be routinely asked, 'Cash or credit?'

Restaurant Rewind: Credit-card transactions are an integral part of the restaurant industry today. Yet that development is a relatively recent one. Join us we look at how the co-dependence came to be.

Financing

After a critical self-assessment, Starbucks pursues a course correction on labor

Management says it’s regearing for life as a partially unionized business, in part by improving baristas’ experiences.

Workforce

U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear an appeal from Starbucks

The coffee chain wants the nation's highest court to decide if employees were truly dismissed because of their union activities.

Workforce

Something's gotten into government this year. Here's why you should care

Working Lunch: The past week has brought at least one long-awaited and controversial regulatory change. But that's not all that's happening.

Financing

House votes to kill the new 'joint employer' definition

A resolution to halt the change was passed by a bipartisan vote, buoying the hopes of opponents that the Senate will follow the House's lead.

Emerging Brands

7-Eleven broadens its restaurant footprint with a $1B acquisition

The c-store chain is buying the Laredo Taco Co. fast-food units it doesn't currently own, along with the Stripes c-stores that house them.

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