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Peter Romeo

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Texas lifts all COVID-related restaurant restrictions

Establishments can resume using 100% of their dining rooms and can drop their mask requirements.

Operations

BJ's Restaurants starts the rollout of its beer club

The subscription program is now available in all of the casual chain's Calfornia stores, with units elsewhere likely to participate later in the year.

Operations

Feds warn of a 4th COVID wave if state restrictions keep easing

Among the measures questioned by the health authorities is the lifting of limits on public places such as restaurants.

Financing

California gets its own aid package

Liquor-permit fees have been suspended for two years, while a grant program for small businesses has been allocated another $2.1 billion.

Workforce

Possibility of a minimum-wage hike is far from over

Senators from both parties are airing alternatives to the $15-an-hour proposal that was swatted down Thursday night.

Financing

Quaker Steak & Lube sold for $5M

Seller Travel Centers of America said its nonfuel revenues were being dragged down because of full-service restaurant closings.

Operations

5 signs the restaurant apocalypse may be here

Cue the 'Twilight Zone' theme and hide the kids. Things are getting weird.

Operations

Golden Corral tests drive-thrus, a la carte menu, frozen margaritas

The buffet chain said it is reinventing its operations for the age of coronavirus.

Financing

Pilgrim's Pride pleads guilty to rigging restaurant chains' chicken costs

The poultry supplier was sentenced to a $108 million fine for colluding over roughly a 5-year stretch ending in 2017.

Financing

Texas weather puts a big chill in Cracker Barrel’s sales

The blow from Mother Nature comes as the chain is about to test a new chicken-and-biscuits virtual concept.

Operations

4 restaurant myths that have just been busted

Recent events have shown articles of faith on the minimum wage, catering, virtual brands and casual dining are nothing more than fake news.

Marketing

IHOP hires hotel veteran Kieran Donahue as CMO

She joins the family chain from Marriott.

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