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Peter Romeo

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Peter Romeo

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Workforce

N.C. restaurant workers offered $500 in aid

A new program from the North Carolina Restaurant and Lodging Association is offering the funds for immediate relief based on need and longevity.

Operations

Logan’s parent fires its furloughed employees

The move comes after bankruptcy-court supervisors fired CEO Hazem Ouf and CFO Jim Lebs for paying sales taxes without permission.

Operations

Chuy’s, Ruth’s Chris adopt extraordinary measures

Staffs have been furloughed, salaries have been cut, and cash has been pooled.

Operations

Restaurant damage to date: $25B in sales, 3 million jobs

New research shows the impact has been particularly severe for operators in New York—a possible preview of what’s to come in other areas.

Topics

Coronavirus heroes and villains

The COVID-19 crisis is as much a test of character as it is of financial resilience. And some parties are clearly failing.

Operations

10 days that changed the restaurant industry

For much of March, the threat of COVID-19 grew as the infection spread. On March 11, that problem became very real for thousands of restaurant operators and millions of employees, beginning a 10-day period unlike anything the industry has ever seen. The business may never be the same.

Workforce

Fund formed to provide $500 in aid to restaurant workers in need

The relief program has been formed by the National Restaurant Association’s Educational Foundation in collaboration with leading industry suppliers.

Operations

King’s Seafood finds relief in retailing

The 20-unit multiconcept group is turning its restaurants into pop-up markets where it can sell its supplies at a deep discount to consumers and employees.

Workforce

Cheesecake Factory furloughs 41,000, cuts executive pay 20%

The company said it is negotiating with landlords for a break on rent for the duration of the COVID-19 crisis.

Operations

Cheesecake Factory halts rent payments

Landlords have been alerted by letter that restaurants will stop payments beginning with their April obligations.

Workforce

67,650 restaurant and bar jobs eliminated in NYC, survey finds

Local operators are asking the city and state to end rent collections and provide other forms of assistance.

Financing

The coronavirus relief bill: What’s in it for restaurants?

The largest public assistance measure in American history is an imposing tome of legalese and technical language. Here are the parts with particular relevance for foodservice.

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