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Peter Romeo

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Peter Romeo

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Operations

Shake Shack isn't sorry to see delivery drop, especially with kiosks proving a boon

Steering more customers toward self-ordering will be a major strategic objective through 2024, executives say. The chain will also strive to cut its development and construction costs by 10%.

Food

Denny's adjusts the playbook for its main business while readying Keke's for expansion

Both of the company's concepts will focus on their menus, one to stress value, the other to underscore on-site prep.

Operations

First Watch's management trades high-fives over a drop in third-party deliveries

The drop-off pushed traffic into negative territory, but executives say a simultaneous rise in on-site business is better for the concept.

Financing

Earnings roundup: Sysco sees industry growth slowing, Marriott says vacation travel is back

Both companies say market conditions are complicated by the particulars.

Operations

Why Boston Market was once what other chains wanted to be

Restaurant Rewind: The brand is currently slogging through a challenging chapter. How did it land in such straits after such a hyped beginning?

Operations

Nearly half of consumers will skip a place that has no drive-thru, study finds

New research also shows that fans wish drive-thrus were open longer.

Workforce

Artificial intelligence could mean more litigation for restaurant employers

Working Lunch: Relying on a computer brain to sift through resumes for the ideal candidate could raise challenges about the criteria that are set by the employer.

Operations

PFG buys Orion Food Systems, strengthening its foodservice presence in c-stores

Orion provides branded prepared foods, including breakfast items and pizza, to about 1,500 c-stores.

Food

N.J. adds to the uncertainty about where pork prices will land

The state has followed California and Massachusetts in setting new hog-raising standards, a move likely to put a crimp into pork supplies.

Workforce

How I won the Nobel Peace Prize and ended bad relations between unions and restaurants

Reality Check: Okay, there may be a tad of exaggeration there. But what do you expect when un-truths are flying through the business like Frisbees at one of my gigantic outdoor concerts?

Workforce

Lawmakers propose raising the federal minimum wage to $17 and killing the tip credit

The Democratic proposal would phase in the changes over a five-year stretch. The bill is a pet measure of Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Leadership

What's next for Jersey Mike's? CEO-owner Peter Cancro is thinking

The addition of a second concept and overseas expansion are probabilities. A change in ownership is also possible, he says.

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