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Peter Romeo

Editor at Large

Articles by
Peter Romeo

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Food

What might be the next Cronut, McRib or Pumpkin Spice Latte? We have some thoughts.

Reality Check: The RB staff put down its forks long enough to speculate on what could be the next big thing menu-wise. Here are our bets, longshot and otherwise.

Marketing

Sizzler reaches back almost 40 years for a re-introduction to lapsed customers

The steak-and-salad-bar concept is running ads again, playing off the signature deals that made it a 1980s hit.

Leadership

What stamp did Norman Brinker leave on the restaurant business? How much time do you have?

Restaurant Rewind: In Part II of our two-part special report on the godfather of casual dining, we look at how the serial entrepreneur walked away from one of the biggest jobs in the business to start all over.

Workforce

Fast Act's on hold, but Calif. has pushed through another way to raise fast-food wages

Working Lunch: The SEIU was successful in recreating the 1920s-era Industrial Welfare Commission, with the power to set pay within industries with a large portion of low-wage earners.

Operations

3 great restaurant mysteries Agatha Christie couldn't solve

Reality Check: Missing coalitions, mystery associations and fair food are head-scratchers that have us vexed. And we've read all of Sherlock Holmes.

Marketing

Forget Threads. Casual restaurants are going retro in their latest marketing

Reality Check: 3-for-$10 (or thereabouts) and buy one/take one home deals are back in vogue.

Leadership

Elizabeth McGee is promoted to CEO of Ruby Slipper group

The Applebee's veteran joined the two-concept brunch operation in November as COO.

Marketing

Some Mass. restaurants are OK'd to accept SNAP payments

The state becomes the eighth to allow recipients of the aid previously provided in the form of food stamps to use the funds for restaurant meals.

Financing

With less aid to buy groceries, SNAP recipients step up their fast-food spending, study finds

A new report shows that grocery inflation made restaurant meals almost as economical as cooking at home.

Leadership

If you don't know who Norman Brinker was, hit the play button

Restaurant Rewind: He was as much of a god to the business as Ray Kroc, though a lot more recently. Here's why the industry should not forget such an inspirational, successful and fascinating character.

Leadership

Dorothy Zehnder of the Bavarian Inn in Frankenmuth dies at 101

She had worked in the business for 85 years, most of them spent at the 900,000-meals-a-year landmark.

Operations

Regulation of service fees is a work in progress

The rules for employers vary greatly—if they exist at all in a jurisdiction. The volume of do’s and don’ts is expected to soar as the fees proliferate and Washington, D.C., figures out a model.

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