Peter Romeo

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

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.

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

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.

New government data show a decline in the employee head counts of eating and drinking places. Hotels, in contrast, accelerated their hiring.

A federal court is expected to delay enforcement of a Massachusetts law that, together with a new California regulation, would have put an extreme crimp in the supplies of ribs, bacon and other pork supplies.