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Peter Romeo

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Peter Romeo

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Workforce

America's political divisions are creating another challenge for restaurant employers

Working Lunch: The polarization is spilling into the workplace, with 26% of employees already saying they feel the effects in their job experiences.

Workforce

In restaurant wages, $22 is the new $15

Reality Check: The new aspirational goal of organized labor is a 50% increase over what was once regarded as a moonshot of a raise. And it's already being hit.

Operations

Restaurant chains say they're recovering quickly from Hurricane Ian

Power outages and transportation difficulties are mentioned as the lingering effects of the storm that struck Florida and the Carolinas.

Operations

Labor strikes disrupt multiple Sysco operations

Drivers have walked off the job in Boston and central New York, and Arizona workers are honoring picket lines.

Financing

Restaurants catch up on their rent payments as price hikes take hold

But more than a third of operators were still behind on their lease obligations, according to new research.

Workforce

Starbucks and its union are ready to negotiate. What's on the table?

Working Lunch: The give-and-take on scheduling and firings could have repercussions for all chains.

Workforce

Hotels face their own crippling shortage of workers

About 91% of the properties in the U.S. said they couldn't fill vacant jobs last month, according to the AH&LA. A typical hotel was short more than 10 people.

Workforce

Workers striking at San Francisco airport restaurants win pay hike and healthcare benefits

The 1,000 employees have returned to their jobs after hammering out a deal, the latest reflection of union activism in the industry.

Workforce

Don’t view labor’s new Restaurant Workers Bill of Rights as BS

Reality Check: Sure, it's a union-backed plan to change restaurant employment. But isn't a new model needed?

Workforce

California mandates more pay transparency from employers

Help Wanted ads will be required to carry a pay range, and potential hires can't be asked about their past pay levels.

Financing

Minn. restaurateurs are charged with scamming $250M in pandemic aid

The operators allegedly hatched and executed a scheme to cheat a feeding program for children.

Food

Feds take aim at high meat costs, but for the long range

The USDA has started funding the startup of more processors in hopes of curbing prices through competition. The program is one of several revealed by the White House with implications for restaurants.

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