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Peter Romeo

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Peter Romeo

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Technology

Looking forward to sex with robots

In the restaurant market of 2050, automatons will be doing a lot more than running orders to tables and flipping burgers, predicted FSTEC founder and 2022 speaker Rob Grimes.

Food

Suddenly, pickles have become a big dill at restaurants

Brined cukes and a host of other lip-pursing options are showing up on all types of menus—and everywhere from the drinks list to the dessert array.

Workforce

In drives to kill the tip credit, voters could prove the assassins

Reality Check: Opponents of the wage break for employers are using ballot initiatives to get their way.

Food

Restaurants get a reprieve from NYC's pending foie gras ban

Enforcement will be halted until a court challenge is decided, marking at least a temporary victory for duck farmers and fine-dining restaurants.

Leadership

Planet Hollywood's parent hires Michael Beacham

The former president of delivery-only kitchen Reef will take an as-yet-unspecified executive position with Earl Enterprises.

Operations

Is your restaurant protected against natural disasters?

The National Restaurant Association has compiled a handbook for operators who want to prepare against floods, blizzards, wildfires and the like. Take our quiz to see if you should order a free copy.

Workforce

Half of restaurants have stopped hiring because of labor costs, study finds

The small-business survey from Alignable.com also found that 9% of operators are laying off workers because they fear the economy is worsening.

Workforce

Why aren't restaurants losing sleep over the new labor threat?

Reality Check: The industry nodded through the takeaway of key employer powers. Is it just going to roll over as the setbacks continue?

Operations

Here's restaurants' prescription for staying clean of monkeypox

Experts say the risk of infection isn't great, but it's there. The greater danger could be the fears of guests and staff.

Workforce

Biden administration drafts advice for businesses facing a union drive

But the tutorial focuses on how to keep the process amicable and progressing, not how to thwart it.

Workforce

Restaurants shift their hopes of killing California's fast-food wage bill to the ballot

A coalition of Fast Act opponents has filed paperwork that would let voters decide if the law should take effect.

Leadership

Bar Louie names Brian Wright CEO

He joins the grill-and-bar chain after holding the same position at Tijuana Flats.

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