Peter Romeo

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Marketing

Massachusetts wants a return of happy hours. Its restaurants don't

Two-for-one deals and other promotional offers would drive up insurance costs while cutting into sales, local operators contend.

Financing

As room sales rebound, hotel acquisitions soar, a new study finds

Occupancy rates are nearly back to 2019 levels, according to the report, but job and hiring levels still have room to go.

The National Restaurant Association has called on the Small Business Administration to distribute the aid immediately to restaurants whose aid applications were mothballed.

Working Lunch: Federal regulators could reverse the move, and the closing could spark more union drives.

A new assistance pool is intended to reassure baristas that pro-union activity won't cost them income.

Starbucks Workers United said the milestone vote came at a location in Cleveland, 11 months after the unionization effort began.

The cutbacks are part of the c-store giant's $21 billion acquisition of Speedway in 2021.

A survey found that 4% are even laying off workers because of pay rates and fears of a recession.

The decision will require full-service restaurants to pay servers and bartenders the full minimum wage. It also requires most employers to provide paid sick leave.

Union supporters say the burrito brand is trying to thwart the organizing effort. Chipotle says it just can't find enough staff to maintain operations.

Hospitalization rates have spiked, putting the area on track to resume protections against a new coronavirus variant.

The distributor says it has a confidential witness who can prove the big processors colluded on the volume of meat they processed, thereby inflating prices.

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