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Peter Romeo

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Peter Romeo

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Operations

Illinois sunsets restaurants' use of latex gloves

Establishments will have until January to find alternatives, with one narrow exception.

Financing

Pizzeria Uno targets hotels in new franchising push

The full-service brand is touting the ability of a lodging property to add pizza delivery.

Workforce

How to protect employees during the current heat wave

Citing "life-threatening" temperatures, federal safety authorities are advising employers to follow a combination of common sense and precautions tailored to their workplace.

Workforce

What the unionization of Starbucks could mean for customers

Reality Check: Management is worried the focus on employees will temper the importance of patrons. It may not be giving the workers enough credit.

Workforce

Starbucks prevails against 2 charges it violated federal unionization rules

One of the rulings spared the chain from having to rehire union organizers.

Food

Menu prices continued soaring in May

The CPI for meals prepared outside the home topped the year-earlier level by 7.4%, the highest jump in 41 years.

Workforce

How Delaware is using restaurants to prevent opioid deaths

A new program teaches workers how to reverse an overdose and help a teammate who may be in danger.

Operations

Union threatens a work stoppage at some US Foods facilities

The Teamsters says it's ready to strike, and the distributor reports it's developing contingencies.

Food

What even the robots might have missed at this year’s National Restaurant Association Show

Sweet & Sour: From android armies to a different sort of pot pie, here are the surprises we long time show-goers discovered at the industry’s first annual convention in three years.

Workforce

British employers try a novel solution to the labor shortage

As of this month, about six dozen companies are shifting to a four-day work week, without any change in hours per day or pay.

Workforce

What's on restaurants' fight card this week

Working Lunch: Restaurateurs could be stoking controversy with their stances on everything from guns to tipping.

Leadership

6 innovations that trace back to Howard Johnson's

Reality Check: If you think the now-defunct brand did little more than popularize fried clams, read on.

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