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Technology

Why balancing tech and hospitality won't be easy

 By Joe Guszkowski on Sep. 22, 2025

Tech Check: More restaurants are investing in the human side of dining again. But staffing, training and a big generation gap are making things complicated.

Workforce

BJ's Restaurants faces a union push at California restaurant

 By Joe Guszkowski on Sep. 22, 2025

Employees at the full-service chain’s Modesto location will vote this week on whether to organize in response to BJ’s tip-sharing policy.

Technology

Layoffs hit Olo after acquisition by private-equity firm

By Joe Guszkowski on Sep. 17, 2025

The restaurant tech supplier said the changes were made as part of its transition to new ownership under Thoma Bravo. It was not clear how many jobs were cut.

Workforce

Why McDonald's is leaving the National Restaurant Association

By Restaurant Business Staff on Sep. 05, 2025

Working Lunch: This week's political podcast takes a deeper dive into the parting of ways between the nation's largest restaurant chain and the industry's leading trade association. Is the tip credit in trouble?

Financing

The job market is getting weaker

By Jonathan Maze on Sep. 05, 2025

Restaurants added a tepid 11,000 jobs in August, according to new federal data. But the economy added just 22,000 jobs as more industries shed workers.

Technology

Tech supplier Restaurant365 lays off 9% of staff

By Joe Guszkowski on Aug. 14, 2025

The back-office software company has not grown as quickly as expected this year, causing it to cut 100 jobs, according to a companywide email.

Workforce

Why Southern California is going off the deep end on raising the minimum wage

By Restaurant Business Staff on Aug. 04, 2025

Working Lunch: This week's political podcast looks at proposals for up to $30 per hour wage rates in the Golden State. And a look at the partial restoration of the tip credit in Washington, D.C.

Operations

Cava's first Impact Report reveals strategies behind core values

By Lisa Jennings on Aug. 01, 2025

Corporate transparency reports on managing people, food and the planet are facing new pressures. For Cava, this first report is designed to codify values embedded in the brand's DNA.

Financing

The labor market has slowed to a crawl

By Jonathan Maze on Aug. 01, 2025

Restaurant job growth has flattened in recent months while employment throughout the economy has slowed this year, according to new federal data.

Leadership

Restaurants navigate anti-DEI pressures amid push to elevate women

By Lisa Jennings on Jul. 25, 2025

Some see efforts to support diversity, equity and inclusion as discriminatory. But women hold only 7% of the CEO seats among the Top 500 restaurant chains. Will efforts to build opportunity continue?

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