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Inside the head of McDonald’s new CEO

 By Peter Romeo on Apr. 23, 2015

McDonald’s said this week that new CEO Steve Easterbrook will reveal a turnaround plan for the limping giant on May 4.

Dunkin’ Brands’ president of global marketing and innovation to retire

 By Kelsey Squire on Apr. 23, 2015

John Costello, a driving force behind Dunkin’ Donuts and Baskin-Robbins’ marketing campaigns, will transition to a strategy role before retiring in 2016.

This week’s 10 head-spinning moments: They said what?

By Peter Romeo on Apr. 24, 2015

Major chains delivered some surprises in their meetings this week with Wall Street representatives. Here’s a roundup.

Good Times buys Bad Daddy’s

By Peter Romeo and Bianca N. Herron on Apr. 28, 2015

After two years as a licensee and investor, Good Times is bringing the casual burger group in-house as a growth vehicle.

IHOP reaches into 7-Eleven for new president

Apr. 30, 2015

Darren Rebelez will assume control of the family restaurant chain from Julia Stewart.

Workforce

Learning to assess people

By Patricia Cobe on May 04, 2015

“The biggest mistakes I’ve made are people mistakes,” Brolick told Dawn Sweeney, president and CEO of the National Restaurant Association in front of a packed audience at the Restaurant Leadership Conference.

Rich Melman on failure

May 05, 2015

The Chicago concept creator was honored Monday night with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the James Beard Foundation. While accepting the award, he spoke of the unavoidability of mistakes and the importance of rebounding quickly.

Food

6 previews of the future from James Beard nominees

By Patricia Cobe on May 06, 2015

Among the trends they foresee is eliminating the disparity in pay between front-of-the-house and back-of-the-house employees.

This week’s head-spinning moments: 6 overlooked wows from McD’s turnaround plan

By Peter Romeo on May 08, 2015

In some ways, there were actually three plans packed with different levels of CEO Steve Easterbrook. Some of the possibilities he raised could have been missed, but shouldn’t be.

Chipotle draws shareholder activism

May 11, 2015

A New York City official who oversees billions in institutional investments wants to change the company’s bylaws to make board challenges easier. The objective is promoting diversity, environmental responsibility and more reasonable pay, says Comptroller Scott Stringer.

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