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This week’s restaurant nightmares: Temporary insanity?

This week’s goddammit moments were not of the passive variety. Operators were plunged into a crisis by the remarkably bad decisions they made, some after what had to have been considerable deliberation.

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This week’s 5 head-spinning moments: Whoa moments

Recent days brought signs of how bad things could get in the restaurant business, along with some advice from the ultimate chief executive about what to do about it.

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This week’s 5 head-spinning moments: Spillover

By Peter Romeo on Jun. 09, 2017

The nation's worsening drug problem is spilling into restaurants, and that's not the only negative carryover from other realms. Overtime lawsuits are proliferating while new regulations are on hold. But there is some good news among the week's most noticeable developments.

Restaurant figures pick fight with Trump

By Peter Romeo on Apr. 18, 2017

A union is suing the president for keeping his connection to the industry, saying the benefits are unconstitutional.

Supreme Court raises hopes for swipe-fee moderation

By Peter Romeo on Mar. 28, 2017

The nation's highest court refused to reinstate a deal that could have systemized a way for raising credit card processing fees.

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This week’s restaurant nightmares: Oh, boy

By Peter Romeo on Mar. 22, 2017

With politics dominating the news, is it any surprise that such issues as immigration and racial stigmas would spill into restaurants, with ugly results? Here’s how it’s happening.

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This week’s 5 head-spinning moments: Going too far?

By Peter Romeo on Mar. 17, 2017

Restaurants could be losing one of the industry's key federal protections, and that's not the only extreme possibility that emerged for the business.

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This week’s 4 head-spinning moments: Times a-changin’

By Peter Romeo on Mar. 10, 2017

Unusual became the usual this week for the restaurant business. Here are a few pieces of the evidence.

A restaurateur’s guide to President Trump’s agenda

By Peter Romeo on Mar. 01, 2017

Here's what the industry can expect from the White House, based on the chief executive's speech to Congress.

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This week’s restaurant nightmares: Nailed

By Peter Romeo on Feb. 22, 2017

Crime doesn't pay, as some restaurateurs learned this week. But, sometimes, neither does doing what seems the right thing for your staff.

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