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Workforce

Hotel foodservice workers strike in Los Angeles

 By Peter Romeo on Jul. 03, 2023

The front- and back-of-house employees are part of what their union representatives say is the area's largest walkout in decades, with 15,000 workers involved.

Operations

This restaurant closes for 4 weeks every year to give its workers a vacation

 By Lisa Jennings on Jun. 30, 2023

At the "fine-casual" Birdie's in Austin, Texas, the restaurant closes for two weeks in summer and two weeks in winter to allow all workers paid time off that is truly off.

Leadership

Velvet Taco and Mr Brews Taphouse name new executives

By Reyna Estrada and Lisa Jennings on Jun. 30, 2023

Executive Summary: A roundup of high-level hirings and promotions in the restaurant business includes changes for Noodles & Company and Taco Bell.

Financing

As it nears a sale, Subway touts its international recovery

By Jonathan Maze on Jun. 30, 2023

The sandwich giant over the past two years has signed deals that would add more than 9,000 restaurants internationally, turning around a business that was surprisingly weak.

Operations

Texas restaurants urge consumers not to be scared off by a heat wave

By Peter Romeo on Jun. 30, 2023

The state's restaurant association is encouraging restaurants to help their state's industry by continuing to buy meals amid hellish temperatures.

Operations

Spreading the Southern touchstone of chicken salad

By Lisa Jennings on Jun. 30, 2023

Chicken Salad Chick is in a lane on its own, but will this growing fast-casual franchise translate outside the South?

Food

Sarah Stegner's Slow-Roasted Salmon with Savory Risotto Oats

By Patricia Cobe on Jun. 30, 2023

Chefs Dish: The chef-partner in Prairie Grass Café is featured in this ongoing video series that spotlights the preparation of a signature dish in her restaurant kitchen.

Technology

Are virtual brands dead? The industry weighs in

By Joe Guszkowski on Jun. 30, 2023

After enjoying a pandemic boom, delivery-only restaurant concepts are starting to crack. Six stakeholders explain what happened, and what happens next.

Financing

The biggest chains thrived during the pandemic, but most have not

By Jonathan Maze on Jun. 29, 2023

The Bottom Line: Average unit volumes have not kept pace with inflation over the past three years. Unless you're a really big restaurant chain.

Food

The Maple Pepper Bacon Sandwich continues Chick-fil-A's mission to grow the grilled category

By Patricia Cobe on Jun. 29, 2023

Behind the Menu: The new LTO, currently in test, is the chain's first grilled chicken sandwich introduced since 2019. But it probably won’t be the last.

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