News

Has Starbucks won its union battle?

By Jonathan Maze on Dec. 01, 2022

A Deeper Dive: RB editors Jonathan Maze and Peter Romeo debate whether the coffee giant has been successful in its effort to slow a union drive and discuss the SBA and a rail strike.

Financing

McDonald’s is testing a new drive-thru concept in Texas

By Jonathan Maze on Dec. 01, 2022

The burger giant is testing a small-format restaurant in Fort Worth. Its centerpiece is a conveyor system that delivers food to a mobile-order lane.

Leadership

California Pizza Kitchen names new CEO amid C-suite shakeup

By Joe Guszkowski on Dec. 01, 2022

CEO Jim Hyatt is out, along with longtime culinary chief Brian Sullivan and two others. Board member Jeff Warne was named CEO and president.

Financing

Planning to open restaurants in Canada? Check your trademarks

By Jonathan Maze on Dec. 01, 2022

A single company in Edmonton has applied to register trademarks for numerous names of U.S. brands, highlighting concerns of "trademark squatting." Here's what brands should do to protect themselves.

Food

Subway bakes up footlong cookies at Miami pop-up for National Cookie Day

By Patricia Cobe on Dec. 01, 2022

The extra-long cookies, inspired by the Subway Series sandwiches, are piled with sweet toppings instead of meats and cheese.

Technology

At a Cleveland CloudKitchens, operators say they were set up to fail

By Joe Guszkowski on Dec. 01, 2022

The chefs came to Carnegie Food Hub to grow their businesses. They left discouraged and in the red. It’s part of a pattern at CloudKitchens facilities nationwide.

Workforce