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Workforce

Restaurants’ labor shortage doesn’t appear to be improving

 By Jonathan Maze on Sep. 20, 2021

In social media posts and restaurants’ own signs, a lack of workers is leading to shorter hours and fewer service lines.

Technology

Toast raises IPO price again, eyeing $18B valuation

 By Joe Guszkowski on Sep. 20, 2021

The company will look to sell shares for $34 to $36 each when it hits the public market this week.

Technology

Tech roundup: Noodles opens a second ghost kitchen

By Joe Guszkowski on Sep. 20, 2021

The fast casual will use the new outlet to test the San Jose market. That’s just the tip of the iceberg in this briefing on several weeks’ worth of tech news.

Financing

Restaurants head into fall with strong sales and big challenges

By Jonathan Maze on Sep. 20, 2021

Sales have recovered early and valuations are up. Yet the industry continues to face labor and supply challenges, which are driving prices up and could make for a long winter, says RB’s The Bottom Line.

Financing

Rapper Drake invests in Dave’s Hot Chicken

By Heather Lalley on Sep. 20, 2021

The partnership gives the fast-growing fast casual a celebrity boost as the 22-unit concept ramps up for aggressive growth.

Workforce

Why workers can't stand restaurants

By Peter Romeo on Sep. 20, 2021

Quitting has soared to historic levels in recent months, and the exodus might have more to do with stress than pay, says RB's Reality Check.

Workforce

24 states unite to block Biden’s vaccine mandate

By Peter Romeo on Sep. 17, 2021

The attorneys general of the participating states said in a blunt letter to the president that they would pursue every possible legal action to kill the plan.

Operations

More markets limit restaurant entry to the vaccinated or tested

By Peter Romeo on Sep. 17, 2021

Operators will soon be checking proof of inoculation in Seattle, most of upper Washington and two of Hawaii's islands. The state's most-visited island has also re-imposed capacity caps.

Leadership

A look at Dan Cathy’s incredible tenure at Chick-fil-A

By Jonathan Maze on Sep. 17, 2021

The chain’s soon-to-be-former CEO stumbled into a gay marriage controversy that sticks with the chain to this day, but RB’s The Bottom Line says its devotion to culture and service has been the key to its remarkable growth.

Technology

Robots could be food delivery’s best hope

By Joe Guszkowski on Sep. 17, 2021

If the many bots currently in test can prove themselves, restaurants say they're ready and willing to deploy them.

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