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Restaurants unlikely to find relief under Biden's supply-chain remedies

 By Peter Romeo on Oct. 21, 2021

The president's plan addresses only one problem afflicting the pipeline, and that's not enough, according to RB's Reality Check.

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Panera makes a bold climate-change pledge

 By Heather Lalley on Oct. 20, 2021

The fast casual set the goal of becoming “climate positive”—removing more carbon from the environment than it emits—by 2050.

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Restaurants press mayors to preserve outdoor dining

By Peter Romeo on Oct. 20, 2021

The National Restaurant Association has asked a coalition of civic leaders to maintain the concessions that allowed sidewalk and streetside structures to pop up during the pandemic.

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Wendy’s will start using more easily recycled cups

By Jonathan Maze on Oct. 20, 2021

The burger chain said it plans to start serving clear plastic drink cups in early 2022.

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In-N-Out takes a stand on diner vaccination mandates

By Jonathan Maze on Oct. 20, 2021

The burger chain’s one location in San Francisco was temporarily closed after it refused to check dine-in customers for their vaccination status. It has since reopened for takeout.

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Balancing act: Restaurants work to serve both digital and in-restaurant diners

By Jonathan Maze, Joe Guszkowski and Patricia Cobe on Oct. 15, 2021

Customers coming into restaurants again combined with takeout business gained during the pandemic is creating logjams at some operations.

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Inside Amped Kitchens' massive new 'growth kitchen' in Chicago

By Joe Guszkowski on Oct. 15, 2021

The food production center, described as an “apartment building for food companies,” is like a wholesale version of a ghost kitchen.

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Freddy’s Frozen Custard is trying to find ways to get faster

By Heather Lalley on Oct. 14, 2021

The fast-casual chain said it plans to expand a test of deploying workers with tablets to its drive-thrus to take orders and payments as it looks to move cars through the line more quickly.

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Why P.F. Chang’s is all-in on self-delivery

By Joe Guszkowski on Oct. 14, 2021

It has become one of the few non-pizza chains to embrace the approach after discovering that customers love it.

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Maine approves restaurants' reuse of takeout containers

By Peter Romeo on Oct. 13, 2021

Only packaging designed and manufactured to withstand refilling are permissible.

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