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Heather Lalley

Managing editor

Articles by
Heather Lalley

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Workforce

Chipotle leverages TikTok for hiring push

The fast casual, which has been active on the social media platform for several years, said TikTok Resumes will help it have “meaningful career conversations with Gen-Z” as it works to hire an additional 15,000 people this year.

Operations

Portillo’s plans to open a restaurant without a dining room

The new prototype, slated to open this winter in Joliet, Ill., will be the fast casual’s first to feature a triple drive-thru as it seeks to capitalize on demand for delivery and pickup orders.

Food

Big restaurant industry names invest in plant-based producer Meati

Sweetgreen’s co-founders and Alinea Chef Grant Achatz are among those who helped the company complete a $50 million funding round.

Leadership

Captain D’s promotes Bindi Menon to CMO

Menon has been with the fast-casual seafood chain since 2005, starting as a senior analyst.

Marketing

Chipotle shoots for $1M NBA Finals giveaway

The fast-casual chain is hiding tens of thousands of free burrito codes in its TV ads during this month’s men’s basketball championship games.

Operations

Restaurant owners are frustrated, angry after new round of RRF grant reversals

The U.S. Small Business Administration, which oversees the awards, is quiet about why operators’ promised funding is being rescinded for the second time this month.

Leadership

Punch Bowl Social gets two new CEOs

Robert Cornog, one of the founders of the food-and-games concept, and Richard Flaherty, previously its COO, will share leadership duties as the company emerges from the pandemic.

Operations

New York restaurants will no longer be able to sell alcohol to-go

The governor lifted the state of emergency declared at the pandemic’s outset and starting Thursday, the popular moneymaker for many operators is coming to an end.

Marketing

Vaccinated? Panera wants to give you a free bagel

The fast-casual chain is offering inoculated customers some free carbs early next month to incentivize the COVID shots.

Operations

Parent of Logan’s Roadhouse, Old Chicago moves its HQ to Houston

SPB Hospitality said its move from Nashville to Texas will fuel its “aggressive growth plans.”

Operations

Why Wingstop’s new virtual brand, Thighstop, may not be around long

Bone-in and boneless thighs will be added to Wingstop’s permanent menu “eventually,” said the chain’s COO.

Marketing

Krystal hires Alice Crowder as CMO

Crowder previously served as the burger chain’s vice president of marketing from 2014 to 2018.

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