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Peter Romeo

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Peter Romeo is director of digital content of the foodservice group of Winsight Media, with responsibility for the content of Restaurant Business and FoodService Director magazines, RestaurantBusinessOnline.com, and the Restaurant Leadership Conference. The multi-media job caps a 34-year career as a business journalist, including 28 years as a chain-restaurant specialist for such information channels as Nation’s Restaurant News, QSR magazine, and the website of the National Restaurant Association. Romeo’s columns during an earlier stint at Restaurant Business earned him two Jesse H. Neal Awards, business publishing’s equivalent of the Pulitzers. He graduated from New York University in 1979 with honors in history and journalism, and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. He resides in the New York City suburb of Port Washington with his wife, Holly Klokis; four rescued greyhounds; and four ne’er-do-well, slightly nervous cats.

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Workforce

New training effort targets ex-offenders, disengaged youths

Under a new Chicago initiative, those populations will be given the skills needed to pursue careers in restaurants.

Financing

Jamie Oliver’s restaurant group files for bankruptcy protection

About 22 restaurants have closed, putting 1,000 out of work.

Consumer Trends

Pret A Manger buys a chain to fuel Veggie Pret’s growth

Pret parent JAB is adding the U.K.’s Eat to its stable, but for its conversion potential.

Leadership

Southern chef Louis Osteen dies at age 77

The longtime Charleston chef popularized Southern foods with his fine-dining restaurants, where grits and pimento cheese were readily found in the kitchen.

Topics

Restaurant Association launches a program to keep employees in the industry

The initiative sets a career path that employees can follow for upward mobility, complete with certifications attesting to their abilities.

Topics

Regynald Washington is named top foodservice operator of 2019

The concessionaire was honored with the Gold Plate award at a gala Saturday night in Chicago.

Operations

How Trump’s trade war with China could sting restaurants

Operators are keeping an eye on food costs and the possible effects on consumer spending.

Leadership

National Restaurant Association CEO Dawn Sweeney announces her departure

A transformative force during her 12-year tenure, Sweeney said she will retire when her contract expires at year’s end.

Consumer Trends

Study details c-stores’ success in stealing QSR patrons

The report shows that a high percentage of young people are buying meals more often from the rival retail channel.

Operations

5 political developments restaurants should be watching

A handful of state and local proposals could build into major causes for celebration--or concern.

Operations

Legal Sea Foods’ new problem-solving philosophy brings a sea change

With inspiration from an unlikely source, operations have changed significantly inside the kitchens of Legal Sea Foods, the high-volume polished-casual operation concentrated along the East Coast. 

Workforce

Who wants to work in restaurants? These 400 eager teens

The national ProStart competition gives aspiring industry stars a chance to get their careers rolling.