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Biography

Peter Romeo

Editor at Large

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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.

Articles by
Peter Romeo

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Financing

Are restaurants pricing themselves out of the good life?

Sweet & Sour: Columnists Peter Romeo and Nancy Kruse consider if menu pricing has hit the red zone. Someone check with a customer, quick.

Food

Remembering the great product bombs of the past

Restaurant Rewind: With Starbucks promising yet another breakthrough menu introduction, the time is right to see how past promised game-changers actually fared.

An industry group is running ads that bash the organizers as being hypocrites and capitalists with little true respect for progressive causes.

Working Lunch: The big ask is for a guarantee of 37 scheduled hours per week, set months in advance.

Reality Check: The industry's rebound is being hampered by a host of construction and permitting issues. And the near-term outlook isn't good.

The spicy-chicken sandwich chain will become a concession option for sports arena contractor Legends Hospitality. Its fast foods will also be offered on the suites catering menu of Yankee Stadium.

Another $75 million was found for hotels. The money is intended to ease a transition from survival to sustained recovery.

The commitment comes as cultivated chicken clears a regulatory hurdle for U.S. consumption.

Restaurant Rewind: The uninitiated will be asking themselves that very question when the brand hits the East Coast. Here’s a look at the quirks that have helped make the chain a cult favorite.

The son of the chain's founder has launched a direct-to-consumer online seafood market called Roger’s Fish Co.

Working Lunch: The argument against including sales taxes in the fee base is gaining traction.

The delivery service didn't keep its fees below the state's 15% cap, according to the ruling. State officials want the overpayments returned.

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