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Peter Romeo

Editor at Large

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Peter Romeo has covered the restaurant industry since 1984 for a variety of media. As Editor At Large for Restaurant Business, his current beats are government affairs, labor and family dining. He is also the publication's unofficial historian.  

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Peter Romeo

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Workforce

New York City considers a bombshell change for hotel restaurants and bars

Legislation that already has nearly enough supporters to pass would essentially require the staffs of third-party managers to be employed wholly or jointly by the host hotel. But that's only a small part of the warranted changes.

Financing

NYC's Gotham Restaurant files for bankruptcy protection

The Chapter 11 filing indicates the once-acclaimed restaurant's financial problems go deeper than having lost $45,000 to online scammers.

Leadership

If you don't know the name 'Joe Lee,' stop right now and listen

Restaurant Rewind: He was a key force in the creation of what we now know as casual dining. You've likely read the latest on Red Lobster. Here's the person who made it an icon.

Workforce

California pushes through mandates for protecting indoor workers from excessive heat

At 82 degrees, restaurateurs will be required to provide back-of-house staffers with water, rest breaks and cool-down areas.

Operations

Congress is presented with a new plan for keeping food safe

Government Watch: Two prominent lawmakers have called for reworking the federal government's hodgepodge of a system for safeguarding the nation's food supply.

Workforce

California's new fast-food wage is costing most QSRs there an additional $100k, study finds

The research also indicates that jobs and hours are being reduced, and consumers should expect more price hikes. But the statistics are contradicted by other findings, including data from the federal government.

Marketing

Shoney's shifts to a rotating food bar

The family-dining chain will change the culinary focus of its signature buffet on a daily basis.

Marketing

What restaurants should take away from last week's Republican convention

Working Lunch: The tone of the gathering was decidedly anti-corporate. Blame J.D. Vance for the puzzling twist.

Operations

Federal government takes a big step in phasing out single-use food containers

The White House pledged Friday to halt the use of the packaging in all federally supported foodservice operations by 2027.

Workforce

NLRB backs away from its push for a broadened joint employer standard—for now

The regulatory agency disclosed Friday that it will not challenge a court ruling that knocked down the redefinition.

Technology

Tech outage shuts down Starbucks' order-ahead function

The coffee shop chain's mobile ordering system was not functional on Friday and some stores even shut down amid a global outage by Microsoft and the cybersecurity company CrowdStrike.

Operations

Starbucks inks a deal to install 100 more EV chargers, mostly along the West Coast

The devices will be installed along the I-5 corridor under a deal with Mercedes-Benz. When those chargers are up and running, the coffee chain would sport chargers at 1,000 units in total.

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