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Batali due to face criminal charges for indecent assault and battery

The chef is expected to be arraigned in a Boston court Friday for allegedly groping a woman in 2017.

Delivery is growing up, becoming incremental and profitable in the process

Is it generating a net gain in transactions for the restaurant industry? Maybe not. But the chains doing it are seeing their sales, profits and transactions rise.

Workforce

Sweetgreen adds 5 months of parental leave as an employee perk

The benefit is available to any full- or part-timer who has logged at least six months on the job.

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.

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