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Peter Romeo

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Peter Romeo

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Workforce

Brutal kitchen conditions bring new effort to improve staffs’ lives

FairKitchens aims to humanize back-of-house culture with simple steps.

Workforce

Chili's reaches out to military personnel with training opportunity

The casual chain is inviting service men and women to pursue apprenticeships to become restaurant managers.

Workforce

Can’t you do better than ‘Help Wanted’?

Old recruitment methods aren’t working. Here are a few new trends in that increasingly taxing endeavor.

Consumer Trends

Panera, Cinnabon, Applebee’s aim for new delivery occasions

With so many restaurants offering delivery, how does a brand stand out? Here are three newly announced attempts.

Operations

Court sets $120M payment to settle family feud over The Palm name

A New York judge decided a retroactive royalty of 5% would be fair.

Operations

Applebee’s aims for holiday parties with new catering program

The casual chain says a party of six can get a complete meal for under $10 per person.

Leadership

7 discoveries from the restaurant industry’s global gathering

The first two days of the Global Restaurant Leadership Conference provided insights into a number of the dynamics reshaping the worldwide restaurant industry. Here’s a sampling.

Financing

Are overseas markets losing their luster?

Casual chains cite problems abroad. Labor is one of the global ailments.

Leadership

Jollibee, Costa, Leon, Alghanim named world’s best at GRLC

The four global leaders were presented with this year's GRLC Distinction Awards.

Workforce

DOL reasserts restaurants’ rights to a tip credit for side work

The reissue of guidelines tossed in 2009 are expected to shield full-service establishments from lawsuits alleging underpayment of servers.

Workforce

Restaurant labor conditions worsen in September

New research finds turnover climbing again, along with restaurants’ hiring plans.

Operations

Calif. shooting echoes a long-ago restaurant tragedy

Remembering what happened in a Killeen, Texas, Luby’s 27 years ago.

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