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Peter Romeo

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Leadership

Yum’s 4 business drivers under Creed

Greg Creed and his senior team say there are four drivers of same-store sales growth and chain expansion. Everything, they say, relates back to these principles, presented here in the company’s own words.

Food

Olive Garden shoots for value with new Giant entrees

The line includes classic Italian dishes reformulated in a larger size, at prices as low as $12.99.

Leadership

The Rule Breaker

A distinctive management style, combined with indisputable success in expanding all three of Yum Brands' franchise chains, earned Greg Creed the distinction of being this year's Restaurant Leader of the Year.

Workforce

Judge kills a healthcare option for restaurants

Newly formed association health plans were struck down in a lawsuit filed by 11 states, but the National Restaurant Association’s established plan was unaffected.

Financing

DOL proposes exact criteria to determine when franchisor and franchisee are joint employers

The department has suggested that a four-part test be used to determine when franchisors are liable for the labor policies and practices of franchisees.

Operations

10 U.S. cities with the highest penetration of national quick-service chains

The demand may be high in the urban areas ranked as the best for fast-food lovers, but so is the population of places looking to feed them.

Operations

Outback tries a fast-casual spinoff

Aussie Grill by Outback will feature sandwiches.

Leadership

The last time McDonald’s professed no opposition to a wage hike

In the 1980s, executives remarked offhandedly that an increase would be no big deal. Not everyone sat back in passive acceptance.

Workforce

After one success, union activists escalate attempts to organize quick service

The group that organized three units of Burgerville last year are going after a second chain, setting a possible model for organizing the sector.

Operations

N.Y. county bans unvaccinated youths from eateries

Rockland County says the measure is needed because a measles outbreak has hit crisis proportions.

Leadership

Marriott’s Fred Malek dies at age 82

In a career that shifted from politics to business and back, the West Point graduate headed one of the industry’s largest foodservice operations and later invested in several others through The Carlyle Group.

Marketing

Health powerhouses call for widespread soda taxes, warnings

The American Heart Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics jointly recommended more forceful ways of curbing youngsters’ consumption of sugary drinks.