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Peter Romeo

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Peter Romeo

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Workforce

Restaurants’ best and worst labor markets

Supply and demand don’t perfectly match compensation levels, according to a new study.

Operations

Grasping at straws

The industry’s breakup with plastic straws has happened at a breathtaking pace.

Emerging Brands

Where's the best place to open a new restaurant concept? Try Texas.

A new ranking packs a number of surprises about where startups are most likely to succeed or fail.

Operations

Seattle outlaws more plastic restaurant materials

Under what are believed to be the most sweeping restrictions in the country, operators can no longer use plastic straws, drink picks or disposable utensils without risk of a $250 fine.

Operations

The most on-point quotes from the Restaurant Directions conference

These gems were among the words of wisdom served up at the first-time event for emerging chains.

Financing

7 tips for negotiating the best financing deal

In the dance between operator and investor, here’s how to call the tune.

Food

A peek at what’s coming out of Sonic’s R&D kitchen

The drive-in chain is counting on a steady stream of new products to differentiate the concept and hold consumers’ interest.

Emerging Brands

5 restaurant preconceptions that died yesterday

Attendees of the Restaurant Directions conference learned they have to make some adjustments when thinking about industry problems and opportunities.

Workforce

Celebrity restaurateurs ask N.Y. to end the tip credit

Danny Meyer and Dirt Candy’s Amanda Cohen are among the operators asking to pay their servers a larger direct wage.

Emerging Brands

7 ways the restaurant market is changing—for better and worse

From a plague on malls to a spike in gas prices, new challenges are about to confront restaurant operations of all sizes and ages. Here's a preview.

Operations

Are conditions improving for restaurants? Yes.

However, not all operations are sharing in the positives, says RB’s Reality Check.

Operations

Supreme Court upholds ban on steering credit card users

The high court found that American Express did not violate antitrust laws by prohibiting restaurants and other merchants from urging customers to use cards with lower fees.

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