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Peter Romeo

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Operations

Tip pooling gets an OK from DOL

The Trump administration has proposed the practice be allowed again as a way of equalizing front- and back-of-house pay, a reversal of the 2011 prohibition.

Financing

How the Senate tax bill would affect restaurants

Owners of pass-through companies would get some relief, but the qualifications suggest not all restaurateurs would qualify.

Food

Chipotle revamps 3-month-old queso recipe

Executives have indicated the product was an effective lure for new and lapsed customers, but felt the need to adjust the consistency.

Workforce

New York eyes different sort of scheduling rules

Proposed new rules would entitle employees to four hours of pay if they have to call for schedule changes.

Operations

This week’s 5 head-spinning moments: Holiday surprises

Restaurants gave and received their share of aha's. Here's a sampling.

Operations

Restaurants that threw in the napkin

The year brought a number of restaurant casualties, including the demise of these standouts.

Leadership

Who will be the next CEO of Chipotle?

The speculation about who'll be Steve Ells' successor is already at full throttle. Here are a few of the candidates we think may be in the mix.

Marketing

This week’s restaurant nightmares: Marketing misfires

Supposedly there's no such thing as bad publicity. These situations suggest otherwise.

Leadership

Ells to step down as Chipotle CEO

The troubled brand's founder will relinquish his post as soon as a successor is found.

Leadership

Remembering the year’s lost restaurant luminaries

Here are some of the industry standouts who died during the past year, and the legacies they left.

Financing

What the Buffalo Wild Wings deal means for Roark

The private-equity firm often doesn't follow its own guidelines for making acquisitions. Its latest conquest is a case in point.

Arby's, Buffalo Wild Wings to merge

The $2.9 billion purchase of BWW by Roark Capital will turn Arby's Restaurant Group into a two-brand operation headed by Paul Brown.

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