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Peter Romeo

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Peter Romeo

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Consumer Trends

Consumers' 100 must-visit restaurants

Here's where foodies yearn to go when they want an experience that extends beyond a good meal.

Chipotle deals with new publicity issue

This time, the danger is a possible breach of cybersecurity.

Chipotle makes a strong comeback

Results for the first three months of the year were helped by easy comparisons, but the numbers show the chain has made strides in regaining its vigor.

Food

‘Better chicken’ emerges as product of the moment

Nevermind better burgers. Chicken is ruling the roost for limited-service restaurants, as the latest round of limited-time items attests.

Pollo Tropical to close stores

The Latin chicken chain is pulling out of two core markets as part of a sweeping new turnaround plan by Fiesta Restaurant Group, which also owns the Taco Cabana brand.

New study blasts diet sodas as health risk

Will the research further depress restaurants' soft drink sales?

Operations

This week’s 5 head-spinning moments: Trick plays

Sly moves helped restaurants get their marketing messages across in innovative ways—and avert serious crime.

Cries intensify for Smith's ouster from BWW

An activist shareholder said the chain's longtime leader is "out to lunch."

Operations

This week’s restaurant nightmares: Fate’s bad right hand

Fate was a tough customer for high-profile restaurants this week, though their woes can't all be blamed on the gods.

Operations

Is today’s trend of refranchising the way to go?

McDonald’s revealed last month that it’s a full year ahead of schedule in selling 4,000 company-run restaurants to franchisees, a key turnaround objective it now intends to hit by the end of 2017. The...

Torchy's gets equity infusion

The 46-unit chain is selling a minority interest to an investor in Bartaco and Airbnb.

Restaurant figures pick fight with Trump

A union is suing the president for keeping his connection to the industry, saying the benefits are unconstitutional.

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