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Peter Romeo

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Financing

What’s up Starbucks’ cup sleeve?

With or without Howard Schultz at the helm, Starbucks plans to drive innovation as part of a five-year strategy for a quantum leap in sales. Here’s a quick review.

Operations

Re-creating kitchens for the digital boom

Kitchen recasts are accounting for a large part of chains’ capex budgets for 2017. The aim of the moment is to boost throughput and capitalize on off-premise demand.

Technology

Alexa, write this column

Today, customers merely have to say what they want, without any pesky humans interfering as the request is dispatched to the kitchen in a readable form.

Activist wants Scott Bergren, Lee Sanders on BWW's board

Mick McGuire, an investor known to play an active role, also wants a seat for himself.

Restaurant case cited as regulatory overreach ends in mistrial

But the Texas Roadhouse chain will likely be back in court in May to contend stats don't prove it discriminated against over-40 applicants.

Authorities dismiss terrorism fears over Cheesecake 'bomb'

The event is now being described as more of a prank than an attack.

Marketing

Sneak peek at restaurants’ Super Bowl ads

Here's a preview of the multimillion-dollar messages that chains will be delivering via the big game.

Operations

This week’s 5 head-spinning moments: Crisis signs

Is the industry going a little crazy, or is it just a garden-variety midlife crisis? Here's the evidence to consider.

Chipotle shows some traction in turnaround effort

But the chain revealed that it is still significantly behind where it was in sales, margins and profits.

Puzder sets exit from Carl’s Jr., Hardee’s

The longtime leader of CKE Restaurants is going for the bigger job of U.S. Secretary of Labor

Emerging Brands

Concepts making a splash

A Hooters with flat-chested staffers and no table service was just one of the startling new concepts to emerge this week. Here's a rundown of ventures that merit a look.

Rao's capo 'Frankie No' dies

The four-decade restaurateur, who also had success as an actor, was 72.

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