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Peter Romeo

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Peter Romeo

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Ouf to exit CEO post at parent of O'Charley's, Village Inn

The longtime industry veteran is the second recent departure from American Blue Ribbon's C-suite.

Chipotle’s food safety lessons for other chains

Here’s a review of what Chipotle says it has done, with some of the spin negated.

Dunkin’ raids McDonald’s for new US chief

The doughnut chain's new domestic president formerly oversaw McDonald's high-growth markets.

21 states join forces to block new overtime rules

A lawsuit filed in federal court would thwart the Obama administration's efforts to raise the number of salaried managers who are eligible for pay-and-a-half.

Pizza Hut adds unusual C-suite post

The new chief customer officer was formerly responsible for e-commerce at Wal-Mart.

Restaurants likely to feel collateral damage from terrorist attacks: Study

New research confirms that restaurant sales have been dampened by the emotional impact of mass violence, including terrorism attacks.

Seattle puts restrictions on restaurant scheduling, hiring

The city becomes the second in the nation to mandate two weeks' advance notice of work schedules. It also sets conditions as to when large employers can hire.

NYC joins push for scheduling restrictions

Under a proposal that Mayor de Blasio promised to push through quickly, schedules would have to be posted two weeks in advance, and employees must be given 10 hours between closing and opening shifts.

Why operators should be driving innovation

Maybe there are some algorithmic reasons why that task is impossible, but it doesn’t strike the layman (or at least this one) as the moonshot it’s made out to be.

Financing

Why are chains’ sales dropping?

The evidence is irrefutable: After a decent start to the year, restaurants are having a tough time luring customers and getting them to spend.

Controversial process unionizes a Canadian chain restaurant

A yea vote by 65% of the employees automatically made a U.S.-affiliated union the representative of the whole staff.

This week’s 5 head-spinning moments: And our eyes are popping, too

Our heads have been rotated before by restaurant developments. But we really felt the neck strain this week.

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