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Peter Romeo

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Leadership

Friendly’s co-founder Curtis Blake dies at 102

The younger of two brothers who saw an opportunity during the Great Depression, Blake focused on personnel while helping to brainstorm a few quirky operational innovations.

Marketing

IHOP plans another name change

This time the “P” is changing to, well, “P.”

Leadership

Batali due to face criminal charges for indecent assault and battery

The chef is expected to be arraigned in a Boston court Friday for allegedly groping a woman in 2017.

Financing

Delivery is growing up, becoming incremental and profitable in the process

Is it generating a net gain in transactions for the restaurant industry? Maybe not. But the chains doing it are seeing their sales, profits and transactions rise.

Workforce

Sweetgreen adds 5 months of parental leave as an employee perk

The benefit is available to any full- or part-timer who has logged at least six months on the job.

Workforce

New training effort targets ex-offenders, disengaged youths

Under a new Chicago initiative, those populations will be given the skills needed to pursue careers in restaurants.

Financing

Jamie Oliver’s restaurant group files for bankruptcy protection

About 22 restaurants have closed, putting 1,000 out of work.

Consumer Trends

Pret A Manger buys a chain to fuel Veggie Pret’s growth

Pret parent JAB is adding the U.K.’s Eat to its stable, but for its conversion potential.

Leadership

Southern chef Louis Osteen dies at age 77

The longtime Charleston chef popularized Southern foods with his fine-dining restaurants, where grits and pimento cheese were readily found in the kitchen.

Topics

Restaurant Association launches a program to keep employees in the industry

The initiative sets a career path that employees can follow for upward mobility, complete with certifications attesting to their abilities.

Topics

Regynald Washington is named top foodservice operator of 2019

The concessionaire was honored with the Gold Plate award at a gala Saturday night in Chicago.

Operations

How Trump’s trade war with China could sting restaurants

Operators are keeping an eye on food costs and the possible effects on consumer spending.