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Peter Romeo

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Peter Romeo

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Kimpton, Cheesecake land on list of best employers

Five restaurant operators in total were included on Fortune’s 2015 ranking.

Consumer Trends

Customer nightmares: The Dallas scammers, a rat suit and a mob mouse

It’s the demanding guests with no sense of propriety or reserve who truly test a place’s service and diplomatic skills.

Del Frisco’s Grille jettisons a unit

The youngest and lowest-priced brand in Del Frisco’s steakhouse portfolio continues to pose challenges.

Subway touts meatier 6-inch sandwich

The move is the latest shift to promote alternatives to a $5 Footlong.

Restaurants vulnerable this holiday season to credit-card cons: Study

And a high proportion don’t even perceive the danger, according to the survey.

Happier holidays for restaurants?

Here’s a review of what forecasters foresee for the crucial year-end business season.

Hilton restaurants hacked

The lodging giant has yet to say how many places or customers were affected by the security breach.

Domino’s to add push-button ordering

Why make customers sweat through the labor of having to text or open an app?

Is Starbucks really a restaurant?

Utah regulators say they’re not sure, and that’s complicating the coffee giant’s growth plan there.

Red Lobster takes a stand on GMO salmon

It also pledges transparency about what it serves.

Turnaround tactics: A roundup of recent comeback moves

$5 breakfasts delivered from McDonald’s, Applebee’s bid for snackers, Bob Evans’ turkey trot.

El Pollo Loco’s recipe for higher throughput

Kitchens are being tweaked and a low-tech piece of equipment is cutting service times.

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