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Peter Romeo

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Peter Romeo

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The week’s 5 head-spinning moments

The biggest danger of neck injuries this week came from surprising tech developments, but new service initiatives dropped some jaws, too.

Consumer Trends

No smoke, but fire for sure

It had been just a bad memory: Smokers raising hell in restaurants that dared to curb their vice, and the health-minded leaning hard on operators to snuff out second-hand smoke.

Update on the Sysco-U.S. Foods deal

The merger is proceeding as planned, but a regulatory review could buy nervous restaurateurs as much as nine months without significant changes.

Head-spinning moments: Special Super Bowl edition

The Super Bowl game was a snorer, but the action between plays provided some noteworthy moments for restaurateurs.

11 corrections we really should run

Here are some fixes it would have been wonderful to make, if only reality hadn't gotten in the way.

The week’s 5 head-spinning moments

Restaurants take bytes, lemons get a bad rap, Starbucks makes a case for steroid testing, few brrr’s about the cold and how Chipotle is serving the flexitarian.

Ideal menu prices & how to raise them

New data pegs what restaurants ideally should charge, by daypart and market segment, to attract patrons in today’s economy.

Leadership

Leader as reader

Ken Calwell’s read on the challenges confront chains’ C-suites.

The week’s 5 head-spinning moments

Fast casual’s latest theft, quality really is king, servers learn to love tech, fuggedabout New York’s new political slap and a growth demon picks up the pace.

Your consumer lingo decoder ring

Getting a better handle on the consumer could require a change in your vocabulary. Repeat after me …

The week’s 5 head-spinning moments

More segment-blurring, stiff challenges for 1-percenters, a legal protection of the Cronut and Grant Achatz’s response to crying babies made this a dizzying week for restaurateurs.

Financing

Restaurants’ sales to rise 3.6 percent in 2014, NRA forecasts

Restaurants will vie this year for a 3.6 percent increase in total industry sales, which should hit an all-time high of $683.4 billion, according to the just-released business forecast of the NRA.

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