Peter Romeo

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Peter Romeo

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Financing

Cracker Barrel drops a 55-slide rebuttal to investor Sardar Biglari's gripes

The counterargument is intended to win shareholder support in the proxy fight that concludes with the family-dining company's annual meeting on Nov. 21.

Marketing

Here's how a restaurant can harness the trends. No need to thank me

Reality Check: Any fool can identify the menu hooks for today's consumers. Only an exceptional one could come up with a name like this to showcase 'em.

Working Lunch: Through serendipity, campaign watchers saw a lapse of food-safety protocols replayed right before their eyes.

Government Watch: A 25% surcharge on imports, imposed in 2018 as retaliation against France, is still a painful memory to many in the wine business. They warn of major financial damage if more duties should be levied.

Old-guard brands like Denny's and Cracker Barrel are intensifying their quest for a youth elixir, as once-potent competitors succumb to the sector's trying conditions.

Restaurant Rewind: Before there was a First Watch or Another Broken Egg, there was Le Peep and its godfather, Allen Bernstein.

No traces of the pathogen have been found in the produce, but vendor Taylor Farms and at least one of the distributors it uses, US Foods, have begun a recall.

The chain has asked a court to delay the proceedings, saying it could use the time to come up with a closings schedule that's fairer to employees.

The burger giant is emphasizing that the E. coli outbreak announced Tuesday was traced to an ingredient, not the sort of prep mistakes that set Chipotle back nearly a decade ago.

Once a notable Northwestern power, the brand had been declining for at least 14 months. Yet it's still not clear how many units remain in operation.

Management informed Wall Street that the weakest one-fifth of the system is dragging down the healthier performers, who'll be encouraged with a grant offer and loan accessibility to enhance the brand's consistency.

Reality Check: While Harris and Trump tout their French fry creds, real issues are being decided on the basis of politicians' dining-room experience.

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