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Peter Romeo

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Peter Romeo

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Leadership

First Watch CEO Chris Tomasso wins operator of the year honors from IFMA

The full-service veteran was named this year's winner of the Gold Plate award from the International Foodservice Manufacturers Association (IFMA).

Workforce

The White House has ideas about how all that AI on the Show floor should be used

Reality Check: President Biden issued a set of guidelines Thursday for protecting workers from the digital onslaught.

Financing

Cracker Barrel plans to invest $700M in a massive 'transformation'

With traffic down 16% year-to-date, the family dining chain is embarking on a rejuvenation effort to enhance its relevance to new and lapsed customers.

Leadership

The restaurant business has produced its share of criminals, including these

Restaurant Rewind: Here's why several prominent chain CEOs got a firsthand exposure to prison foodservice.

Workforce

Cheating on employee drug tests is at an all-time high

The likelihood of workers testing positive, particularly for marijuana use, was particularly high for workers involved in workplace accidents.

Emerging Brands

4 types of hot restaurant concepts muscling their way into the Top 500

Past rankings showed inroads being made by cookie concepts, drive-thru drink brands and a new wave of salad specialists. What sort of restaurants are this year's standout rookies?

Financing

10 largest family-dining chains ranked by systemwide sales

The segment and its sub-sectors like the buffets market haven't had an easy time post-pandemic, prompting many members of the old guard to arm themselves with shiny new upstarts as future growth vehicles. But there's still plenty of effort being spent on helping the longtime leaders keep their footing, as this look at the Top 10 shows.

Leadership

Cousins Subs co-founder Bill Specht dies at age 80

A one-time East Coast Navy man trained to sink submarines, he found success in the Midwest selling another sort of sub.

Marketing

New York restaurants take aim at reservations pirates

The state's restaurant association has joined forces with lawmakers in hopes of preventing third parties from scarfing up reservations and reselling them, with none of the proceeds going to the restaurants.

Leadership

New England chef Jasper White dies at age 69

A fan of simply prepared fresh seafood, the CIA grad was a pioneer in the American regional cuisine boom of the 1980s and an early proponent of "casualizing" fine dining.

Workforce

Labor is testing whether California's new fast-food wage-setting process would work elsewhere

Working Lunch: Minneapolis is essentially testing the portability of the controversial Golden State model.

Financing

Here's a business tool to keep restaurant executives employed after a tough Q1

Reality Check: The first three months of 2024 weren’t easy on restaurant chains, but spin-doctoring proved to be. Indeed, there must have been a run on shovels.

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