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This week’s 6 head-spinning moments: Surprises. Or not.

 By Peter Romeo on Jan. 26, 2018

Unexpected developments abounded in the restaurant business, from a surge in popularity of hurling hatchets to new revelations about how much some restaurants pay.

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5 secrets to industry-leading staff retention rates

By Alaina Lancaster on Jan. 26, 2018

In 36 years at Pal’s Sudden Service, CEO Thom Crosby has only lost seven general managers across 26 units. Check out the chain’s approach to crushing employee turnover.

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What the State of the Union signals for restaurants

By Peter Romeo on Jan. 31, 2018

President Trump's address Tuesday night touched on several issues with particular relevance to restaurants. Here's a review of those points.

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3 ways Cameron Mitchell Restaurants drives down turnover

By Alaina Lancaster on Feb. 01, 2018

Here’s how the 16-concept restaurant group retains top talent.

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Letting restaurant romances blossom

By Peter Romeo on Feb. 01, 2018

Employers often discourage staff romances. But Barteca, the parent of Barcelona and Bartaco, has found that giving Cupid some leeway makes a lot more sense.

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Restaurants add 31,100 jobs in January

By Jonathan Maze on Feb. 02, 2018

The economy added 200,000 jobs and wage growth improved.

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Tip pooling plan runs into a buzzsaw of public outrage

By Peter Romeo on Feb. 05, 2018

Public comments on a proposal to allow tips to be shared with back-of-house staff have been plentiful and negative. There are also allegations the Department of Labor hid a damning projection of the rule change's impact on servers' income.

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This week’s 5 head-spinning moments: Delicious details

By Peter Romeo on Feb. 09, 2018

The week's big announcements, from completion of the Arby's-BWW merger to the newest wrinkles in Chipotle's turnaround plan, sometimes overshadowed small revelations with big implications. Here are a few of those tidbits you likely missed.

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Restaurants are struggling to find people

By Jonathan Maze on Feb. 09, 2018

Higher wages are putting pressure on chains to grow sales in a tough environment.

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Staff as tour guides

By Sara Rush Wirth on Feb. 12, 2018

Want customers to buy in to new flavors? Start with servers’ selling skills.

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