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Peter Romeo

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Workforce

Restaurant workers aren't thrilled about California's fast-food wage hike, either

New research shows that less than half expect a $20-an-hour pay floor to actually boost income.

Operations

Tennessee bans emotional-support animals from restaurant dining rooms

Service animals, security dogs and aquarium fish are still allowed, and some caged beasts can be displayed in ancillary areas.

Workforce

Snooze's outstanding GMs and chefs get a big cash reward, plus free time to spend it

The five-figure bonuses are in addition to $5,000 in "life improvement" money and a paid month off for standout employees of the 70-unit family-dining chain.

Workforce

Unsure how California's new fast-food wage-setting process will work? Here's a guide

With the changeover just days away, state officials have fleshed out what employers and their staffs should expect.

Workforce

California's new fast-food wage law will also expand overtime eligibility

Salaried quick-service employees will be entitled to overtime if they make less than about $84,000 a year. And that's just one of the other surprises the bill is packing.

Marketing

The industry is abuzz about dynamic pricing. Maybe it forgot these examples

Restaurant Rewind: Adjusting prices to shifts in demand is older than fire. Here are a few examples that shouldn't be forgotten.

Leadership

National Restaurant Association expands its leadership team with 2 hires

Simultaneously, its personnel-development and educational arm has expanded its senior team.

Workforce

Labor airs its next set of demands from California's Fast Food Council

The newly formed California Fast Food Workers Union is already looking to raise the $20-an-hour minimum wage that takes effect April 1.

Consumer Trends

Looking to open a pizza place? Go to Hawaii

The state has the lowest penetration of pizza places and the highest prices. And the state with the highest-rated local pizzas? Try New Hampshire.

Workforce

Don't hit snooze on this industry alarm

Reality Check: Conditions are aligning within the restaurant business for a leap in union activity. Yet apathy prevails.

Leadership

True crime fans may not know how a restaurant figured into an infamous murder

Restaurant Rewind: Before Jimmy Hoffa disappeared, he was parked outside the establishment of a then-famous operator with a reputation Boy Scouts would envy. Here's the story of Harris Machus.

Operations

SEC drops its plan to require field-to-fork environmental reporting

Working Lunch: The agency realized the mandate was too unwieldy and extensive.

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