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Peter Romeo

Editor at Large

Articles by
Peter Romeo

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Leadership

Multicultural Foodservice & Hospitality Alliance names its new leader

Erika Carr brings two decades of experience in helping organizations promote diversity and opportunity.

Operations

Here's what the industry may have forgotten about Buca di Beppo

Restaurant Rewind: The latest bankruptcy filer started off as a rule-breaker that had the business talking.

Leadership

Restaurant chains join forces to feed more children in need

The CEOs of operations ranging from Inspire Brands to Union Square Hospitality have pledged support for an initiative to provide meals while school is out of session.

Workforce

Solving the childcare puzzle would be a game-changer for restaurants

The perk is still a rarity in the business, despite its expected labor benefits. But efforts to bring it within reach are intensifying.

Financing

First Watch sees fewer visits but little trading down

Meanwhile, its aggressive expansion plan remains in place, with 130 development projects underway.

Workforce

Hotel workers in 4 cities start voting today on whether to strike

The walk-offs could involve up to 13,500 workers, though their union cites the possibility of "rotating strikes," where the walkouts proceed property by property for a limited time.

Leadership

Here's a restaurateur's guide to what the summer's extraordinary politics signal for the business

Working Lunch: It's hardly been politics as usual. The implications might be equally as surprising.

Leadership

Sam Hamra, founder of Wendy's franchisee Hamra Enterprises, dies at age 92

He leaves behind a company that now operates more than 200 restaurants across four brands in 11 states.

Marketing

We'll pass on happy hour, Massachusetts restaurants say

Government Watch: The no-go on legalizing drink promos was one of the head-scratching political developments for restaurateurs last week.

Workforce

Second meeting of California's fast-food wage panel was long on griping, short on substance

Reality Check: Wages and other critical issues weren't addressed, with most of the three and a half hours focused on process and past wrongs.

Marketing

Here's what happened in McDonald's past attempts to go big

Restaurant Rewind: The burger giant is testing a new premium burger called the Big Arch, the latest in a long string of efforts by the Golden Arches to come up with another sandwich that has to be eaten with two hands. Here's a look at some of the misfires.

Workforce

Michigan court puts the state's tip credit in peril

The state Supreme Court ruled that efforts to temper the impact of a 2018 ballot initiative were unconstitutional. That measure calls for phasing out the credit and raising the minimum hourly wage to $15.

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