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Peter Romeo

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Peter Romeo

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Workforce

Starbucks' union critics drop their demand for seats on the company's board

The move is the latest sign that relations are thawing and contract negotiations may soon begin.

Financing

First Watch blazes its own path on tech, aiming for multiple benefits

The breakfast-and-lunch chain is proceeding slowly and selectively in building its stack.

Leadership

What you might not know about Jacques Pepin

Restaurant Rewind: A chef, educator, author and early TV star, the relocated Frenchman helped to popularize fine-dining. And then there was his time at Howard Johnson's.

Workforce

Members of California's new fast-food wage-setting body are named

Unions will have a large presence on the nine-member Fast Food Council, which will be chaired by a career Senate staff member.

Workforce

Countdown to California's new fast-food wage is triggering some strangeness

Working Lunch: Why the sudden controversy over some provisions, and the backtracking by the new law's sponsor?

Marketing

Older brands try new tricks in their quest to stay relevant

Reality Check: A number of mature restaurant chains are out to prove that age is just a number.

Leadership

Cracker Barrel's new CEO airs her roadmap back to better times

Julie Masino wants to accelerate the family dining chain's rejuvenation efforts and menu evolution.

Workforce

Starbucks and the union organizing it have agreed to a truce

The coffee brand and Workers United, the parent of Starbucks Workers United, have pledged to hammer out a framework for collective bargaining.

Technology

Golden Corral deals with the aftermath of a data breach

Nearly 200,000 individuals may have had personal information swiped, according to the buffet chain. Meanwhile, at least 11 parties are recruiting potential victims for legal action against the brand.

Emerging Brands

Think recent closings were dramatic? Here's the whole chain Darden had to shutter

All 51 units of China Coast went dark on the same Tuesday morning. But that didn't stop its parent from considering other entries into the Asian market.

Workforce

Adoption of a new joint-employer definition is delayed

A federal judge has pushed back the day the controversial rule change takes effect by two weeks. He also indicated that he intends to rule soon on whether the new standard should be scrapped.

Workforce

On the union front, it's open season on Starbucks

Working Lunch: Starbucks Workers United is stepping up its courtship of the public as it looks ahead to contract negotiations.

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