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Regardless of how the swing states of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin figure into the 2020 presidential elections, restaurants can likely count on the support of voters there in opposing costly [...]

Where are the iconoclasts, the bomb throwers, the radicals who look at a not-so-great aspect of the restaurant business and declare, 'Time for that to go. Hand me a sledgehammer.' [...]

Aiming to set a new standard for the restaurant business, the Sweet-green fast-casual chain has expanded its employee benefits package to include five months of paid leave for new parents. [...]

With the intense current focus on national politics, restaurateurs might be excused for missing a few state and local developments. But they ignore some of these ripples at their own [...]

What do young workers want? A new study offers some insights. Members of Gen Z view themselves as the hardest-working and most slighted entry-level labor pool in history, even compared [...]

Good news, masochists and depressives! Restaurateurs now have two more reasons to wonder why they chose this business over simpler and safer trades. Like cobra ranching. Or lion dentistry. As [...]

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is in the process of clarifying the rules governing use of cannabidiol (CBD) as a food ingredient, but that hasn't stopped some restaurateurs from [...]

If the Restaurant Leadership Conference (RLC) sported a marquee, it would've screamed the names of Magic Johnson, Robert Gates, NFL referee Sarah Thomas and other celebs. But many of the [...]

The promise of mobile technology has made believers out of most restaurateurs who use it, but fewer than half are confident they can wield it to full advantage going forward. [...]

Two powerful influencers of children's health policy have called on state and local jurisdictions to discourage youngsters' consumption of sugary soft drinks by levying surtaxes and mandating health warnings on [...]

How fickle are restaurant customers? Although more than half (54%) tend to visit an establishment they know, 1 in 5 (20%) will forsake the tried-and-true to hit a place offering [...]

The Sweetgreen fast-casual chain is dropping its cashless-only payments policy, saying the operational benefits are outweighed by the 'unintended consequence' of some consumers being unable to become customers. All 94 [...]

In the movie version of the third-party delivery boom (working title: 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers'), we've reached the taut moment where a time bomb is ticking louder than Big [...]

Never mind recruitment and retention. The labor issue of the moment for restaurant employers appears to be how well current hires understand and fulfill their role in bringing success to [...]

Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump, Cory Booker, William Weld, Elizabeth Warren--forget those mooks. The person you want in the Oval Office come 2021 is right in front of you. Yes, Peter [...]

Three winners of this year's NextGen Cup Challenge, a high-profile effort to foster ideas for keeping beverage containers out of landfills, earned their honors with plans that encourage restaurant patrons [...]

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney signed a bill making his city the first in the nation to require local restaurants and other businesses to accept cash if a customer chooses that [...]

The regulatory decision that made franchisors liable for the labor practices of franchisees has cost the typical franchise business $142,000 a year in legal fees and other expenses, according to [...]

Never mind recruitment and retention. The labor issue of the moment for foodservice employers appears to be how well current hires understand and fulfill their role in bringing success to [...]

Gather 'round, whippersnappers, and hear of my adventures in a world loosely paralleling yours. I've just returned from a safari through the past 100 years of the restaurant business, and [...]

JANUARY Foodservice operators had few reasons to celebrate on New Year's Eve. More than 500,000 U.S. military personnel were encamped in the Middle East in preparation for war, scaring consumers [...]

All eyes are on the Senate as political firefight over landmark labor legislation comes to a head WASHINGTON -- The foodservice industry is warily eyeing the political battle brewing in [...]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The government's inability this spring to find the source of a salmonella outbreak was old news by the time foodservice quality assurance experts gathered here for the [...]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] DUBLIN, OHIO -- The pending acquisition of Wendy's International Inc. by Arby's parent Triarc Cos. could be just what the beleaguered No. 3 burger chain needs to regain [...]

A year after the public put a businessman in the White House for the first time, restaurateurs are still judging the effects. They've heard ample reassurances from Donald Trump that [...]

Charlotte, N.C. -- How do you convince management to commit more time, money and effort to preserving food safety when the ideal return on the investment is nothing? That irony--the [...]

Once the standard course for growth-minded restaurant chains, public stock offerings have been reshaped by recent market dynamics into more of a financial moon shot--a rocket to new heights, if [...]

The emergence of two Burger King co-owners in the bidding for Dunkin' Donuts grabbed headlines from Wall Street to Montgomery Street, but keen observers of the restaurant finance scene were [...]

For Joe Durocher, the proof was in the banana cream pudding. The University of New Hampshire hospitality professor was vacationing with his wife in a warm-weather resort when they ducked [...]

As the travel industry awakens to a new sort of tourism that could pump billions of dollars into restaurant tills, many proponents say the U.S. foodservice business is snoozing through [...]

On November 25, 2002, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced three enforcement actions and issued one investigative report involving alleged violations of Regulation FD, the fair-disclosure regulation adopted in August [...]

If the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame can induct a new class of superstars every year, why can't the Gallery of Really Outrageous Customers do the same? Sure, there's [...]

The staff of a third Burgerville quick-service restaurant has voted to unionize, giving employees of the regional chain more leverage in contract negotiations between the home office and their bargaining [...]

Legislation introduced last month in California would require restaurants as of 2022 to provide guests with an electronic receipt instead of a printed one unless a paper version is specifically [...]

A new study confirms what many restaurateurs have long suspected: The number of customers who actually have a food allergy is a small portion of those who claim to have [...]

Put down your peashooter for a moment to consider how weaponry has evolved in the battle for foodservice talent. Restaurants, FSDs' perennial rival for key employees, have been griping for [...]

Ah, the good ol' days of 2018! Bankruptcies by the dozens! Disgruntled shareholders! Food poisonings! Customers staying home! Twenty percent commissions for third-party deliveries! We'll give you a second to [...]

The world may seem to be getting smaller, but the complexity of feeding it is a far different matter, judging by the Global Restaurant Leadership Conference, a gathering of about [...]

The word 'street' in the description of Taco John's Sirloin Steak Street Tacos is intended to signal authenticity, a characteristic that resonates with today's diners. 'Although street tacos are becoming [...]

Consumers are pretty well-educated about clean labels, gluten-free options and the value of vegetables in a healthy diet. But diners are continuing to evolve in their never-ending quests to eat [...]

Restaurateurs are installing new lighting, purchasing new servingware and even cooking up more photogenic menu items to catch the attention of Instagram's prolific food photographers. While these Instainfluencers may have [...]

Overbuilding is often cited as the reason for restaurants' moderating sales growth, but the data tells a different story, according to Hudson Riehle, SVP of the National Restaurant Association's research [...]

More than 40% of restaurants purchase supplies at least once a month from online sources such as Amazon, lessening their reliance on distributors, according to new research from Technomic.The bulk [...]

As unforgiving as the restaurant business may be to newcomers, there are spots where first-time ventures are likely to find mercy, according to a new study identifying the 10 markets [...]

Regardless of what weathermen predicted, a blizzard is hitting the industry in the form of predictions for what's ahead. One of the most anticipated annual forecasts comes from Technomic, industry [...]

Dear Santa,How's it going, Fat Man? Bet the reindeer are glad they no longer have to haul your ample personage around, now that you're using third-party services to deliver gifts.Presents--actually, [...]

Despite a historic drop in unemployment, restaurants enjoyed a slight slowdown in employee turnover midsummer, with the data signaling the start of a trend rather than a pause from years [...]

Operators hoping to understand the wide variances in restaurant pay won't find much help in a comprehensive new review of the average starting rates for various field-level and home-office positions. [...]