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Peter Romeo

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Workforce

Starbucks wins its Supreme Court union case

The nation's highest court agreed that more stringent criteria should have been weighed before a U.S. district court granted an NLRB's petition to stop pro-union employees from being fired.

Workforce

Trump woos restaurant workers with a promise to stop taxing tips

Government Watch: Waffle House employees win a raise in the wake of union activity, and New York restaurants welcome a limit on reservation scalping.

Marketing

New bill would allow restaurants in California to continue using service fees and other surcharges

Consumers would need to be alerted to the add-ons ahead of time. The measure's proponents are asking that it be passed before most surcharges are outlawed starting July 1.

Workforce

Other California industries are grousing about the state's new fast-food wage

Employers in other fields say they're feeling intense pressure to raise pay. Plus, they want to see a break from the pro-labor legislation of the last decade or more.

Marketing

How Domino's broke new ground with a tell-all ad campaign

Restaurant Rewind: Few other chains have dared be as forthcoming about product quality as the pizza chain was. Now it's taking the opposite track. How's that likely to go?

Operations

Red light on a major traffic change spares NYC restaurants from more cost pressure

Government Watch: New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has indefinitely suspended congestion pricing, shielding the local industry from a crimp in its supply chain. The development was one of several breaks this week in the business' favor.

Food

Salmonella has now sickened 320 in the East, but authorities can't say if there's a common source

Cucumbers have been connected to two of the three contaminations. Still, the outbreaks could be separate, according to health officials.

Workforce

Union group urges New York to make ending the tip credit a campaign issue

One Fair Wage said its research shows young residents would be more likely to vote if the issue hung in the balance.

Operations

Batten down the hatches for more severe weather ahead

The storms that dampened restaurant traffic during Q1 were a preview of what the industry can expect through the remainder of 2024, though with more heat, wind and rain, according to forecasters.

Marketing

Where are Simone Biles fans going to eat this Olympics?

Reality Check: Restaurants will be competing for attention this year with the Summer Games and political advertising. It could be a test of whether digital marketing, and loyalty programs in particular, can deliver on their promise.

Workforce

Another fine-dining star faces unionization, stoking fears of a Starbucks-like organizing blitz

Working Lunch: "We may be on the verge of having an organizing effort in the fine-dining segment."

Food

Cucumbers shipped to 14 states are suspected of carrying salmonella

The produce likely never made it to restaurants or supermarkets, according to the FDA, because supplies were halted at the distributor and wholesaler stages of the supply chain.

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