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The restaurant labor market in 6 key statistics
Slowing turnover, steady unemployment and flat real wage growth point to growing restaurant employer power over workers compared to 2022 and 2021.
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Sponsored by EsperNew data: How restaurant companies manage device technology
Four ways restaurants are using modern solutions to manage their devices and one way they are way behind.
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Starbucks to fight NLRB ruling that its benefits violated labor law
A National Labor Relations Board judge found the coffee chain implemented wage and benefits changes to discourage workers from backing Starbucks Workers United.
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Subway operators ordered to pay nearly $1M in back wages, shutter operations
The U.S. Department of Labor found the franchisees told children as young as 14 and 15 to use dangerous equipment, had minors work illegal hours and issued bad checks for payroll.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs $20 fast food minimum wage into law
The deal, AB 1228, establishes a council with limited power to set the pace of wage increases until 2029, in what the SEIU calls a “historic” turn for labor.
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EEOC alleges Chipotle supervisor pulled on, removed Muslim worker’s hijab
The case may point to the need for anti-harassment training for managers.
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New York Judge denies DoorDash, Uber Eats, Grubhub injunction against delivery minimum wage
DoorDash confirmed, barring other legal developments, that it will have to pay its New York City delivery workers $17.96 an hour starting on Monday.
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Uber taps decades-long finance veteran for CFO seat
Semiconductor executive Prashanth Mahendra-Rajah is taking the finance reins at the ride-sharing company as it focuses on post-COVID-19 pandemic growth.
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Burger King buys 32 franchisee units at bankruptcy auction
The chain bought the units, which are in Montana, Utah and Wyoming, from a sale of Meridian Restaurants Unlimited locations.
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Q&AWow Bao’s CEO discusses how the chain went from a small Chicago storefront to a CPG contender
Geoff Alexander, a restaurant industry veteran, started as a fry cook at his local university watering hole and now runs a bao bun CPG giant.
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OpinionCafes and bakeries are only scratching the surface for additional revenue
Offering an alcoholic or “evening” beverages menu can grow end-of-day foot traffic and deepen regulars’ relationships with their favorite “third place,” writes Toast VP of Product Marketing Teddy Tsang.
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NLRB dings Starbucks for cracking down on union T-shirts
Employees also were illegally barred from writing customer-provided, pro-union monikers on cups, among other violations, the NLRB found.
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Panera doubles down on catering with ezCater partnership
About half of the fast casual’s 2,100 restaurants will appear on the catering platform initially, with hundreds more to be added in the coming months.
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Walk-On’s adds CFO, CDO to its leadership
Chris Porcelli and Jennifer Pecoraro-Striepling join the chain as CFO and chief development officer, respectively, as Walk-On’s builds up its c-suite.
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Pinstripes hires CFO, CMO as it prepares public debut
Tony Querciagrossa and Shannon Keller join the brand as CFO and CMO, respectively, as the 14-unit chain gears up for significant growth.
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Choice, Grubhub partner to bring food delivery to 500 hotels
Guests at participating hotels will be able to order from off-premise restaurants as third-party food delivery becomes increasingly popular at hotels.
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Sweetgreen adds in-store loyalty offer
This rewards expansion could grow frequency among Sweetgreen customers, 50% of whom order on-premise.
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Fat Brands buys Smokey Bones for $30M
Smokey Bones is Fat Brands’ first barbecue chain and could benefit from Fat’s aggressive franchising strategy.
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Eataly names North American CEO, shares expansion plans
The upscale retail and restaurant chain has tapped Tommaso Brusò for the top post as it looks to open 20 stores in the region over the next five years.
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Krispy Kreme promotes Josh Charlesworth to CEO
Michael Tattersfield, who has served as CEO since 2017, will step down on Jan. 1, but remain on the company's board.
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Panera Brands shuffles board as it preps for IPO
Michael Tattersfield, who is resigning as CEO of Krispy Kreme in January, oversaw the doughnut chain as it went public in 2021.
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Chick-fil-A expands supply chain footprint with North Carolina distribution center
The 120,000-square-foot facility, owned by the restaurant chain’s distribution subsidiary, is slated to open in Q3 2024.
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Slumping demand forces 2 California plant-based startups to close
Hooray Foods and Nowadays, which both had restaurant clients, join a growing list of companies in the category that have gone out of business or scaled back their growth plans.
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McDonald’s will raise royalty rate on new US restaurants by 25%
The fee change increases operator royalty rates from 4% to 5%, but most of the Golden Arches’ franchising revenue will still come from rent, CNBC reports.
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Red Lobster names Horace Dawson as CEO
Dawson’s promotion comes more than a year after the seafood chain began searching for a CEO following Kelli Valade’s resignation.
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Portillo’s targets 920 future units, up from 600
The hot dog chain said it has the ability to grow to 800 full-sized restaurants and 120 smaller pickup, walk-up and other alternative formats.
