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Peter Romeo

Editor at Large

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Peter Romeo has covered the restaurant industry since 1984 for a variety of media. As Editor At Large for Restaurant Business, his current beats are government affairs, labor and family dining. He is also the publication's unofficial historian.  

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Leadership

'Super Size Me' filmmaker Morgan Spurlock dies at age 53

The documentary recounted his 30-day regimen of eating nothing but McDonald's food. It became an anthem of sorts for critics who faulted fast-food chains for their contribution to America's obesity epidemic.

Financing

Minnesota restaurants will soon have to start disclosing total prices, service fees included

A law enacted this week bans hidden fees but allows restaurants to continue levying surcharges if customers get a heads-up and the money goes to employees.

Workforce

Restaurant coalition sues to block broadened eligibility for overtime pay from taking effect July 1

Restaurant trade groups and other business organizations have filed the action in the same court that struck down a similar change in the rules in 2017.

Marketing

Never mind Endless Shrimp. How about all the booze you can hold?

Restaurant Rewind: There was a time 50 years or so ago when the big come-on for a flurry of new restaurant chains was the promise of unlimited beer and wine. What could go wrong?

Workforce

The tip credit survives a legislative challenge in Illinois

Proponents of killing the credit acknowledged this week that legislation outlawing the employer concession is virtually dead for this year.

Workforce

Ohio servers and bartenders sound off on efforts to kill the tip credit

The Ohio Restaurant & Hospitality Alliance airs research showing tipped employees are as opposed as their employers are.

Workforce

Organized labor blasts fast-food chains for employing inmates

Working Lunch: Unions say they want the practice stopped. But their real aim is to alienate the Black community.

Leadership

The Restaurant Show has come a long, long way on diversity

Reality Check: You wouldn't believe what passed for acceptable in earlier iterations.

Workforce

Ohio restaurants try a jujitsu move to protect their tip credit

The industry and its allies are pushing legislation that would raise the state's minimum wage to $15 but keep the credit. The move is intended to thwart an effort to both raise the wage and kill the credit through a ballot initiative.

Leadership

First Watch CEO Chris Tomasso wins operator of the year honors from IFMA

The full-service veteran was named this year's winner of the Gold Plate award from the International Foodservice Manufacturers Association (IFMA).

Workforce

The White House has ideas about how all that AI on the Show floor should be used

Reality Check: President Biden issued a set of guidelines Thursday for protecting workers from the digital onslaught.

Financing

Cracker Barrel plans to invest $700M in a massive 'transformation'

With traffic down 16% year-to-date, the family dining chain is embarking on a rejuvenation effort to enhance its relevance to new and lapsed customers.

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